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In it together
...one with the Sisters of Providence and has been with them for 27 years. Vicki takes minutes at a Providence Associates board meeting. After nearly three decades, Vicki — who is currently an administrative assistant for the General Council — can still recall a situation when she was asked her opinion by then-General Council member Sister Ann Casper. She was stunned that her employer had asked for her opinion, something Vicki had not experienced before. Even after the surprise, Vicki...
Sister Marie Kevin Tighe
...right track. Marie Kevin was also a woman of compassion and extraordinary kindness. She was able to feel with those who were struggling with health issues, with emotional challenges, with loss or with life’s disappointments. It was incredible how she was able not only to establish relationships, but also to maintain them. One of our Providence Associates said of her, ‘My entire Providence journey can be traced back to Marie Kevin. She lit the fire of Providence that now burns...
Sustainability midst the bustle
Providence Associate couple Duane, left, and Jennifer Drake, right, (pictured here with their Providence Associate companion Sister Mary Morley) work to make a place for living gently on Earth in the midst of the daily busyness of work, volunteer and family life. Life is busy. Sometimes it feels we are stretched to the limit. How does one fit living an ecologically friendly lifestyle into the busyness of life? For Providence Associates Jennifer and Duane Drake, it’s about being gentle with...
Sister Marie Victoria Podesta
...her room. Marie Victoria was educated by the Sisters of Providence at St. Mel and at Providence High School in Chicago. She entered the Sisters of Providence in 1944, and made her first profession in 1947 and final profession in 1952. She earned a bachelor’s of science at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and her master’s at St. Louis University. Sister Florence Norton, who was studying at St. Louis at the same time and who roomed with her, remembers how, while Florence...
On the shores of history – The gift of a Dover sunrise!
...of the Ordus Supremis Militaris Templi Hierosolymilani (OSMTH), known in the United States as the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem. SMOTJ includes the Priory of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in Indiana. Colonel James W. Sweeny of SMOTHPStMTG also contributed to funding the trip. A marker located at Dover. The priory asked Sisters of Providence General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson to identify a Sister of Providence to travel with Rev. Dr. Ford to share in OSMTH’s participation in...
A look into our prison ministry
...Theodore’s time. Many of our sisters, Providence Associates and friends are actively engaged with prisoners through visiting, educating, letter writing and praying. Each month, I post the scheduled executions on bulletin boards. This information also goes out to the entire Congregation through monthly newsletters. Those scheduled for execution as well as their victim(s) are remembered at our liturgies and the prayers of the sisters. Many Sisters of Providence have been actively involved in trying to abolish the death penalty in...
Sister Rita Ann Wade (formerly Sister Rose Annette)
“Providence inspired me, sustained me and will always care for me.” These words, written by Sister Rita Ann Wade for her Golden Jubilee in 1998, beautifully express the way she lived her life, always in the light of Providence, said Sister Barbara McClelland in her commentary for Sister Rita Ann Wade, formerly Sister Rose Annette, who passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Indianapolis. She was 92 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 74 years....
A Reflection for the 2025 Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...on this her feast day, let us hear Saint Mother Theodore call us forth — you fourth graders from St. Simon School, you students of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and Providence Cristo Rey High School, you partners in our mission at the college, Providence Health Care, in our SP departments, you friends and neighbors on our campus and in our local environs, you Providence Associates and Sisters of Providence wherever you may be and: Do what you can, when you can, to...
Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates Memorial 2024
Here is a video of Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, and Providence Associates who have passed away in the past year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZHw_MObyEo...
Providence Associates’ Commitment and Renewal Liturgy reflection
...ministries, our neighborhoods, our work places, our Earth. As you, our Associates, make your first commitment or renew your commitment, know that we, your sisters in Providence, rejoice with you and pledge our support and love. As all of us gather around the table of Eucharist, let each of us open her or himself to the power of the sacrament to make of us the body and blood of Christ, to make of us what Providence intends for us to...
Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: Joyful collaboration in a prophetic mission
...she works with members of the Pastoral Associates of the Archdiocese of Chicago (PAAC) and the Avalon Park Ecumenical Association (APEA). Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith, front row third from left, recently joined a gathering of Tolton Scholars at Catholic Theological Union. The program supports those preparing for ministry in the African-American community. “The APEA is very ecumenical with United Church of Christ, Baptist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, United Methodist Church and Catholic Church ministers, pastoral associates, and priests at the table. We...
Foundation Day 2014 reflection
...Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, all of us Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates know we were founded by a saint – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Mother Theodore embraced Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and the mission here to which Providence called her from the moment of her arrival in New York. In 1855, she wrote a letter to Sister Basilide. Basile was frequently tempted to return to France – even after fifteen years here. In that letter of October 17, 1855, Mother Theodore wrote:...