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Why is it so difficult to talk about racism?
Last year ended with white people phoning law enforcement for Black people utilizing city parks, being real estate agents and cleaning their yards. Then followed 2020. It feels like we are living in some really dark times. Providence Associates Lynda Parker and Pearlette Springer First, it was the pandemic. It left us sheltered-in-place for weeks on end. Then we learned that Blacks and Hispanics are being affected by COVID-19 at a higher rate than whites. Yet there are no testing...
Good Shepherd Chapel formally blessed
Sisters of Providence, joined by friends and neighbors, gathered Sunday, Aug. 30 for the dedication and blessing of the Good Shepherd Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. The chapel is part of what is now called the Providence Community Cemetery, located in the southwest area of the Motherhouse grounds, on a small knoll across from the Sisters of Providence Cemetery. Specially designed columbaria have been built in proximity to the chapel where cremains will be placed in an urn and laid...
Spring cleaning, spiritual cleaning
...be blaming • To be available or to be preoccupied • To be distant or to be intimate • To be with or to be ahead • To be compassionate or to be right Gifted with this present moment, how are you going to BE? Want to share further in the spiritual wealth of the Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates? Apply today to become a Providence Associate. The application deadline of May 31 for this year is approaching quickly!...
Public invited to Feast Day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Community and Providence Associates invite people of all faith traditions to join them in person or virtually for the 11 a.m., Mass on Friday, Oct. 3, in celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. The celebratory Mass will take place in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, located 10 minutes northwest of downtown Terre Haute. The service is open to the public. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin...
Singing for the sisters
Rod Marino came to entertain the sisters in March and was happy to see his 8th grade teacher, Sister Terese Marie Havlik, for the first time in nearly 50 years. Rod Marino, “the Casual Crooner,” traveled from Chicago to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to entertain Sisters of Providence and friends at the end of March. He and his wife Diana performed in the Providence Dining Room and in Providence Health Care. Rod also called upon his sister, Providence Associate Mel Marino Wolff,...
Saint Mother Theodore: a humble servant of God
...to the Carmelites. Sister St. Theodore, her given name as a Sister of Providence, accepted with humility her assignments. Even so when they were difficult, providentially acquiring new knowledge along the way that would benefit her in God’s plans for her future. Her reassignment from a successful mission in Rennes to the impoverished village of Soulaines, France, allowed her to learn basic healing skills through the use of herbs, invaluable in her as-then unknown future mission to America. Providence Associates...
Virtual spiritual pilgrimage of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Take a spiritual and historic walk around some of the sacred spaces at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods from the comfort of your armchair. This video pilgrimage was created by Sister Connie Kramer, SP, and Providence Associate Marilyn Rausch, with help from Sisters of Providence staff member Pam Lynch, for the Providence Associate 10-year anniversary celebration in November. We hope you also enjoy reflecting on these sacred Woods. Learn more about Providence Associates here....
Walk Together in this Life
...idea of walking together? What do we need to know (about ourselves, our pope, our faith, our world) to carry out the mission of love, mercy and justice? Are you interested in joining the Providence Community? The reflection above was created as part of the Providence Associates’ weekly enewsletter. Are you looking for a community of faith to grow with? Consider becoming a Providence Associate of the Sisters of Providence. We’re accepting applications now. Apply today! Become a Providence Associate...
What is your word for 2019?
...loving care provides endless gifts, this notion of gratefulness expands my mind and heart and reminds me to focus on what I want to pass on to others. Certainly, I want to pass on the gift of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, not only to my Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates, but also to all those needing the peace and serenity, the loving and healing presence of the Holy that is the Woods. And beyond Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, I want to pass on...
Providence Community Cemetery blessed
...sisters and Providence Associates attending the ceremony. The occasion also marked the interment of the cremains of Providence Associate Heather Tetzlaff Smith. Another Providence Associate, Donna Kaye Stites, will be interred in the spring. The Good Shepherd Chapel, now nearly complete, will be blessed and dedicated in honor of former chaplain, Father Bernie Head, on Sunday, May 10, which is the third anniversary of Father Bernie’s death. It was Father Bernie’s generous bequest that enabled the sisters to build the...
Sister Jessica Vitente professes first vows
...continue to live with Sister Mary Mundy, SP, in our little local community in Evansville, Indiana; and continue to deepen my relationships with local Providence Associates,” Sister Jessica said. “Now that I have professed first vows, it feels so good to immerse myself into the next step.” Would you like to learn more about life as a Sister of Providence? Visit our website or contact Sister Joni Luna, Sisters of Providence Vocation Director at 361-500-9505 or via email at jluna@spsmw.org....
Let us be the people Jesus describes, as he sends his disciples out on Mission
...he sends them out on Mission: ‘Those who welcome you, day laborers and fishermen from a small area of occupied Judea, have welcomed me.’ May we each, Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates, other members of the Providence community, and all human beings, share this sense of hospitality in ever deeper ways as we die to who we were in order to grow into who we are becoming. And may we celebrate along the way, because Joy is an act of...