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Sister Barbara Sheehan
...falling in love. My breast cancer experience was a major turning point in my realization of being loved for who I am and not what I do and made me continual aware of my mortality. Falling in love coincided with my vocational challenge in realizing I wanted to experience being pregnant. Agreeing to take time alone to ponder my commitments strengthened and affirmed my vocation. It fostered our true care with and for each other, a loving friendship that is...
Sister Alice Louise Potts
...continued Sister Jeanne. “As a way to recognize and thank Sister Alice Louise for her unique contribution to M.D. Anderson and its commitment to cancer patients, in 2007 the Society of Surgical Oncology presented her with the James Ewing Layman’s Award. This award is given annually to a non-physician who has made a significant contribution to the prevention of cancer and to improving the care of cancer patients. The hospital also established the annual Sister Alice Potts Endowed Lecture Series....
Sister Jeanette Marie Lucinio
...of the sisters in foreign lands proclaiming the Gospel to people,” Sister Jeanette said. Sister Jeanette’s recollections might be great examples of how Sisters of Providence have made differences in the lives of many children at schools throughout the United States, but the direct connection inspired by one smile from one sister opened the door to the call that was within Sister Jeanette. The journey toward her commitment wasn’t always without challenges. She went to a high school in the...
Sister Dorothy Evelyn Laughlin
...word, her commitment to scholarship and her passion for teaching us to seek and find joy in literature remain with me to this day. In large part due to Sister Dorothy Evelyn, I too have that passion for literature. I’m beginning my fourth graduate program — this time in teaching English. I know that I carry with me her gentle spirit, her humor and her wisdom.’ “Another student also recalled Sister Dorothy Evelyn’s smile and expressed her memory this way:...
Living a fruitful vowed life
...money, sex and power? Since the Second Vatican Council directed religious congregations all over the world to examine and renew every aspect of their lives in order to better meet the needs of the contemporary world, the Sisters of Providence have been asking themselves what would Saint Mother Theodore do if she were here now? How would she live her commitment to her vows of poverty, chastity and obedience? Over the years since the council, we have examined our lives...
Mother, grandmother and sister?
...to raise a 9-year-old boy, she relied on the support of her parish. She began developing friendships with different sisters, including Sister Susan Dinnin, who was ministering in a church in Detroit. Marilú would help out sometimes. “We became very good friends. I ministered with her and invited her to my house,” she said. “When sisters would come to visit, I was often invited. I liked what I saw and respected their relationships, their faith and commitment to discipleship, their...
Giving others hope
...professional and support staff, the St. Ann parishioners and others — who come together to serve, to connect and to forge right relationships with others. The volunteers, she says, are the heroes. They are the ones who have chosen to make a connection and commitment to those who have less but whose needs are more. The past year of record-keeping shows volunteers logged 8,190 hours, Sister Connie said. Think about that — eight thousand, one hundred ninety hours! They are...
Making sense of the present moment
...began to feel a call to explore religious life. After a series of conversations with an SP friend who had also been a college advisor, she decided to apply. “I had always felt a resonance with the Sisters of Providence life and mission and was impressed by their visible commitment to love, mercy and justice.” She decided to “give it six months and see what happened.” The rest is history. In developing her own understanding of Providence spirituality, Sister Cathy...
The Le Fer sisters: Gifts to the Congregation
...as she tells in her letters, her career in Indiana may fittingly be termed ‘the triumph of failure.’” Sister St. Francis became anam cara or “soul friend” to Mother Theodore, a pillar of support when misunderstandings with the bishop were overwhelming. As she was not strong, this was a commitment of love far beyond the call of duty. In 1853, just as the new convent built by Mother Theodore was ready for use, Sister Saint Francis was buoyed by the...
Sister Terri Boland
...than anything we could accomplish alone. It was that spirit that moved me. I was looking for a greater commitment in my life and I felt I found it here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Q. Had you known the Sisters of Providence before you entered? A. No, actually, I did not. I actually met the Sisters of Providence through Sister Jody O’Neil, who was a campus minister at a small junior college in my hometown. We met through a mutual friend....
Movies that stay with you
...so convincingly in the scenes of the film that it’s almost overwhelming. Again, plenty to think about …who hasn’t been or isn’t in a web of relationships that evoke a myriad of feelings, require a continual commitment to do the loving action, to forgive, to make the right choice if not the popular choice? Maybe you’ve seen these films or others that have stayed with you and evoked questions or wonderings. Feel free to comment – it helps us all!...
All things possible with Sister Terri Boland
...these Woods but that alone is not the thing that drew me back. It was the story and life energy of the women I met here. It was the whole idea that as we come together the energy that each one of us brings becomes a force greater than anything we could accomplish alone. It was that spirit that moved me. I was looking for a greater commitment in my life and I felt I found it here at Saint...