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Congregation releases calls for action, days of prayer in anticipation of Inauguration Day
Note: The following is a shared statement from the General Council of the Sisters of Providence and the Women of Providence in Collaboration. Scroll down to see scheduled events the Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and others will be taking part in leading up to the Inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden. As a sign of our commitment to make God’s Providence visible by creating a more just and hope-filled world, the General Council invites all Sisters, Providence Associates, family and...
Our Letter to President Biden
Note: Just prior to the 2021 Inauguration, we sent a letter to President Biden, which was signed by many others, including Providence Associates and other women religious, that explained our climate position and congratulated him not only for his presidential victory but for his climate platform. Here is the letter in its entirety: Dear President Joseph R. Biden, The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, Providence Associates, and our Partners in Mission congratulate you on your election and offer...
Thank you for a joy-filled week
Sister Winifred Mary Sullivan’s favorite Scripture verse is “God is love.” Thanks to all you — friends, former students, relatives, ministry partners — we celebrated National Catholic Sisters Week (March 8-14) at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods with special style this year. In our e-newsletter and on Facebook, we invited all of you to send a greeting to an individual sister or to any sister who might need her day brightened. Your response of more than 175 messages certainly went far beyond our...
Earth Day Every Day: Earth Defenders unite
...resolve. It provides all of us with encouragement and hope. The Learn and Play tent was so much fun at our 2019 Earth Day Festival Although we are not able to have our normal Earth Day celebration again this year, we want to take this week to highlight and celebrate some of our Earth Day partners in our community and give them the opportunity to share their stories about the exciting things they are doing and other helpful tips they...
Special Retreat ‘treats’
We would not typically update you on the annual retreat for the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods through the Providence Partners e-newsletter. However, this year’s retreat concluded a year-long celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Mission in Asia and, in light of recent hate-motivated actions across our country, it is important to be reminded of the 100-year legacy we share with our Missionary Sisters of Providence and supporters in Asia. In commemoration of the celebration, Sister Dawn Tomaszewski,...
Newsnotes
...many donors. Diane has worked for the Sisters of Providence for nearly 16 years, previously in marketing. Diane says she is looking forward to the challenges of the new position. “I love my new position,” Diane said. “It allows me to continue sharing sisters’ stories while offering people an opportunity to become and continue to be partners in our mission. I love talking with our friends, supporters and donors as well as working more closely with sisters and volunteers. “Our...
You mean the world to us!
...the world a better place! As Christians serving a broken, impoverished world, our work isn’t done. We look forward to working together with you in the coming year and continuing to offer love, mercy and justice to those in need. You make a difference in the world, and to the Sisters of Providence. God bless you! Gratefully, the Sisters of Providence P.S. We recently introduced our Providence GEM program for monthly givers. If you’re interested, you can read more here....
Forest Bathing
...in the Woods The Woods is such a place for me and, I suspect, for countless other Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates, ministry partners, family members, students, alumnae/i … the list goes on! The Woods becomes integral to who we are. Once instilled in us it is hard to separate us from the experiences – it is ingrained for a lifetime. And for some, it becomes so integral to who they are that they choose to be buried here, surrounded...
Will you listen to your heart: A foundation day reflection
...bench, asking Mother Theodore how she had felt. How she had handled the sorrow of leaving France, her family, her Sisters of Providence. How she had helped her five companions overcome their grief at departing their home. Was she excited to see what Providence had in store for her? How did she know her choice was the right one? I reread her “Journals and Letters”, searching for an answer to her feelings. As I sat with her on the bench,...
Racism’s infection within American healthcare
Editor’s note: With the piece below, Terre Haute South Vigo Junior Charles McFarland won first place in a racial justice essay contest conducted by the Equal Justice Initiative based in Montgomery, Alabama, in partnership with the Facing Injustice Project, an initiative of the Greater Terre Haute Branch of the NAACP. Local NAACP member and Providence Associate Sandy Wickware received permission that we use Charles’ piece and submitted it for use on the Sisters of Providence blog. Thank you, Charles, for...
Ten years of transformation
...comment that this would “allow you time to reflect on your time in (trans)formation as a Sister of Providence.” Formation to transformation For those who don’t know, we (namely the temporary professed Sisters of Providence), recently renamed our group from the Women in Formation to the Women in Transformation. We think this better reflects the active evolution that we undertake when we enter community and start the long and sometimes arduous process of learning who we are as Sisters of...
Sisters, SMWC unveil historic district sign marker
An event six years in the making culminated on Monday, Sept. 25, as many Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, joined administrators from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) to unveil the official sign marker for the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Historic District. Because of the distinction, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places. During the unveiling, Sisters of Providence General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, along with Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett and SMWC Interim President Brennan...