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Sacred Places Honored: Church of the Immaculate Conception Receives Grant for Fire Suppression System
...of the church announcing “All Are Welcome” and through our programs and outreach, we reinforce our commitment to this sentiment. In the Church, daily Mass is open to everyone, including the college students, individuals living in affordable housing apartments on campus and healthcare residents living on our campus. Community members from the Terre Haute area attend, as well. Additionally, the Church hosts monthly Taizé ecumenical prayer services, weddings, funerals and community events like class ring ceremonies, Baccalaureate liturgies and commitment...
Kathy Johnson: ‘I now look at life differently’
...assisted me in learning a variety of ways to pray and why I should pray. I have developed a schedule for prayer and a special place in which I go to pray. 5.) What are your commitments? My commitments to the sisters are to pray for them. I have committed to being present at all retreats and events that my schedule will allow. I also have volunteered myself for assistance if the need arises. I recently started volunteering in Health...
Caring for God’s gifts: the natural environment and faith
...also in many other cultures, thus uniting nature and faith in Holy Being. Our world holds many things in common. One of these is nature’s gift of seasonal weather, unique in each part of the world. Another is the celebration of the many religious and cultural traditions that marks the seasonal memories. Weather and religious values may seem strange partners, but reflection on the two common realities of our weather patterns and faith commitments come to mind. For example, in...
Journey of the Spirit: companioning a Providence Associate Candidate
...I soon found my feet set on a path of Providence that would take me and the candidate I was companioning on a true journey of the Spirit. On Nov. 8, that journey brought my candidate, Jean Smith, along with 19 other associate candidates and their companions to the Church of the Immaculate Conception for a commitment ceremony in which each one promised to continue to grow spiritually and to be a presence of God’s providence to others through the...
Continually called: Providence Associate Connie Schnapf
...me deeper and deeper in the mystery, and I am so grateful. The opportunity to further my commitment to God’s Providence as a woman of faith, wife, mother, grandmother and companion to others through a call to love, mercy and justice, continues to challenge and bless my life. It is an integral part of who I am and who I am becoming. This community has always been in my life, even though it may have been from a distance from...
The living and growing Providence Associate relationship in California and beyond
...eventual commitments as Providence Associates while I was in California: April Bradley, Emma Contreras, Martha Langarica and David Rudolph. They are still very involved in the relationship. April came to the Woods with her husband to make her first commitment. Emma and Martha are hoping to come this summer. (Martha spoke at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods at the Mother Theodore Guerin Dinner for donors some years back.) And David, though he is not a traveler, is a model of engagement. Providence Associates...
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 Providence Community 2024-25 Laudato Si Action Platform Plan
Who Are We? Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, who founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, in 1840, knew the value of caring for all of Creation. The legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin infuses the contemporary life of the Providence Community with deep trust in the Providence of God, inclusivity of the diversity of creation, and active response to God’s call to care for all creation. The Providence Community has a strong commitment to love, mercy and justice. This is...
Sister Evelyn Ovalles reflects on Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and home
Sister Evelyn Ovalles enjoying some time sledding at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Sister Evelyn Ovalles, a native of the Philippines, currently ministers as director of the Tribunal and judge for the diocese of Gary, Ind. What does home mean to you? “Home is the place that goes where you go, yet it welcomes you upon your return” Michael J. Rosen This is among my favorite quotes about home. I certainly carry “home” with me wherever I go. A turtle carries its home...
‘But I won’t get any supper …’
...Beyke, SMWC campus minister, and some SMWC students will carry these letters and personally deliver them to Indiana’s congress persons in March. A number of churches in Terre Haute are supporting the effort. You, too, are invited to write letters to your congress persons for the students/graduates to deliver. Here is an example of a letter. Write your name and address at the end of the letter. In addition, write the name of your congress person and your return address...
Celebrating National CSA Sign-Up Day
...sugars, etc. We are a motley crew! But as we went through the questions, it was fun to reflect on the variety of foods we enjoyed and the creative ways we used them. To the question, “What has been your least favorite part of the CSA program?” we all looked around at one another and realized we couldn’t think of anything. We savored and celebrated the gift of fresh-off-the-farm veggies that nourished us into the colder months, and we all...
Remembering a ‘Star Teacher’
...on the chalkboard at relevant times during her lectures. One of her favorite instructional devices was to write a sample word on the board (usually a multi-syllable word), then break down the word into its component parts, identifying its linguistic stem and root meaning, plus noting any relevant prefixes and suffixes that modified its meaning in the particular case. If Sister sensed that the class as a whole was becoming tired or had lost its focus (e.g., some students were...