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Every day is a gift
...sound of children playing soccer on the parking lot, and, of course, the dowel rod. God is good all the time and all the time God is good. Indeed, every day is a gift and that gift is filled with many gifts that we receive as we awaken each day. May all our senses and our hearts be always attuned to God’s generosity and the wealth of treasures that are given to us each day and may this awareness continue...
National World Kindness Day
What is World Kindness Day and when and where and why did it begin? World Kindness Day is a holiday that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world. The purpose of this day is to help everyone understand that kindness is what binds us all together. This understanding has the power to bridge the gap between nations. With kindness, we can overcome the divides of politics, race, religion, gender, and so much...
Celebrating National Women’s Equality Day!
...the urging of his mother. On Aug. 26, 1920, his vote for ratification pushed Tennessee into the ‘yes’ column for the passage of the 19th amendment. Special designation Fifty-one years later in 1971, Representative Bella Abzug, a feminist and civil rights’ advocate, entered another bill into the U.S. Congress that designated August 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.” Her bill directed the president to authorize and proclaim annually this day in commemoration of the day in August 1920 on which the women...
Sunday April 10, 2022: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
...I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” Reflection We have now reached Holy Week, the final week of Lent and the most solemn days of the Liturgical Year. Each Palm Sunday, we hear the full narrative of the Passion of the Lord. This year, it is taken from the Gospel of Luke where we find recorded events that do not appear in the other Gospels such as the conversation between Jesus and the two thieves...
Holiday Celebrations Around Our Table: Christmas Lunch
...Claus. Printed photos will be available for an additional fee. Letters to Santa: Write and send your holiday wishes to the North Pole. Live Music: Enjoy festive live performances throughout the event. Silent Auction: Browse and bid on beautifully crafted holiday wreaths. Children’s Menu: Special offerings available to delight younger guests. Create lasting memories this holiday season while supporting the Woods. Reserve your table today! While visiting, discover the perfect holiday gifts at Linden Leaf Gifts, featuring a curated selection...
Sister Mary Ellen Kilday
Sister Mary Ellen Kilday “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” (John 20:21) “‘Peace. … As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ This quote from the Gospel of John was a favorite of Sister Mary Ellen and supported her all the days of her life and especially during her 76 years as a Sister of Providence. She spent her life in spreading knowledge of God and his gifts to all...
‘We’re All in This Together: Eat, Shop, Support Local’
With the warmer temperatures, we all welcome with happy hearts the first signs of flowers and buds on the trees, the longer days full of sun and the return of more outdoor activities. For 23 years, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) and the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, have had an annual Earth Day Festival on the campus of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to usher in spring, acknowledge all that the Earth provides for us and deliver a call...
All Souls Day 2011
...with that thought all day – remembering saints and sinners; wondering about “cave persons;” Adolph Hitler crossed my mind as did Muammar Gaddafi. Pharaoh and the midwives who saved Moses as well as Ruth and Naomi became part of this amazing parade. Well, as I say, I was busy assembling my “cast” all day and awed by the creativity of Providence, sobered by the freedom God gives us to choose “life or death” as we walk on Earth. I wondered...
Our Providence Community 2025-26 Laudato Si Action Platform Plan
...Adopting Simple Lifestyles Current and Past Actions: Many of us have committed to eating lower on the food chain, and some have committed to vegetarian and vegan diets. Our Motherhouse community currently has two meatless days per week and individual sisters have committed to even more meatless days. Sister Marilu Covani signs the Providence Climate agreement during the Sisters of Providence annual meeting in 2018. The widespread adoption of the Providence Climate Agreement has kept us as individuals attentive to...
Meaningful work
As a child, I dreaded Labor Day. It marked the end of summer — the end of daily swims, of neighborhood baseball games and tennis tournaments, the end of playing outdoors until dusk. Sister Shawn Marie McDermott teaches 5th grade students at St. Agnes School, Arlington, Mass. School opened on the day after Labor Day, and for a long time I thought the holiday was given its name because it marked the beginning of what I thought of as labor...
Wedding gown tradition
...and remembers looking forward to receiving the habit and knowing that she was a Sister of Providence. “It was nice to meet the family again, dressed in a habit,” she said of the day. She wore the habit every day for nearly half her life. “I liked it while I had it, but this is more comfortable,” Sister Gertrude Eileen says of the clothes she wears today. After receiving her habit in 1949 at the age of 27, Sister Delia...
Today is Monday in case you were wondering.
In normal times there is hardly a day that goes by where most people don’t at least once refer to their calendar. At the very minimum you usually know what day of the week it is. Of course these are not normal times. The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the way we view time and sometimes it’s hard to tell one day from the next. There are a few notable holidays that deserve to be remembered during this upcoming week....