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Sisters join Catholic Climate Action Projects
...U.S. Catholic Priests. It has created an online platform that serves as a vehicle for the Providence Community and others to create a fund. This fund will allow us to green our facilities. Or, alternatively, we can use funds collected to sponsor an external project that honors our commitment to support climate justice. Where would the funds come from? The Sisters of Providence will make contributions in proportion to the impact of our use of carbon-based fuels for air and...
Sisters of Providence, Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters enter covenant relationship
...Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters at this time in your history,” said Sisters of Providence General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, during the installation ceremony. “We promise to be the loving Providence needed to enable you to deepen your lives and live out the commitments you made to God and one another.” The Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters (OLVM), also known as the Victory Noll Sisters, approached three different congregations in late 2020 asking if they would be interested...
Archives: telling our story of living the Gospel
...from the Archives, such as Mother Theodore’s sabots (work shoes), her desk and her penknife, add authenticity to the shrine of Saint Mother Theodore. In the Archives itself you can find “obedience lists” of every sister assigned to every ministry from the very beginning of the work of the Congregation. Each year these local communities sent home “Chronicles,” records of their community life and ministry. These records document the Sisters of Providence commitment to living out the Gospel, much as...
Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore
...with the Our Lady of Victory Noll Sisters of Huntington, IN. Because of their small numbers that community of women religious needed someone to provide leadership for them. We agreed to provide that someone. A blessing has fallen upon them in the person of our Sister Jenny Howard. We offered and they have accepted Sister Jenny as their congregation leader. I’m grateful to Jenny and also appreciative of all the Sisters of Providence who have made a commitment to be...
The Gift of Mother Theodore’s written legacy
...her life. It is writing that is alive and active in our present lives as we move forward and approach an expansive and unknowable future. The storyteller Blog post author Alice Shelton renews her commitment as a Providence Associate as she lives the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore. We know Mother Theodore because she wrote. The storyteller in Mother Theodore shines clearly today as so many of us make use of what she left for us. We speak of Providence...
Is God calling me to religious life? Listen to the wisdom that dwells within you
...learned: No one has the answers to your journey. This is yours alone to figure out. Stop asking the “how question,” and listen to the wisdom that dwells deep within you. Begin by trusting yourself. Our whole lives many of us have been taught to look outside ourselves for answers. Practice Trusting ourselves takes practice! Like Nike says, “Just do it!” Make a commitment to trust your intuition, your gut, that still small voice that dwells within you. Listen and...
A Reflection for the 2022 Senior Jubilee
...to the fact that this psalm is printed on a throw she received from a friend sometime during her 33-year ministry in New Albany and which she uses as a spread on her bed even now. It has been a constant remembrance, she said, that “God maketh me lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul.” Sister Rose Virginia Eichman. She said it also reminded her of her commitment to attend the...
Why the Providence Community?
...of 2022 during the commitment ceremony in October. Drawn to the community as a Providence Associate Susan Yochum of Glenview, Illinois, a 1993 graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, became a Providence Associate this year. “Becoming a Providence Associate is intentionally living Providence in my life and letting the energy of Providence work through the advocacy I already practice,” Susan said. Susan said they came to the Providence Associates looking for community. And they have found it. “I have a community...
Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
...on what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 90th birthday: “Today marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 90th birthday. And although he’s not with us today, Dr. King’s steadfast commitment to the causes of equality and justice continue to transform the world. I still draw inspiration from his deep-rooted belief in service. As he said: Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” (Source: Obama.org). Take some time today...
Celebrating National Catholic Schools Week with pen pals!
...the Mission Sister Joni said the project only helps further the mission and legacy of the Sisters of Providence. “I believe this project has fostered positive intergenerational relationships with our neighbors,” Sister Joni said. “It has helped our sisters develop positive relationships with the youth, and for some, it has alleviated the propensity for social isolation. “I want to thank each and every sister and Father Terry for answering the call to connect with these students. Our sisters’ commitment to...
March 5, 2023: Second Sunday of Lent
...to consider the three pillars of this season and enter into Lent more deliberately through PRAYER, FASTING and ALMSGIVING. Make a commitment and choose some practices that will intensify your life as a Christian disciple. I believe more time in prayer is essential to the season of Lent. For me, fasting and almsgiving can intersect. For an example, fasting from some favorite way I spend my free time is devoted to others, visiting people confined to their homes or care...
What I love about being a Catholic Sister
...Mich., where I ministered. Ten years later, my husband died suddenly. I believe my early experiences helped me as an adult to survive those hard years. I had the support of my community, co-workers and good friends. Sister Marilu Covani at an immigration rally in Terre Haute. Faith and commitments guided me to special places where I met sisters from different communities with whom I mingled and ministered. I became especially close with one sister and that lasted through the...