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Making someone’s day just by showing up: Teen shares her experience as a Providence Teen Volunteer
Blog post author and Providence Teen Volunteer Amanda Lakstins with Sister Charles Ellen Turk I have to admit that when Sister Joni first proposed the idea for this Providence Teen Volunteer program to me when I was in middle school, I was skeptical. “Teenagers? Volunteering?” I thought. “Good luck with that!” But I liked Sister Joni, and I could tell how much this meant to her, so I agreed. And when I first met the other teens and watched them...
Sister Helen Vinton brings hope in an unsteady environment
...together 1,300+ farmers to learn sustainable practices from one another. Sister Helen has also served for years on an international board of directors working on world food security. “SMHA received a United Nations award in 1996 due largely to Sister Helen Vinton’s work,” Lorna said. Community support Sister Helen is the only Sister of Providence in Louisiana. She says she has always known the support of the Sisters of Providence and has never felt lonely. “My ministry here has brought...
Stepping forward to become a Sister of Providence
...chapter of my journey. I’ve stepped off the plane. Alrighty, ready … set … go! Please keep Jessica in your prayers tomorrow as she is received as a novice with the Sisters of Providence and in the years ahead as she continues her years of formation as a Sister of Providence. Do you or someone you know want to “become the best version of yourself” as a Sister of Providence? Come and See if religious life might be for you....
From fear to tranquility: Sister Dorothy Rasche and prison ministry
...others, Sister Dorothy was in unchartered waters. But despite trepidation, she forged forward. “We went,” she said, referring to their first visit to the prison. “We went unwillingly; begrudgingly.” McAlester housed the only women’s prison in Oklahoma at that time and visiting with inmates was one of the “multitude of things on our job description,” Sister Dorothy said. Also included were visiting three parishes and four mission churches, working with a team of three priests, visiting a Native American boarding...
Sister Regina Norris (formerly Sister Regina Clare)
...Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Regina Norris (Formerly Sister Regina Clare) Complete Ministry: In Indiana: Teacher, St. Leonard, West Terre Haute (1964-65); Teacher, Annunciation, Brazil (1965-67); Teacher, St. Charles, Bloomington (1967-78); Teacher, St. Jude, Indianapolis (1978-99); Substitute Teacher/Resource Teacher, St. Jude, Indianapolis (1999-2011); Volunteer, St. Jude, Indianapolis (2012-13), Tutor, Educational Family Services, West Terre Haute (2013-14); Volunteer, Providence Health Care, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2013-14); Volunteer, Mission Advancement, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2014-17); Visitor, Providence Health Care, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2017-18); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2018-2020)....
Sister Donna Marie Fu: Called by God to serve a global church
...control of Kaifeng. Madeline’s parents arranged for her and her younger brother to leave with her older sister Martha and her husband. She was sent to a Catholic girls’ boarding school in Shanghai. There she reconnected with the Sisters of Providence, who had also fled Kaifeng. Soon the young refugee family had to move again, finally settling to Taiwan. Madeline went to Taichung to visit the Sisters of Providence who had also settled there. She taught Chinese for a few...
Sister Joan Zlogar (formerly Sister Joseph Bernard)
...in her growing up years in Joliet. She attended St. Raymond Grade School and St. Francis Academy, neither of which was staffed by the Sisters of Providence. After graduating from high school, Joan worked for two years at a brokerage firm in Chicago. How did she come to know the Sisters of Providence? Her good friend from first grade on, Rosemary Lux, had a priest uncle, Msgr. Joseph Lux, who introduced her to us and recommended that she get to...
You are invited to celebrate vows, share in a sister’s story
...in via Zoom webinar here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89243615357 or watch on Facebook Live@SistersofProvidence. Hear about Sister Tracey’s call as a 20-something woman to become a Sister of Providence. Learn about her ministry today, including her 2018 arrest when she joined other faith leaders in Indiana in protesting for the rights of DACA immigrants. And hear about Sister Tracey’s current ministry on the U.S./Mexico boarder. We hope you can join us during these exciting events that will celebrate our newer Sisters of Providence!...
Twenty-six days until Election Day: Get out and Vote!
...days remaining until the 2020 General Election. On Tuesday, November 3, citizens across the nation will head to the booth to vote, if they haven’t already done so, in a country where voting is becoming more difficult than in most other democracies. A few tips: Find healthy, secure, and safe ways to cast your ballot during this time of pandemic. Check your registration status online or by contacting your local Board of Elections. If voting by mail, pay special attention...
“Journals and Letters” week 2: The voyage begins
...miserable she must have felt as she prepared to leave everything she loved behind. A reproduction of the vessel Mother Theodore and her companions sailed in across the ocean in 1840. The sea journey seems doomed from the moment they boarded. Thieves, seasickness and bad weather with the added addition of not speaking English and being on an “American” ship, all contributed to a wretched start. I do see a little of Mother Theodore’s personality and wit peek out in...
Congregation supports faith leaders’ election integrity statement
...Campbell, Executive Director, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice Margaret Conley, Director, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Justice Team Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, General Secretary, General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church Lawrence Couch, Director, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd Rev. Paula Clayton Dempsey, Director of Partnership Relations, Alliance of Baptists Melanie Roth Gorelick, Senior Vice President, Jewish Council for Public Affairs Pablo DeJesus, Executive Director, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice Susan...
Journals and Letters week 4: Arrival on U.S. soil
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters“: p. 23 at New York to top of p. 29. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin‘s writings every week in the coming year.] A U.S. harbor in 1840. The first paragraph in the section “At New York” actually brought tears to my eyes. Mother Theodore noted that “the Americans [on board] were expected.”… “Not one heart was anxious about us, not one was throbbing for us. Behold houses,...