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Leadership Team statement: We must overcome all of this violence
...Grant us the desire, and the strength, to act responsibly within the cycle of creation. God of love, mercy and justice, acknowledging our complicity in those attitudes, action and words which perpetuate violence, we beg the grace of a non-violent heart. Amen. The Leadership Team of the Sisters of Providence Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, General Superior, Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp, SP, Vicar/Treasurer, Sister Laura Parker, SP, General Councilor, Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein, SP, General Councilor, Sister Carole Kimes, SP, General Councilor...
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Note: Sister Sue Paweski, SP, and others, recently embarked on a pilgrimage to Poland and Prague. While on the pilgrimage, they also visited Auschwitz. Here Sister Sue reflects on the visit. Silence. Silence. The commotion of the passengers climbing out of the coach buses and heading to restrooms; buying bottles of water; chatting about the weather and the drive; finding the guides who introduce themselves. Then as we begin the long trek to the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp, the guide tells...
Sister Mary Esther Lane (formerly Sister Francis Gertrude)
Sister Mary Esther Lane “Fear not, I am with you always.” —– A reading from the Prophet Isaiah Once, when asked her favorite passage from scripture, Sister Mary Esther Lane quoted that passage from Isaiah, said Sister Margaret Quinlan in her commentary for Sister Mary Esther, formerly Sister Francis Gertrude, who died Saturday, Nov. 19, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 101 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 83 years. Let’s listen to it again. Fear not,...
Senior jubilarians – 80 years and counting
Editor’s note: Reflection from Sister Denise Wilkinson, general superior, given on Dec. 8 during Eucharistic Liturgy to sisters, associates and visitors. While this message is specifically for the sisters celebrating their senior jubilee, the message resonates universally to all God’s people living out the Gospel message. Congratulations to these ever-faithful sisters who continue to serve in ministry. Front row (left to right), Sisters Mary Pat Cummings, Dorothy Drobis, Marie Kevin Tighe, Rose Virginia Eichman, Cecilia Carter, Marie Esther Sivertsen. Middle...
“Creating Currents of Change” in Memphis
...positive — the love engaged against hate, the seeds that are sown to grow justice. Lawson called us to reject the climate of current public discourse that labels and divides. He said, “We are not primarily white or black, conservative or liberal. We are primarily human.” He lamented the continued influence of racism, sexism, violence and plantation capitalism in public discussion today. Lawson urged us to find a different language outside the fear built up by politics and media —...
St. Joseph Lake history photo album
...picnic to the lake. From left clockwise: Sisters Marie Patrice Cleary, Ann O’Hara, Luke Crawford and Cathy Buster. Trucking the sisters in for the 1981 infirmary picnic at St. Joseph’s Lake. Sister Jean Fuqua’s typed note from the St. Joseph Lake scrapbook regarding the infirmary picnic in 1982. Sister Jean Fuqua mowing the lawn at St. Joseph’s Lake several years ago. Sister Cecilia Ann Miller swimming at St. Joseph Lake in the 1980s. Sister Jeanne Knoerle ice skates on St....
Warning, this album may contain photos of sunbathing nuns
...many, many sisters having a good time at the lake. Some of the photos from the album were just too fun not to share. So I offer you a sampling here. And If you haven’t read Sister Cathy Campbells’s article from HOPE about Sister Jean’s amazing project at the lake, you won’t want to miss it. You can find it here. Sister Jeanne Knoerle ice skates on St. Joseph lake in 1978. Sister Cecilia Ann Miller swimming at St. Joseph...
Imperfect mercy
...of our brother Jesus? How could I relate to a message that seemed to have no room for mistakes, for missed opportunities to show mercy? Sister Tracey listens during table sharing at a recent gathering at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. As I sat with these questions during the Giving Voice 20’s/30’s retreat for young women religious, my mind wandered over some parables and stories from Jesus’ life. It landed on the Wedding at Cana and Mary’s suggestion that her son might help...
Celebrating Sister Joni as she professes first vows on June 26
...of vows. For me, each scripture selection – and all three together – create a vibrant mural of the lives of all followers of Jesus. The three panels of this mural could be labeled: LEAVING, LEARNING, LIBERATING. Today, we shine a light on one particular follower of Jesus – our Sister Joni Luna – as she professes first vows as a woman religious, as a Sister of Providence. Joni’s life journey has been all about leaving, learning and liberating. Like...
Quotations from reflections given at General Chapter 2016
...come to our rescue. We have all the angels around us.” —Sister Norene Wu “How will we in the days and years ahead act together to put out the flames of today’s fires on Earth? Fires of continuous wars. Fires of hate crimes against our LGBTQ sisters and brothers. Fires of economic inequality especially for women. Fires of racism. And the list goes on.” —Sister Kathleen Desautels “What if we begin to put aside all the divisions in our hearts...
Where Your Treasure Is
Sister Tracey listens as Elmer Pena, the husband of Sonia Avile, speaks. The last time I saw Sonia, she joined us in the upper room at Christ Church Cathedral downtown in Indianapolis on March 6. That day, 19 Faith in Indiana leaders prepared to risk arrest in a non-violent direct action mourning the inability of our Congress to create a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers and all 11 million immigrants who live, work, pay taxes and worship in our country....
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
...background of abortion, climate change and the culture of exclusion, it is clear that the faith-filled voter who seeks to be guided by Catholic social teaching is confronted by compelling moral claims that cut across the partisan and cultural divides of our nation. The pathway from these crosscutting moral claims to decisions on particular candidates is not a direct and singular one in Catholic teaching, rooted in one issue. For this reason, the drive to label a single issue preeminent...