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Season of Creation 2022: Fair Trade and Climate Change
Note: We are celebrating the Season of Creation (Sept. 1, World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation through Oct. 4, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi). The Sisters of Providence Climate Change Task Force will share 10 blogs throughout this time. We hope you enjoy them. Fair Trade and Environmental Sustainability: We Can’t Have One Without The Other Fair Trade and Environmental Sustainability advocates have the same goal: Work toward a safer environment for workers and protect...
‘We’re all grateful for your CONNECTION’
...connected, if we remain faithful to the call of the Holy One, our life will prosper and bear much fruit. Our call Sister Mary Montgomery with new Providence Associate Gwen Goebel I believe that is our call as Sisters of Providence, and your call as Providence Associates. To be so connected to God and God’s grace that we make visible the love of God. Or, in the language of this faith community — we become God’s Providence, God’s face for...
Providence Associate Arthur Snyder: a rewarding faith journey with the Sisters of Providence
...my time serving on the MAB that my wife, Camille, became a Providence Associate. I followed in her footsteps because of my belief in the SP charism. How do you live out your commitment to the Providence Associate relationship? Love, mercy and justice is the core of how I want to serve the Lord and my fellow man. Are there any particular Sisters of Providence with whom you have an especially deep bond? Who and why? Providence Associate Arthur Snyder...
Providence Associates living out their commitments
...the St. Ann Shell Chapel there. One way that Providence Associate Marilyn Neuman, center, lives out her commitment as a Providence Associate is by volunteering to help senior citizens file their taxes at the local library in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Providence Associate Maureen Baca of Albuquerque, New Mexico, (standing, shown here at a meeting of Providence Associates) strives to do her work as a consultant in a spirit of love, mercy and justice. One way that Providence Associate William Pouncy...
Scenes from the 2026 Providence Associates’ Spring Retreat
Providence Associates joined the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, March 13-15 for the 2026 Providence Associates’ Spring Retreat. The retreat, titled “Living Our Call Through Changing Times as Modeled by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin,” featured around a program led by Sister Paula Damiano, SP, and Sister Jan Craven, SP. With wisdom and humor, Sisters Paula and Jan encouraged retreat attendees to embody Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s strength, courage, and character as we live out our calling in an...
Walking with Providence Associate brings burst of energy
Sister Peggy Nau, right, has found energy and life in companioning Providence Candidate-Associate Jane Fischer, left, over the past year. Walking with Jane Fischer of Indianapolis on her journey toward becoming a Providence Associate has been a bright spot in Sister Peggy Nau’s year. Sister Peggy’s life changed dramatically in early 2012. The then-72-year-old Sister of Providence was ministering in Oak Lawn, Illinois. She felt fulfilled in her ministry as a hospital chaplain for Advocate Christ Medical Center there. Overnight,...
SP Annual Meeting 2018
...Associates show on their hands. Being community, from left, Sisters Evelyn Ovalles, Judy Birgen and Marilu Covani. Intent in table discussion are Providence Associate Father Dan Hopcus, Sister Regina Gallo and Providence Associate Jeannie Smith. Sisters and associates performing at the Sunday evening ice cream social. Visible from left, Providence Associates Mel Marino Wolff, Sheila Donis, Sisters Connie Kramer, Dina Bato and Terri Grasso. PA Diann Neu and Sister Mary Montgomery. Sisters and associates join the peaceful protest to keep...
Providence Associate and Sisters of Providence picnic and statue dedication
Picnic #2, homebound. Seven Woods Park, Chicago. Picnic #1 on the way down in Earl Park, Indiana. From left, Sisters Dorothy Ellen Wolsiffer, Rose Marita Riordan, Teresa Costello, Joni Luna, Ann Paula Pohlman, Providence Associate Candidate Cindy Montgomery, Sister Joan Matthews, Sheila Donis, Sister My Huong Pham and Debbie Dillow. Posing with the statue of Saint John Paul II at Resurrection Cemetery in Chicago are, from left, PA Sheila Donis, Sister My Huong Pham, PA Teresa Clark, PA Candidate Cindy...
Providence Associates photo highlights 2008
In January 2008, Sisters Carol Nolan and Loretta Picucci hosted a gathering of Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates at their home, Providence in the Desert, in Indio, Calif. Sisters and associates traveled hundreds of miles for a day of prayer, reflection, friendship and celebration. Providence Associates and Candidate-Associates gathered for the retreat, Providence Mission of Love, Mercy and Justice, April 4-6, 2008, at the Woods. Providence Associates and Candidate-Associates in the Chicago area gathered Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, at...
Justice advocates and Providence Associates
...and urgent issue to be addressed. Jeanne had previously chosen to give up her intense effort to end the death penalty to put more emphasis on climate change because of the urgent need and immense impact on all of life. What attracted the two to become Providence Associates in the first place? Learn more about Providence Associates! Walk with the Sisters of Providence and make a difference together. Become a Providence Associate! Ben had begun to notice that many of...
New statue of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin with children dedicated
...in Des Plaines, Ill. Helping Teresa Clark celebrate the dedication of her Mother Theodore Guerin statue at All Saints Cemetery are some Providence Associates and one Providence Candidate-Associate. From left to right are Providence Associates Carol Passmore, Marilyn Neuman, Teresa Clark; Sister Diane Mason, assistant director of Providence Associates; and Providence Candidate-Associate Mel Wolff. This is the back of the statue. This is the front of the statue with Mother Theodore’s famous quote, “Love the children first, then teach them.”...
Get to know Providence Associate Candace Minster
...feel like being an associate has helped deepen those experiences. In what ways is the relationship life giving? The Providence Associate relationship helps to solidify the emotional and spiritual connection that I’ve felt to this community for many years. I’m still a very busy person, and I may not be able to attend all the retreat and meeting opportunities, but it doesn’t mean I’m any less connected to this place. Who was your companion in becoming a Providence Associate? Tell...