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Sharing the charism of Providence
...saw the sisters at work in their hospitality ministry and in their prayer. And I was able to explain that apostolic or ministerial congregations are fairly new in the church with the emphasis being on “lifelong consecration to God, the integration of a contemplative life of personal and shared prayer with a whole-hearted commitment to full-time public ministry in service of the reign of God.” (Sandra Schneiders) Following the days of retreat, the group took a two-hour long drive into...
Love of sports fuels Sister Joni Luna
Sister Joni Luna cheers on campers working through a dribbling drill during the 2015 basketball clinic she conducted. Sister Joni Luna’s love of sports goes back a handful of years. “The confidence athletics instills lasts a lifetime,” Sister Joni said recently. “Sports change lives. They teach perseverance, discipline, commitment, hard work, responsibility and teamwork. Sports teach children how to overcome adversity.” For many years before coming to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Sister Joni served as an athletic...
The Sisters and General Chapter: An overview
...sisters who will serve as our leaders for the next five years. What makes it hard for sisters to miss a General Chapter is how these seemingly routine tasks are carried out. At our General Chapter, sisters of all ages and from their ministries in the United States and Asia come together to engage in deep and meaningful conversations about what is most important to them. They talk about what they do. They talk about their commitments and how they...
Providence Associate connects to the Woods
Donna Snelling carries a candle prepares to carry a candle in the procession at her first commitment liturgy as a Providence Associate in 2014. Why did I become a Providence Associate? There are so many emotions and personal experiences about becoming a Providence Associate that it is difficult even to begin to put it into words. My first experience with Saint Mary-of-the-Woods was in September of 1999. That was when I became a Woods External Degree (WED) student. Setting foot...
Sister Joni Luna professes first vows
...God and her commitment to the mission and community of the Sisters of Providence. “In the deepest corner of my heart and soul, I have had, and continue to have, a burning desire to serve God, to be in community and to cast my lot with the Sisters of Providence,” Sister Joni said. “There is a voice that continues to invite me to come and to be an ambassador for the love and peace that only God offers. “Not growing...
Meet Emily: Sister of Providence postulant introduces herself
...home, Sister Carole challenged me to trust this urgency as God’s way of communicating with me and that God would let me know if I was on the wrong path. She’s continued to guide me in my discernment over the past year. I now realize that what attracted me to the Sisters of Providence was the personal relationships I developed with many sisters. It was also their commitment to justice issues, especially eco-justice, and the broad understanding of spirituality I...
A Reflection for the Installation of New Leadership
...of you participate right here on this campus or in a daycare for seniors in a crowded neighborhood of Taipei, Taiwan, or in a center for family services in a crowded neighborhood of Chicago. Communion is felt when the graduates walk across the stage in one of our schools or when people leave our food pantry or one of our spirituality programs and feel nourished. It happens every time an Associate makes his or her commitment, every time the needs...
New energy, focus for justice
...well, you will not be surprised by this list. The sisters’ bold commitment to environmental sustainability has been lived out through the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and its programming over the past 20 years. The issue of human trafficking might bring back memories of the sisters’ involvement in a human trafficking awareness campaign leading up to Super Bowl 2012 in Indianapolis. Ministries like Providence in the Desert in Coachella, California, and Providence Family Services in Chicago, Illinois, have extended...
How Taizé changed my life
...produce business-like results (high test scores, student mastery of standards) while still devoting ourselves to meeting student needs well beyond academics. Teaching in Gary, South Bend, and Indianapolis, I have been face-to-face with those needs on a daily basis. One Sunday morning this summer, Reverend Rebecca Zelensky preached about sisters, Martha and Mary, hosting Jesus in their home, stressing that, while Martha’s commitment to service was admirable, Mary’s insistence on feeding her spiritual needs was just as crucial to a...
A shared Reflection for Foundation Day
...two professed sisters) to the wilderness of Indiana. She knew that God’s plan, expressed through her superior, was for her welfare leading to a future with hope. Despite many hardships throughout this perilous journey, the sisters arrived in this wilderness to find neither a home nor school, both of which they had been promised. However, one building was under construction. This was to have been their convent. Mother Theodore decided that it would become the Academy. Her commitment to mission...
A Christmas Reflection
...children, to ask for her prayers for them and their families. If you had ever visited Sister Brigid’s classroom, you would know what a demanding teacher she was. You would also know that those demands were wrapped in loving kindness and deep respect for each child. Right there in Malden, Massachusetts, God was with me in the person of my own sister. Writer and Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio says it this way: “Christian life is a commitment to love, to...
Deep love and healing
...and organic gardens, the internship has been an opportunity for Ezra to live out his commitment as an Associate to connect more with the sisters and the community. Even his work is holy in its connection to the history of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “I stop often,” he said, “and I think ‘I bet you anything that Mother Theodore picked carrots right here. Right here. She was right here.’” Ezra uses his time here to pursue healing. “I go and see Ma...