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In Solidarity: Vowed Catholic Religious Honor Trans Day of Visibility
Note: The undersigned religious communities represent more than 6,000 vowed Catholic religious and partners in mission in more than 18 states. As vowed Catholic religious and our partners in mission, we wholeheartedly affirm that transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive individuals are beloved and cherished by God. We mark March 31, International Day of Transgender Visibility, as a time to celebrate, acknowledge, and uplift folks who identify as transgender, nonbinary, and/or gender-expansive. We know our actions and commitments must extend beyond this...
Sister Patricia Geis (formerly Sister Anna Marie)
...again this past year in Providence Health Care. Patricia’s parents separated when she was very young, so her mother had to work outside the home and the sisters spent much time with their devout Polish-speaking grandmother. Patty even learned to understand Polish although she never became fluent in it. Her mother had six siblings, and Uncle Stanley, Patty’s favorite, was like a father to the Geis family. Patty remembers her grandmother as a very prayerful woman who “Herded us off...
Gifts that keep on giving
...give her a positive outlook on life by reminding her that God will always provide. She recognized this as a gift in and of itself, the gift of sharing God’s love with others. Belief in the mission General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski plays with the baby granddaughter of Providence Associate Eileen Horan in 2017. Mary Ellen admires Sister Dawn’s commitment to her vocation. And she appreciates Sister Cathy’s investment in her own education. Both influenced her decision to support the...
Giving new life to plastic shopping bags
...on benches where homeless people sleep. (Left to right) Sisters Mary Lou Ruck, Clelia Cecchetti, Betty Koressel, Marilyn Trobaugh and Lourdes Hall resident Teresa Morris work on turning used plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for people who are homeless. “We adopted this ministry as our commitment to a justice project this year as part of our annual ‘play, pray and plan’ process,” Sister Grace Marie said. “It is an activity in which each one of us can participate and...
Providence Associate and former Sister of Providence Donna Watzke shares about her journey
...community and addressing racial inequity. My little part in this has been partnering with our Immigration Welcome Center by mentoring individuals who are seeking citizenship, standing with our Latino community especially during the ICE enforcements (Sister Tracy Horan was a key leader of this endeavor), and supporting a local shelter for homeless families. Other commitments include parish ministry with the hurting, reading, ushering and various ad hoc committees. Grateful I am grateful to the Sisters of Providence, who, I believe,...
Sister Carolyn Kessler (formerly Sister Ann Carolyn)
...and teacher. She loved teaching and in particular, she shared with me how much she loved the students in her masters’ program. She admired their eagerness to learn, their commitment, their dedication to their students. Through all of these years, she lived with Sister Mary Ellen Quinn. Sister Mary Ellen died in 2002 which was a great loss to Sister Carolyn. Sister Carolyn had retired in 2000 and with Sister Mary Ellen’s death, Sister Carolyn thought she probably should move...
Celebrate Public Policies that Support Climate Justice
...(cf. Laudato Si’, 51). The world leaders, who will gather for the COP28 summit in Dubai from November 30 to December 12 must listen to science and institute a rapid and equitable transition to end the era of fossil fuels. According to the commitments undertaken in the Paris Agreement to restrain global warming. It is absurd to permit the continued exploration and expansion of fossil fuel infrastructures. Let us raise our voices to halt this injustice towards the poor and...
Celebrate a Majestic River of Reflection and Renewal
...the People of God to “an immersive journey of synodal dialogue and conversion” beginning today in the opening of the Synod on Synodality: “Another parallel perspective has to do with the Catholic Church’s commitment to synodality. This year, the closing of the Season of Creation on Oct. 4, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, will coincide with the opening of the Synod on Synodality. Like rivers in nature, fed by myriad tiny brooks and larger streams and rivulets, the...
September 10, 2023: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...practiced for many years that lead to division. In this Gospel reading, Jesus is asking us to seek reconciliation, to seek to reunite what has been severed. No matter your role in a situation, reconciliation takes commitment and skill. Oftentimes, we will need to seek help to tend to ourselves and when it is safe to connect with another. Reconciliation asks us to be willing to acknowledge any harm that we might have caused, even when it was unintentional. We...
October 22, 2023: Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...himself in ways we never will. But we can try. We can also understand that identifying flattery will disrupt the power dynamic. Are we prepared to potentially make enemies? Sometimes that’s what the truth costs. As someone who was raised to not make waves, to be silent and “good,” I realize I need to find that strength within me. Otherwise, I’m a hypocrite, too. Action 1 Peter 2:17 reads in part, “Fear God, Honor the King.” It’s a tidy summary...
Blooming in the gardens at the Woods
...respect. “I feel strongly about what White Violet Center is doing. I wish more organizations would make a commitment to give back to the land instead of just taking from it,” Lily said. Being with the Sisters of Providence has also had an impact on her. Growing in the Woods Lily would recommend the farm internship to others. “Do it. You only live once so try everything and see what you like the best.” If you can’t be an intern,...
Remembering who we are and why we are here!
...After an arduous journey of more than three months, across the ocean, over land via railroad and stagecoach, up rivers and across streams via steamboats and ferries, “what was their astonishment to find themselves still in the midst of a forest, no village, not even a house in sight.” A ‘Master’ Storyteller Later, our Saint Mother Theodore, a master storyteller herself, would write in her journal: “It is astonishing that this remote solitude has been chosen for a novitiate and...