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Day of Departure
...foreign mission of China of six of the Sisters of Providence, the first American Sisterhood to send laborers into the fields of the Orient. “These six sisters, Sister Marie Gratia, Sister Mary Elise, Sister Eugene Marie, Sister Clare, Sister Winifred Patrice, and Sister Marie Patricia, are the favored among the three hundred Sisters who volunteered their services for the foreign missions. For some years to come, however, recruits to the Chinese missions will be sent from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to help...
Mission to China – Archival Treasures
...elementary school and a junior middle school for girls. The other sisters that were a part of this first band of missionaries were: Sisters Marie Patricia Shortall, Winifred Patrice O’Donavan, Eugene Marie Howard, Mary Elise Renauldt and Clare Mitchell. The sisters arrived at Kaifeng, China, in the afternoon of Nov. 24, 1920. The sisters were in China only a few months when Sister Mary Elise died. She contracted smallpox from the patients she was treating and died April 21, 1921....
A look into our prison ministry
Sister Rita Clare Gerardot speaking to the crowd during the Gathering of Solidarity at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Since the United States reinstated the death penalty in 1976, there have been 1,480 persons executed in our country. At the 1976 General Chapter of the Sisters of Providence, Sister Jody O’Neil proposed that we as a Congregation take a stand against the death penalty. This resolution was passed in that Chapter. The Sisters of Providence have been involved in prison ministry since Mother...
Political Engagement Committee: Our Platform
...is central to where we will be as a people far into the future. The Political Engagement Committee of the Climate Change Task Force has explored and developed a platform to be used to: Inform and encourage discussion among the Congregation, its associates, staff and others regarding political aspects of global climate change, Aid sisters, associates, staff, and others in identifying candidates whose beliefs about climate justice may be similar to their own. This platform will help us ask about...
Sunday, January 9, 2022: The Baptism of the Lord
...hungry, to release the prisoner, to rebuild the nations, to bring peace among people, to make music in the heart.” – Howard Thurman In this Gospel, Jesus is leaving his hidden life. He and John are young adults. John is baptizing. People ask, are you the Christ? John’s humble answer, “No, there is one mightier than I coming.” After being baptized, as if he needed to be baptized, Jesus is praying. In those moments the Voice declares, “This is my...
Sister Marceline Mattingly
...in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Sister Marceline donated her body to science. When the Indiana University Medical Center returns her cremains to the Congregation, a committal service will take place, but this could take several months. Memorial contributions may be made in honor of Sister Marceline to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your memories of Sister Marceline in the comment section below. Sister Marceline Mattingly Complete Ministry In Illinois: Teacher, St....
Reflections for Reception into the Novitiate
Welcome Sister Stephanie Rivas! Note: The following reflection was written by General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski for the entrance into the Novitiate by Sister Stephanie Rivas, which took place on August 18, 2024. After my first encounter with the reading that Stephanie chose for this rite of entrance into the novitiate, I said to myself: Hmmm, there is quite a bit of groaning going on in this reading. All creation is groaning … we also groan within ourselves … even...
December 25, 2024: The Nativity of the Lord
...compassion, nonviolence, forgiveness. We have all experienced, I hope, the enfleshment of God in loving, in caring for another and being cared for, in finding peace and calm in difficult times. And in many other ways. Howard Thurman, theologian philosopher, educator, Christian mystic, and civil rights’ leader, invites us to the work of Christmas: “When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and the princes are home, When the...
Wherever one Sister of Providence is … we all are!
...it nurtured by the love and support of my sisters, even those who have gone before us: Mother Theodore Guerin, our founding sisters and countless others. Sister Arrianne Whittaker, center at right, was honored to be given a chaplet which belonged to a very special sister and mentor on her journey during a mission blessing recently. During the ritual I was honored to be given a chaplet which belonged to a very special sister and mentor on my journey. This...
Our sisters in Asia speak: What it means to be a Sister of Providence
From left, Sisters Celeste Tsai, Delan Ma and Su-Hsin Huang in 2017 as Sisters Celeste and Delan celebrate 50 years as Sisters of Providence Sister Delan Ma: “I am fortunate to have good sisters in the community to accompany, listen and guide me. I came to the Sisters of Providence community to serve God and to serve other people. When there are difficulties or problems, after prayer and meditation, things are easy to solve. I know that this healing power...
Sisters of Providence who have ministered in Taiwan share their stories
...who this God is, but there is a special love in your heart!’” Sister Paula Damiano, SP “The number of Sisters of Providence living and doing ministry in Taiwan and China has never been large, but the impact of their work has been enormous! The Sisters of Providence are admired by so many. This was evident when visiting there; people would immediately talk about the good work the sisters have done and continue to do. My experience is that each...