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Prayer in this Time of Need
...when I was asked to write a prayer, I simply put into words the prayer that was in my heart. Please pray with us on this National Day of Prayer, and every day after that. Prayer in this Time of Need Healing God, You are the Giver of Life; be with us during these days as we face this global epidemic. Heal those who are sick. Restore them to full health. Heal our fears. Place peace in our hearts. Heal...
Sister Rosemary (Mary Gilbert) Powers
...Rosemary spent most of her day praying the office, not simply Lauds and Vespers, but praying all day. The nurses who cared for her loved her being right there with them most of the day, loved her laughter and her pleasant ways. One told me that Thanksgiving Day Sister Rosemary called her over and said, ‘Thank you for all the good care you have given me,’” shared Sister Margaret. “And now it is our turn to say, Sister Rosemary, thank...
Newsnotes
...retires. The 8th Day Center for Justice was founded in 1974 by six Catholic congregations of women and men religious, including the Sisters of Providence. First Sister Dorothy Gartland and then Sister Kathleen Desautels have ministered at 8th Day from its beginning till the present. The ministry acts as a critical alternative voice to oppressive systems and works to change those systems. We are so grateful for all the good work, service and advocating for others, that these sisters and...
Earth Day should be every day
April has snuck up on us and while we are so close to embracing a return to normalcy, we’re just not quite there yet. It was a hard decision but for the second year in a row the Sisters of Providence have decided to cancel our annual Earth Day Festival & Craft Fair that would have been scheduled for Saturday, April 24. But although we may have canceled the event, we have not canceled what it stands for each year:...
Creating hope for the elderly and their family members in Taiwan
...worth of it. When I hear family members say ‘Thank you, my mother is much happier’ or ‘Since my mother-in-law came to this daycare, my family now is more harmonious’ or ‘We find my father is “back” again. He has improved a lot and is more clear in his responses,’ I know it was worth the effort”. And it’s not just Sister Rose who notices the impact. A court volunteer said to her: “Through my service experience here, I see...
Sunday, February 20, 2022: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
...Give, and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.” Reflection Jesus doesn’t use the Mary Poppins approach. “A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.” Nope – no sugar coating for Jesus. This Sunday’s gospel is proof positive of that. Even so and maybe because I’ve heard and read it...
White Violet Center: To market, to market jiggity jig
...plants, fibers, eggs, and other goodies that we’ve grown or produced ourselves. Luckily, we’ve made it easy! Everything listed under the “From Our Farm” tab is approved for Saturday market. Make sure to type “Farmers Market” in the “comments” section when you check out. Preorders can be made up to noon on the Friday before the Saturday market. For those who will be shopping, we are bringing lettuce, arugula, green onions, kale, mixed greens, flowers, eggs, White Violet Kitchen Creations,...
Sister Denise’s “expert” Father’s Day reflections
Paul Beel (right) hands out popcorn at Family Day 2011, with Sisters Joann Quinkert and Rosemary Borntrager. I usually accept whatever web assignments I’m given from Diane Weidenbenner, our director of marketing and communications. I always regret that I say “yes” to writing the Father’s Day reflection. I feel it’s like me, a never-married, celibate person commenting on marriage. What do I know about marriage or fatherhood? So, I went to three fathers on our SP staff and asked for...
Sister Dorothy Drobis (formerly Sister Irene Therese)
...for “rituals.” In the classroom, it was the response to her signal that children put their books away, folded their hands on the desk and became very quiet. In the convent, it was her ritual of sitting in the same chair every day at breakfast. Sometimes, her housemates would tease her by deliberately sitting in “her” chair. She also seemed to have a “ritual” of asking questions. She would often ask questions of her principal, Sister Patty, about the day’s...
The Practice of Homemaking and Community Shaping
...a place and a space in which we can be seen, recognized and cherished, without a community in which we are safe, in which we are challenged, in which we are appreciated, we perish. From its earliest days, homemaking and community shaping have been central practices for us. From the beginning, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods was known to the Sisters of Providence as home. And the practice of “coming home” began early in the history of the community. In 1851 Mother Theodore...
Celebrating our many foundations this Foundation Day
Many of us know the story of the arrival of the first sisters at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Mother Theodore Guerin and her companions, Sisters Olympiade Boyer, Saint Vincent Ferrer Gagé, Basilide Sénéschal, Mary Xavier Lerée, and Mary Liguori Tiercin arrived late in the evening on Oct. 22, 1840. They were expecting a convent and a school. Instead they found a dense woods with no buildings in sight. There had been a storm that lasted 36 hours the previous days. The...
Sister Pauline Brockelsby
...years of ministry here, Pauline proved to be very adaptable, serving as driver, printer, mail deliverer, and phone room receptionist. Sister Mary Ann Phelan noted that as she made her rounds, during the lead-up to Mother Theodore’s canonization, her own devotion was such that she would stop by the office to request prayer cards with a relic so she could give one to any sister who had requested prayers for a family member or friend in the Day-by-Day and would...