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Providence Associate first commitment and renewal 2019
...Galvin visits with Sister Rose Virginia Eichman before mass General Officer Sister Jeanne Hagleskamp offers a welcome Sister Mary Mundy pins a new PA pin on William Okey Sister Thomas Jeanne Doriot at prayer The Providence community gathered for the Rite of Commitment Sister Shawn Marie McDermott visits before the ceremony New Providence Associate Stephen Modde with his Sister companion Sister Carol Meyers Providence Associates share the Sisters of Providence mission of love, mercy and justice by living out the...
Gifts of relationship, friendship
...Perhaps, as I write, I touch the presence of the one to whom I write and her/his presence touches me, affirms me, challenges me, heals me, and reminds me of the precious bonds that connect us. Perhaps as I write I become more aware of the gifts of relationship, of friendship given to me in such abundance. Perhaps, as I write, I become conscious of the Word who became flesh and whose love may be seeking expression in the words...
Sister Mary Tomlinson: on telling her son she wanted to be a sister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4KjzrDjjTE Sister Mary: How do I tell my son I want to become a Catholic sister? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEb7LPWVG1M Sister Mary: How I came to be a Catholic sister Read more of Sister Mary’s story here. Connect with Sister Mary Favorite TV program: the news Favorite music/song: anything by John Denver. (My son thinks that’s hilarious.) Favorite place: I love Chicago! I am a Chicagoan through and through. Favorite Scripture passage: from Jeremiah 29:11-13 “I alone know my purpose for you, says...
Meet our postulant Stephanie Rivas
...that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou Favorite book: “Messengers of the Wind” by Jane Katz and “A Gift of Joy and Hope” by Pope Francis Favorite movie: The Greatest Showman, Les Miserables (Liam Neeson version) Favorite saint: Saint Therese the Little Flower and Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Favorite way to pray: outside, with music, with others, in silence Some favorite...
Leaning and leading like Saint Mother Theodore
...at a senior Jubilee celebration in 2017 There are some definite differences in leadership today than in Mother Theodore’s time. “Mother Theodore and her councilors often received advice from the bishop. That does not generally happen with congregations these days,” explains Sister Jeanne. “Within our Congregation, decision-making was also much more hierarchical in the past, even until the last quarter of the 20th Century.” Sister Mary Beth adds, “The Second Vatican Council called women religious to renewal and we took...
A reflection on the 2021 Providence Associate Commitment and Renewal
It happened again this year. When our Sister of Providence Leadership Team met to discuss the requests from all of you to become Providence Associates, we were once again overwhelmed. New Providence Associates 2021. From front left: Jennifer Christos, Michael Booth, Erin Gick, Kathleen Ly. Second row from left: Tanya Pongracz, Michael Rausch, Jonnee Western, Gloria Urrea, Mary Lou Kiesle. Back row from left: Providence Associate Co-Director Sister Susan Paweski, Robb Farris, Marci-Alvis-Slinski, Mary Beth Tribble, Marcia (Skitz) Everard and...
Let the winter go: a prayer ritual
This has been a hard and long winter for many: more ice and slush, less warmth; more wind and snow, less sun; a time for more hibernation and less community. Pay attention to spring renewal: days growing longer, daffodial peeking out from Earth, and birds returning to singing. Say goodbye to winter and welcome spring! Go, Winter, Go! Depart from our lives, deadening spirit of winter. Response: Go, winter, go! Be gone, all slippery ice, slushy sleet, dangerous snow, and...
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...
Sister Joan Matthews (formerly Sister Ignatius)
...master’s degree in voice from The Catholic University of America. Sister Joan said of herself: “I taught every aspect of music from pre-K through junior college as well religion … these are the two loves that can touch hearts.” Her teaching career took her to numerous missions in Indiana and Illinois, as well as in Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., and Taiwan. She was also one of the six members of the Corporate Renewal Team which the sisters came to know...
Sister Grace Marie Meehan
...a member of the Congregation’s Corporate Renewal team, being administrator of the Congregation Infirmary and a variety of ministries in health care. To her credit, she began her career in nursing at the age of 50 – a profession and ministry she loved. From left, Sister Grace Marie Meehan, Providence Associate Betty Sloan and Sister Josephine Bryan catch up and enjoy one another’s company. “Compassionate to the core” – who wouldn’t want to be described that way? Except that the...
Thirty Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Neri (1962-64), Fort Wayne: Teacher, Central Catholic High School (1967-68), Indianapolis: Principal, St. Agnes Academy (1969-70), Indianapolis: Assistant Principal, Ladywood-St. Agnes (1970-72), Indianapolis: Principal, Ladywood-St. Agnes (1972-76), Newburgh: Teacher, ST. John (1976-77), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Provincial, Sacred Heart Province (1977-84), Fort Wayne: Pastoral Associate, St. John the Baptist Parish (1984-86), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: General Secretary Councilor, Sisters of Providence General Administration (1986-96), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Project Team Member-Lilly Grant, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (1997), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Director, Gerontology Sabbath Renewal Program, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College...