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Mother Theodore offers support for living with mental illness
...not to do something, even though it hurt. Mother Theodore wrote to friends. We can talk by phone or text. She walks. She weeps. When she is too exhausted to function, she rests. She talks to herself about the good in her life. She reminds herself how much she loves the sisters entrusted to her care and how much they need her. And she has confidence in “the Providence that has never failed us.” Providence through people I have found...
Sister Kathleen Kelly (formerly Sister Edward Marie)
...spirit.” Ever the serious student, during this time she also earned a Certificate in Spirituality and Spiritual Direction at the Institute for Spiritual Leadership. By 2011, at age 79, it was time to retire. Here at the Woods, “retire” is another term for volunteer opportunities. Kay became a valued and beloved presence as a receptionist and spiritual director at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center until several bouts of poor health took her to Providence Health Care, where the hand of...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2021
...boarders here at the Academy, 37 of who are Catholics.” In the days ahead, may our good God make use of us, such as we are — sisters, associates, ministry partners — to live out the radical Gospel message of love, mercy and justice in today’s world. Inspired by our foundresses, may we be passionate about our lives of prayer, education, service and advocacy. May we be dedicated to helping those who might otherwise be forgotten. May we create a more just...
Veterans Day: Honoring Sisters who served
...she has ministered as a freelance artist. She sells some of her products at Linden Leaf Gifts, the gift shop at the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Honoring Others Other Sisters of Providence and Sisters of Providence Chaplains have ministered and served our country during times of war. For example, Chaplains Monsignor Augustine J. Rawlinson was a veteran of World War I, while Monsignor James P. Galvin was a veteran of World War II. In addition,...
My life with the Violin
...had an orchestra as well as several vocal groups. Sister Carol Nolan shows a third-grade student how to hold a violin. She had me give a solo recital in my senior year of 1950. After I entered the Sisters of Providence Community, I taught some violin for a year at St. Andrew School in Indianapolis, but in my second and third years there, I taught second grade instead of music. Life-Changing Experiences During the next several years, I taught at...
Providence teen volunteer grows closer to God by serving others
...a Sister of Providence and my teacher at the time, asked me if I would volunteer with a program she had started at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. At first, I was a bit apprehensive and not quite sure what I was getting myself into. But I knew that I wanted to serve. And that was enough for me to say “yes” to her and to God’s calling. Blog post author and Teen Volunteer Pia Carino, second from left, plays a board game...
Sisters continue care for neighbors in need
For 25 years, Sister Dorothy Rasche, SP, has been the face of Providence for people who come to The Connecting Link in West Terre Haute, Indiana. Here she connects local people in need with available resources. And for 16 years, Sister Joseph Fillenwarth, SP, has been the face of Providence Food Pantry, also in West Terre Haute, serving low income people in need. And after all these years ministering to the community, both Sisters Dorothy and Joseph feel like it...
Teen finds happiness in volunteering with the Sisters of Providence
...Volunteering with the Sisters of Providence is one of the most fun ways to serve others. That is why I volunteer. I believe that others should volunteer with the Providence Teen volunteers because it is a very fun, safe and spiritual environment. It also feels amazing to be able to help and spend time with sisters. Volunteering makes me very happy and I’m sure it can make others happy as well. Madeleine, center, is one of three teens who offered...
February 18, 2024: First Sunday of Lent
...failed to be charitable or forgiving, gone overboard with something, or became inattentive to prayer. We know God forgives. The brevity of today’s Gospel coupled with the hints dropped in the other readings are reminding us, as Saint Mother Theodore did, to “lean with all your weight upon Providence, and you will find yourselves well supported.” God desires relationship with and among us, not a ledger sheet of what we owe and what we pay in to a spiritual budget....
February 25, 2024: Second Sunday of Lent
...faith in what we do know. Paul’s letter to the Romans says that if we’re sticking with God, ultimately, we can handle anything. Saint Mother Theodore sums it up this way: “The way is not yet clear; grope along slowly” and “Have confidence in the Providence which so far has never failed us.” Action What puzzles or concerns you following the path of Providence? Talk with a friend or journal about it and see what new light might be revealed....
Reflecting on random acts of kindness
...is completely out and a replacement is not in reach, closing a cupboard door in the kitchen when someone has absent mindedly left it open. No one needs to notice what I do; I am filled with joy simply to do it. St. Therese of Lisieux wrote that picking up a common pin from the floor with love was one powerful way of changing the world for good. Mother Teresa of India was asked what the ordinary person could do...
Sister Dorothy Rasche honored by local school corporation
...included in the Vigo County School Corporation Circle of Honor. Stepping up for those in need She began discerning the request and the question of “why” kept coming up. But then, all the memories of what The Connecting Link, the ministry Sister Dorothy oversees in West Terre Haute, has accomplished throughout the years for the city fulfilled her. For example, she contacted the school corporation years ago for help to set up a food drive from students for Providence Food...