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Providence High School, Chicago
...2024) Providence High School Class of 1960 In June, 2025, our class is celebrating its 65th anniversary. If you are interested in attending a reunion of the Class of 60, please contact Marietta Bratta-Garber at mcbratta@yahoo.com. (January 2025) Submit your class note History of Providence High School, Chicago In 1888, Our Lady of Providence Academy, the direct ancestor of Providence High School, was opened in one room of Our Lady of Sorrows School in Chicago. Nine students were enrolled. In...
Introducing Providence Community Cemetery
The Providence Community Cemetery columbarium wall at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Many of you — friends, family, alums, staff and other supporters — have described Saint Mary-of-the-Woods as a peaceful, holy place. You have cherished relationships with the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Because of this, the Congregation has been asked about the possibility of having loved ones buried on these sacred grounds. Our new outreach ministry celebrates these significant relationships with the Sisters of Providence. We also hope to help...
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...
Leadership & vision
...are passionate about our lives of prayer, education, service and advocacy. We dedicate ourselves to helping those who might otherwise be forgotten. With openness and audacity, we dream the possibilities of an emerging future, and, therefore, commit ourselves, companioned by our Providence Associates and other ministry partners, to respond to the call of Providence in these times through the following four directions: Mission of Religious Life Anchored in Providence spirituality, we will deepen and strengthen our prayer lives and create...
Stages of formation as a sister
Becoming a Sister of Providence is a multi-year process. Many sisters will tell you that they’re always learning how to live their lives as Sisters of Providence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/E7nNmJSMjQc In this video, Sister Arrianne Whittaker describes the formation process of becoming a Sister of Providence. Read below to learn more about each of the steps in the formation process. For the first 6-9 years of initial membership, there is a defined formation program. Contents 1. Postulancy 2. Canonical novitiate 3. Mission...
Find greater meaning, community as a Providence Associate
...18 years and older, who share their own unique gifts and talents with others while walking with the Sisters of Providence. The Providence Associate relationship with the Sisters of Providence began in 2007. Currently, there are more than 300 Providence Associates in the United States and Taiwan. Accepted applicants spend a year meeting one-on-one on a regular basis with a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate companion. During the meetings, the candidates and their companions learn and share about Providence...
Providence University in Taiwan
...values, research, and critical thinking skills so that they may effect positive changes in society. Visit Providence University’s website Sisters of Providence are very active today at Providence University Taiwan. Sister Sophia Chen is a staff person at the Mother Marie Gratia Hostel for Girls, a women’s student residence for Providence University. Alumnae/i of Providence University – we encourage you to learn more about the Sisters of Providence and connect with us on social media and sign-up for our enewsletters....
Who are the Providence Associates?
“A Providence Associate is someone who is in relationship with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Relationship here includes all the characteristics one would associate with that word — love, support, help with one another’s needs, interest in one another’s interests — all this while maintaining one’s own individuality. Associates are truly an integral part in the community of the Sisters of Providence.” — Marilyn Webb, Providence Associate, Brownsburg, Indiana Is God calling you to something more as a...
Sign up to become a Providence Associate
Are you being called to a deeper relationship with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods? Become a Providence Associate! Apply here “Our associates are carrying the Sisters of Providence charism of love, mercy and justice to places we are not. Our associates are sincerely and intentionally living out the mission of the Sisters of Providence, honoring Divine Providence.” Sister Diane Mason, former director of Providence Associates How to apply Apply by June 30 each year to begin the journey...
National Shrine of Our Lady of Providence
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Providence is located in the vestibule of the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The Our Lady of Providence ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods exists to promote the humanness of Mary and her family of Joseph and Jesus. Through it the Sisters of Providence offer spiritual support and guidance for the real needs of families today. Dedication to Mary under the title Our Lady of Providence began...
Providence Climate Agreement
Sister Mary Catherine Guiler (from left) along with Sister Denise Wilkinson, Sister Maria Saracco and Sister Margaret Norris (in back) wait to sign as Sister Florence Norton signs the Providence Climate Agreement. The Providence Climate Agreement was developed by the Climate Crisis Task Force in order to provide — for the Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates, family and friends, and all others concerned — an action of resistance to climate change that is significant, doable, and at least roughly measurable....
Sister Eileen Dede (formerly Sister Anita Therese)
...Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1990-91); Volunteer, Eucharistic Minister, St. Francis Hospital, Indianapolis (2011-13); Nursing Home Volunteer, Indianapolis (2013-14); Volunteer, St. Francis Hospital, Indianapolis (2014-16); Volunteer, Providence Spirituality & Conference Center, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2017-18); Providence Health Care Visitor/prayer for PHC Staff, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2019-24); Prayer for PHC Staff and Residents, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2024-26). In Illinois: Teacher, St. Mark, Chicago (1953-55); Teacher, St. Genevieve, Chicago (1957-58); Teacher, St. David, Chicago (1958-59). In Ohio: CPE, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton (1977-78) In California:...