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Mike Eck, West Chester, OH: “This changed my life”
...alter. Then, up to the left of the alter, I saw another image of that same nun on the billboard on the highway. I approached the picture, read the plaque and met Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. I prayed for some peace in my life and for my family. This stop at Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods changed my life. I came back again and again. I have rediscovered God and have found peace. My marriage to Denise is enriched and our family now includes...
Providence Associate annual meeting 2018
The Providence Associate annual meeting brought associates and sisters together from near and far to pray, laugh, learn and form community. The time started Friday, June 28 with an optional workshop on nonviolence. On Saturday associates learned about SP ministries in Asia from sisters ministering there. They attended the Jubilee Mass and reception and some chose to tour White Violet Center for Eco-Justice or join some of the sisters and others for a peaceful rally at the courthouse in Terre...
Sister Agnes Eugene Cordak
...She had to practice right inside the convent front hall, at the foot of the stairs. She recalls, “Agnes used to tease me, and after a while, I started snubbing her. Pretty soon, she brought me down an apple as a peace offering. We always had a special relationship after that.” Carol was amazed in later years to learn that Agnes Eugene was barely 19. Sister Teresa Costello (left) with Sister Agnes Eugene Cordak. Interspersed within her years of teaching,...
I unite with all my sisters and all who share the charism of Providence …
...be faithful to the Gospel even when it means being at odds with hierarchy, and to seek out peace in all things. I have learned so much about being a woman, a Christian, a Catholic, an environmental steward, and generally being a human from these people. They introduced me to some of my favorite authors, interests, and hobbies. These are my people. My family. My community. Being away from the Woods makes maintaining this relationship tough sometimes. Facebook has truly...
Advent celebration banners 2020
...last judgement. This is a reflective time and we create prayerful spaces for calm and peace. Here at Saint Mary of-the-Woods we fashion our Church of the Immaculate Conception interior to engender this Advent ambience using hand made cosmic banners with origami crane mobiles suspended from the gallery and illuminated blue paper sculptures and tree limb accents in the sanctuary. A Peace Prayer focal point created for election day remains displayed near the ambo. This year due to Covid-19 safety...
New Providence Associates share their journey – part 1
...compassion and nurturing of humanity and of what it means to be connected by Providence to one another. The process itself brought me peace and more patience with my own journey. It deepened my compassion through prayer and thoughtful consideration of what choice means to me and how each action impacts a greater web of existence. It was not more rigorous thought, but certainly different thinking. And I found I was most content when I allowed myself to accept whatever...
Pentecost 2015
...joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity. I found these on www.loyolapress.com. The listing was good and satisfied my curiosity. What captured my attention however was this sentence from the website entry: “…the fruits of the Holy Spirit … are the observable behaviors of people who have allowed the grace of the Holy Spirit to be effective in them.” A big light bulb went on in my head and heart! What has probably been crystal clear...
Sister Alexa Suelzer
...meant she was going to die and she said yes. Then, a little later she exclaimed, “it is funny; it’s so funny.” I asked her what was funny and she responded, “The whole dying process.” Obviously, true to form, her mind was working and analyzing things even as she was dying. When her death came approximately 12 hours later, it was very peaceful. She took maybe 15-20 “normal” breaths without a struggle and then simply stopped breathing any more. It...
Sister Patricia McIntyre (formerly Sister Elaine)
...a few days later in calm and peace.” The day Patty died, Regina remembers, “There was a sunset that evening. It was a bright golden color with horizontal clouds.” What a beautiful parting gift of comfort and assurance you left those who love you, Mary Patricia McIntyre. Patty, that sunset was but prelude to the end of the last chapter in one life and the beginning of your new life; your entrance into the dazzling light of God’s loving presence....
Prayer for the visit of Pope Francis
written by Sister Jeremy Gallet, SP Loving and gracious God, Shepherd of all your faithful people, look with favor on your servant Francis whom you established as head and shepherd of your church. We pray, that by word and example, he may be a visible source and foundation of unity, love and peace. We entrust him to your hands, O God, That, as he makes his pilgrimage, he will travel in peace and safety, and will bring the good news...
Oral history: Sister Kathleen Desautels, change maker
...Chardin Sister Kathleen Desautels, second from left, with other peacemakers at a protest against the School of Americas. 8th Day Center for Justice From 1986 to 2018, Sister Kathleen Desautels was on the staff at 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago. A collaboration of religious communities, 8th Day worked toward justice by praying together, doing analysis together and working in collaboration with others on social justice issues. Kak was Justice Promoter for the community and did this by working...
Oral history: the adventures and challenges of Sister Dorothy Ellen Wolsiffer, SP
...friends. Peaceful time Sister Dorothy Ann Wolsiffer visits with a teen volunteer And now? “It’s a wonderful experience now to be living and not have worries. It is wonderful not to have anything to do, not to be in charge. It is a peaceful time now.” Sister Dorothy acknowledges that it is not easy to be 90 years old. Walking can be a struggle, a fall that fractures ribs can be a struggle. “I don’t let that get me down....