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NGOs – Conscience of the UN!
...(FOE), and on Spirituality and Values (FSV). I was accompanied by and was the guest of Dr. Marcel de Picciotto, international grand commander of the Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani (OSMTH), incorporated in the United States as the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (SMOTJ). Colonel James Sweeney of the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin SMOTJ Priory here in Indiana and Rev. Dr. Jean Ford, an OSMTH dame, and pastor of the River of Life American Baptist Church near...
On the shores of history – The gift of a Dover sunrise!
...be on the shores of history? It was a gift given to me by Rev. Dr. Jean Ford, pastor of the River of Life American Baptist Church, located in Wheaton, Illinois, and members of her congregation. The River of Life Church also freed Rev. Dr. Ford and her assistant, Dennis Corrigan, to travel with me so I could experience firsthand how people of faith are affecting the course of history. Rev. Dr. Ford, who planned this trip, is a dame...
A historical look at The Church of the Immaculate Conception
...of the bakery, pharmacy and the men’s house was completed. The moving of the chapel took longer, but the moving operation took only 40 days. During that time, the Community Room in Providence Hall was used as a chapel. In a letter written to Madame De la Corbiniere in June 1886, then Sisters of Providence General Superior, Mother Euphrasie Hinkle, provided the information for the new church. Mother Euphrasie said the plans called for a “Romanesque-style church,” and also provided...
Journals and Letters week 34: Loving the ‘Right Way’
...real meat of this week’s reading. That is Mother Theodore’s letter to Madame Le Fer de la Motte. In speaking of her own love for Mme. Le Fer’s daughter, Sister St. Francis Xavier, she says, “To love in the right way is to accomplish the whole Law: it is to begin that happy life which will have its perfection only in heaven, where we shall live forever with holy and perfect love.” “To love in the right way”! The “right...
Journals and Letters week 39: The loving guidance of a mother
...selection also includes two letters to Mme. Le Fer that hold both profound affections as well as great amusement in their content. There is great love shared between Mother Theodore and Mme. Le Fer, both for one another and for Sisters St. Francis Xavier and Mary Joseph, their “shared” daughters. Mother Theodore takes great care to assure Madame that her daughters are well cared for. She even provides a list of livestock that support a healthy menu for their meals,...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2021
...weeks at sea. However, as Sister Mary Borromeo points out, “At every turn, friends appeared who vied with one another to serve them.” From Le Havre, France, to New York and beyond, people like Madame Sylvie Parmentier and Mr. Samuel Byerley attached themselves to our foundresses. A number of these friends continued their assistance to the mission of Providence throughout their lifetimes. And though there was no Leadership Conference of Women Religious in 1840, even then, religious communities were collaborating....
Remembering who we are and why we are here!
...the foundation story – people showed up to help them. In fact, it was a Doctor Sidney A. Doane who informed the bishop of New York of their arrival. The bishop sent Father Felix Varela Morales, a Cuban-Spanish priest who spoke French. Father Varela found lodging for them with a French lady, Madame Parmentier! Interestingly enough, Sister Marian met Father Varela years later while reading the Washington Post. Actually, she met Father Varela’s commemorative stamp. In 1997, the United States...