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Welcome to the family of Providence! Providence Associates candidate orientation
On Saturday, Nov. 12, we welcomed Providence Associate candidates for an orientation at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Over the coming year, the 29 candidates will journey with a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate companion as they reflect on Providence spirituality and the mission of love, mercy and justice. Are you seeking something more? Maybe becoming a Providence Associate of the Sisters of Providence is for you! ProvidenceAssociates.org Providence Associate Candidate Mary Beth Mullen and her companion Sister Marsha Speth Candidate Christine...
Providence Associate orientation 2018
Welcome to 20 new Providence Associate candidates who began their year of sharing, growing and discerning with a Providence Associate or Sister of Providence companion on Oct. 20 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Enjoy photos from the day. Learn more about Providence Associates here! Providence Associate candidates gather with sisters and other Providence Associates for a blessing ceremony during the orientation. Providence Associate Candidate Mary Catherine Chlipala and her Providence Associate companion for the coming year Sheila Galvin get to know each...
Who are the Providence Associates?
...Providence Associate? We Providence Associates are a diverse group of people of faith (ages 18 and older) who choose to enter into deeper relationship with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Currently more than 300 Providence Associates hail from throughout the United States and from Taiwan. We come from many walks of life and from varying faith traditions. Our community welcomes members regardless of gender, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, disability or socioeconomic background. Some of...
Welcome Providence Associate candidates of 2014
...to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin during an orientation sneak-preview of the nearly completed shrine. Candidate-associates and their companions embrace during the sign of peace at the orientation Mass. Sister and Providence Associate companions join hands in prayer with Providence candidate-associates during Mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Candidate-associates and their companions spend time getting to know one another in Reilly auditorium, Owens Hall during their orientation. A candidate views the displays in the shrine of Saint Mother Theodore...
Frequently Asked Questions
...of Providence were the first American women’s Congregation to establish a mission in China? We’ve also previously had missions in Peru and Antigua. Our motherhouse, our community’s home, is located at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, which is 77 miles southwest of Indianapolis. How many Sisters of Providence are there? Currently, there are more than 250 Sisters of Providence and 10 women in formation in the United States and Asia. Why don’t the Sisters of Providence wear habits anymore? When our foundress...
Seeking something more with the Sisters of Providence
Why are this year’s group of Providence Associate candidates seeking out something more with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and the Providence Community? Providence Associate Candidate Paula Fike-Daum chats with another candidate during orientation. Here is what some of the 23 new candidates who started their process with the Providence Community shared at orientation this November: Called One said she felt a calling. Members of her church encouraged her to pursue the Providence Associate relationship. She said she...
What brings you here? What are you searching for?
...coming as a Providence Associate candidate seeking to feel complete herself. Providence Associate candidates and married couple Frank and Valerie Esposito with their Sister of Providence companions Sister Deborah Campbell and Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp at the Providence Associate orientation Oct. 10. Many, many candidates had life-giving relationships with Sisters of Providence. One candidate, who is also a staff member of the Sisters of Providence, said the sisters have become her family. They help her take pride in who she is....
What it means to be a Providence Associate
“No, not me!” About nine years ago, Sister Carol Meyers, SP, invited me to become a Providence Associate. I responded, “Oh no, not me. I’m a man, older and gay.” A few days later, director Debbie Dillow called me saying, “We have other people like you who are associates.” Providence Associate Stephen Modde with Sister Carol Meyers in 2019. Being close to some Sisters of Providence for several years, I had been hearing about the growing Providence Associate relationship. After...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
...to the common good. But voting for candidates ultimately involves choosing a candidate for public office, not a stance, nor a specific teaching of the Church. And for this reason, faithful voting involves careful consideration of the specific ability of a particular candidate to actually advance the common good. In making this assessment, opportunity, competence and character all come into play. The question of opportunity is pivotal in voting discipleship. What are the elements of human life and dignity that...
What brought you here?
Sister Rosemary Nudd with Amy Penne, the Providence Associate candidate she will companion over the next year. Twenty-nine individuals recently began their year-long journey toward becoming Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. On Saturday, Nov. 12, many of these candidates attended an orientation at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. These candidates will spend the next year meeting with a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate companion and delving deeper into Providence spirituality and what it means to live out...
22 New Providence Associates
...as Providence Associates. From left, Providence Associates Tracy Biggs-Green and Duane Drake during the commitment ceremony. Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, Sisters of Providence general officer relating to the Providence Associates, addresses those gathered during the commitment ceremony. The Rev. Rebecca Zelensky makes her commitments as a Providence Associate. From left, Sarah Wilson, Traci Tucker, Jennifer Calvert, Marsha Bialaszewski and Tara Lane make their first commitments as Providence Associates. Helen Flavin, center, during the commitment ceremony. Providence Associate Marilyn Rausch with her...
Honoring you
Your gifts of time, talent and treasure make all the difference in furthering the mission and ministries of the Sisters of Providence. Please know that as a donor, you remain in the daily prayers of the Sisters of Providence, and every month, a Mass is offered in the Church of the Immaculate Conception for you and your intentions. “May they see themselves as channels of Your Providence reaching into the lives of others by their gifts of love each day....