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A Reflection for the 2025 Senior Jubilee
...“There have been ups and downs, but the same Christ who first invited me to become a sister and helped me decide it was a Sister of Providence I wanted to be has been with me through all these times.” Suzanne Dailey spoke of spiritual growth, “I took my final vows very seriously. I made a life commitment to keeping them as well as I could. So far, I hope I have done that.” Sister Suzanne Dailey (center) with General...
Election and inauguration reflections
...us. Having lived through the civil rights movement, I am so happy to be alive to see this moment. This election tells me that transformation is wrought of many individual and group efforts that in time become a groundswell for change. It takes commitment for the long haul. Sister Mary Pat Cummings I was born in the mid twenties, grew up in the thirties and forties in New Albany, Indiana, a small Hoosier town on the Ohio River directly across...
Sister Grace Stewart
Editor’s note: Sister Grace died Sept. 1, 2010. Current ministry: prayer Years in the Congregation: 79 years My favorite Saints: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, St. Joseph and St. Theresa Sister Grace Stewart glanced at the wall, noticing it was 11:24 a.m. “It is about time to go to church,” she said. “If I go now, I can just make it.” She began to ease herself from her chair, reaching for her walker. She made her way to the door where...
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 Nancy Reynolds watches London Olympics with keen interest, especially swimming competition
...trials,” she recalled. “I watch the Olympics every possible minute that I am able. Swimming is still my favorite. I still swim to this day,” Sister Nancy said. “I also love to watch diving. I competed in diving also, but only on the one-meter board.” In another element of irony, Sister Nancy is on sabbatical in Nevada and she recently met a man working there who was in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He said the experience was like nothing...
Growing in depth: Providence Associate Joanna Dailey
Providence Associate Joanna Dailey’s relationship with the Sisters of Providence goes back to her youth. The Sisters of Providence were her teachers in grades 5-8 in Hammond, Ind. Joanna Dailey, at left, helps prepare the altar during her first commitment ceremony as a Providence Associate in 2012. She was so impressed with the Congregation that she entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence in 1965. Joanna left to pursue another path four years later, but she continued to stay...
Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: Joyful collaboration in a prophetic mission
...have learned about our various traditions. We did a super big ‘taking our streets back’ campaign working with the police, local businesses and residents to get rid of drug houses. We annually sponsor a back-to-school parade, an ecumenical picnic, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration,” she said. Sister Kathleen serves on both the SP and Archdiocese of Chicago Anti-Racism task forces. She also companions those preparing to make commitments as Providence Associates. As a member of the Pathways Awareness...
‘Slavery Still Exists’ prayers for justice
...is uncomfortable. Leader: We acknowledge our need to learn about items that we buy that have been made by enslaved workers. Response: We commit to spending more of our money on products produced by adult workers receiving fair wages. Leader: O God, you have given us voices, words and resources that enable us to speak, write and act against economic and political systems that support human trafficking. Response: We commit to consider the evil of human trafficking, take counsel and...
Celebrate 2016 with the SPs!
View a Christmas video message from General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, where she expresses the Congregation’s gratitude for the many blessings it has had in 2016. She also assures people of the Congregation’s prayers for peace and non-violence this holiday season. Christmas 2016 letter (also downloadable as a PDF) What a wonderful year this has been for our Providence family! As I write, I pause to count my blessings as a Sister of Providence. I especially include the many...
One step at a time: Sister Dina on upcoming vows
...One of my favorite sayings is, “You can’t plan this stuff!” Somehow, some very difficult parts of my past have brought me to people and places instrumental to my reaching this point. From early years of struggling academically to successfully completing undergraduate and graduate degrees. From shifts in employment that brought me to a full-time volunteer opportunity where I met the Sisters of Providence for the first time. From service in the public sector to service in the Church. From...
Listening, loving, letting go: reflection for profession of vows
...Theodore and her daughters of the Woods intercepted her. She, too, will profess first vows because: “As I continue to live into the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and witness with gratitude how they invite me to be my fullest self, I desire this accountability and level of commitment. For all these reasons and mysterious ones I’ll probably never fully grasp, I request support in taking vows.” We call all of this — Providence. Taking up the challenge I’m...
My Current Situation in Asia: A Quadrillion Blessings
...birthplace of Providence University. The founding story is very complicated. However, the concise version begins with the desire of the Sisters of Providence to be God’s love, mercy and justice in the world. This aspiration led to a commitment to strive for gender equity in Chinese society through the education of girls in 1920. Serving on the Executive Council of the Association of Christian Colleges and Universities in Asia (ACUCA). SIster Anne Therese (middle) is photographed here with international colleagues...