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Get to know Providence Associate David Hudgens
...complete 24 Hours of Le Mans or Daytona. I also try to watch or listen to the Cubs every chance I get. What are your favorite ways to spend your time? Gardening, taking care of our small flock of chickens, hiking, camping and Geocaching have been my favorite ways to spend my time in the past few years. What drew you to the Providence Associate relationship? Living in this area, I have always been around Saint Mary’s and when my...
Celebrating Grandparents’ Day
...grandfather, a few years ago they sent me a picture of the church where my grandfather was baptized. It means so much to me. They still attend that church. I write this today to honor my amazing grandparents, Thomas and Flora Oles Butler. There are so many questions I regret not asking my grandmother. I write this to encourage you to express your appreciation and ask questions about your grandparents’ and other relatives’ life experiences before it is too late....
A Note from Sister Barbara Battista: A Call to Action and a Time for Prayer
...sports season or our next favorite sports event. Get out there … on behalf of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on April 6, 2025. In August of 2013, the United Nations declared April 6 as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP). The adoption of this day signifies the increasing recognition by the United Nations of the positive influence that sport can have on the advancement of human rights, and social and economic...
U.S. Climate Regulations Rollbacks: A Call to Action
...numerous organizations are focused on efforts to support a thriving planet and thus the well-being of all creation. For the sake of brevity, we offer suggestions for action from only two such partners. 350.org, invites all concerned to write a letter to Mr. Zeldin expressing opposition to the rollback of climate regulations. Click here to send your letter. Catholic Climate Covenant’s initiative We’re All Part of God’s Plan(et) invites us, especially Catholics, to write our Governor in support of urgent...
May 18, 2025: Fifth Sunday of Easter
...forget there’s a reason we need a faithful shepherd, an encouraging and comforting friend, a friend who calls us to our best selves. The simple reason we need such a friend (friends) is that our lives and multiple relationships are so complicated. Judas was definitely a complicated man who had a complicated relationship with Jesus. Words others used to describe Judas were zealot, insurrectionist, thief, spy, hypocrite, betrayer. Jesus called him friend, disciple. See what I mean about real new...
Sister Joyce Brophy (formerly Sister Robert Ellen)
...her kids to write them memories about Aunt Joyce. From Brie: “Making Christmas cookies with us when we were little.” From Nicholas: “She’d let you know if her patience was wearing thin, that was the teacher in her. But her conversations were so calming.” From Ryan: “I remember Aunt Joyce showing up every Saturday morning with a dozen donuts. Through the years, she would show up with more and more chocolate covered long johns, which were my favorite.” In her...
Sister Grace Stewart
...asked me to write the commentary to be given at the time of her death, she told me that first and foremost she wanted the theme of thanksgiving to run through the account of her life — much as a colored thread is woven into a garment. She also wanted her story told with candor, including not only the bright side but also its shadow side because, she said, ‘I want my story to be a testimony to God’s unfailing...
Sister Mary Joanita Walsh
Sister Mary Joanita Walsh “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?” (Psalm 27:1) “This reading is from Psalm 27, which is one of Sister Mary Joanita’s favorite Psalms. The Health Care staff said that when she woke up during the night she would recite this line,” said Sister Catherine Livers in her commentary for Sister Mary Joanita Walsh, who died Sept. 1. The daughter of Irish immigrants David and Anna (Crosbie) Walsh, Ellen Catherine Walsh...
Sister Kay Manley
Current ministry: Teacher, Guerin College Preparatory High School Years in the Congregation: 51 years If I were not a Sister of Providence: I’d be an airline stewardess. Sisters of Providence were known in my home at a very early age. My parents knew the Duffy, Doherty, McNulty and Patrick families all of whom had daughters who were Sisters of Providence, (SPs). Some of the SPs in those families wrote to me or had other prospective SPs write to me about...
Sister Joann Quinkert
...what Yahweh asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 course in school: math least favorite course: writing (anything I had to write) childhood activity: playing ball with the kids down the street and alley My best friend says I’m … fun to be with. If I weren’t an SP I’dd be … missing all of the spiritual and ministry opportunities that have made my life. sinner: myself....
SPs through the years
...August 6, 1831. Entered Community Aug. 18, 1847. Took vows August 15, 1853. Died Dec. 22, 1913. “Sister Helena passed many years in Community, in fact was received by our venerable Foundress. She was employed as cook on several of our missions. Though unable even to read or write she was never quite reconciled to her condition of lay Sister. She seemed jealous of the attentions given to the Sisters according to age or rank. She was critical and self...
Sister William Eyke
...of her budding chemistry students in the early 1970s, said of her: “She was compassionate, understanding and patient. She didn’t write us off when we were struggling. Indeed, she was a great scientist, researcher and the best teacher. Her legacy to her many chemistry students is alive in their hearts to this day.” Sister William continued along this path of teaching and research from July 1975 until July 2005. This all adds up to 50-and-a-half years! Can you think of...