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When I was in prison, you prayed with me
For many years, Sisters of Providence and friends and Associates have helped lead prayer services with inmates at the Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Sister Alice Ann Rhinesmith, SP Sister Alice Ann Rhinesmith, SP, has ministered with this group for the past five or six years. Sometimes the sisters have led communion services for the inmates. Other times they assisted with Mass when a priest was available to preside. One sister has even led a Bible study group. Sister...
Sustainability midst the bustle
Providence Associate couple Duane, left, and Jennifer Drake, right, (pictured here with their Providence Associate companion Sister Mary Morley) work to make a place for living gently on Earth in the midst of the daily busyness of work, volunteer and family life. Life is busy. Sometimes it feels we are stretched to the limit. How does one fit living an ecologically friendly lifestyle into the busyness of life? For Providence Associates Jennifer and Duane Drake, it’s about being gentle with...
Journals and Letters week 28: Death of the bishop
...(which today in addition to Sisters of Providence also includes Providence Associates) coming home for meeting and renewal time in the summer continues to the present. Mother Theodore’s strong leadership amidst struggle has paid off in the longevity and character of the community she founded. Share your thoughts How do you see Mother Theodore dealing with disappointment here? How do you deal with disappointment? What most stood out for you as your read this section? Next week > page 262...
Sisters honor elders with ‘90s Party!’
...Besides the guests of honor, many packed the dining hall, including staff members, Providence Associates, relatives and sisters, some of whom served as companions for their elders. The party began with a parody of the song, “Alouette,” followed by a greeting from Vicar Sister Lisa Stallings. Father Daniel Hopcus then offered a prayer before everyone broke into a parody of “Alice Blue Gown.” Then, representatives from the Sisters of Providence archives department offered blessings for all the recognized sisters and...
2021: It has been a roller coaster
...vows. And Leslie Dao entered the postulancy. In addition, 18 lay persons committed as Providence Associates and another 28 began the relationship journey. Although this December may feel like we were free-falling on the downward plunge of a roller coaster ride due to threats emerging from the omicron variant, Mother Theodore’s words comfort us: “… our hope is in the providence of God, which has protected us until the present, and which will provide, somehow, for our future needs.” For...
Sister Nancy Nolan named ‘Volunteer of the Year’
...have done for many years at the Federal Prison in Terre Haute. – Sister Nancy Nolan Several sisters minister at the penitentiary. Some visit inmates while others volunteer at the minimum-security camp. Currently, Sisters Mary Rita Griffin, Jean Anne Maher, Alice Ann Rhinesmith and Janice Smith volunteer, along with Providence Associates Jude Magers and Donna Watzke. In addition, Ken and Elizabeth Bormann, both residents of Terre Haute, with special ties to the Woods, also volunteer. Sister Nancy sets up times...
Sister Marie Victoria Podesta
...her room. Marie Victoria was educated by the Sisters of Providence at St. Mel and at Providence High School in Chicago. She entered the Sisters of Providence in 1944, and made her first profession in 1947 and final profession in 1952. She earned a bachelor’s of science at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and her master’s at St. Louis University. Sister Florence Norton, who was studying at St. Louis at the same time and who roomed with her, remembers how, while Florence...
Virtual opportunities a silver lining to a pandemic
The Church of the Immaculate Conception ready for virtual worshipers for monthly Taizé prayer When the world shut down in the spring of 2020 it would have been understandable if the Sisters of Providence would follow suit. Surely no one would blame them for taking a break during such an unprecedented time. But if you know our sisters at all, it probably won’t surprise you that not even a global pandemic could stop the Sisters of Providence. In fact, being...
‘Change our politics and not just our policies’
...150 or more persons waited in front of the downtown St. Lucas UCC Church for the bus’s arrival. There was great energy of anticipation in the air and a very welcoming church community already gathered when I arrived with one of our Providence Associates and another friend from the parish. As the only Sister of Providence in Evansville, I was delighted to see a number of folks I knew and to be surrounded by others committed to addressing justice issues...
Mercy
The Sisters of Providence and our Providence Associates have a natural affinity for The Holy Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis. This Holy Year begins December 8, 2015 and ends November 20, 2016. Pope Francis states in his proclamation instituting this Holy Year: “I am convinced that the whole Church will find in this jubilee the joy to rediscover and render fruitful the mercy of God, with which we are called to give consolation to every man and woman...
Sister Dorothy Drobis (formerly Sister Irene Therese)
Adeline Dorothy Drobis was born February 20, 1932, in Chicago to August and Veronica Kowalski Drobis. She attended Our Lady of the Angels, Our Lady of Mercy and St. Mark elementary schools, and Providence High School in Chicago – all places where she came to know the Sisters of Providence, said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Dorothy Drobis, formerly Sister Irene Therese, who passed away on October 15, 2020, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 88 years...
Transformed by these Woods
...at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. People who have studied at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College or interned at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. People who have visited friends or family on these grounds or who have deepened their relationship with the Congregation as Providence Associates. Most of us have heard these things. And most of us have said them ourselves. “At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God. … I love our woods and solitude very much.” –...