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Providence Associates living out their commitments
Providence Associates strive to live out within their own lives the Sisters of Providence mission of honoring divine Providence by works of love, mercy and justice in service among God’s people. What this looks like played out in individual lives is full of variety. These photos show some of our associates in action. Providence Associate Joann Kennelly of Gardena, California, second from left, lives out her commitment as a Providence Associate in her retired years by ministering to senior citizens....
The First Day: Two Presenters Share
...Hall: Stark, sharp and arresting. As the trumpet notes fade, we begin our deliberate reading of the Manifesto to the gathering of more than 300 Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates (PA), alternating parts: “Whereas … and Whereas …” and soon different voices in different languages take it up, reminding us in French, Mandarin, Spanish and Tagalog, that our heedless treatment of Mother Earth harms all of God’s creatures, everywhere. Several Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates signed the Providence...
Sisters preserving memories through memory books
Pages from some of the memory books created by Sisters of Providence. See three complete memory books below. It was … a time of innocence, a time of confidences Long ago … it must be … I have a photograph Preserve your memories, they’re all that’s left you — Paul Simon About two years ago, Providence Associate Sheila Donis approached the Sisters of Providence HOME (Helping Ourselves Meaningfully Engage) team with an idea to create memory books for the...
A family pilgrimage to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
...Providence. From the very beginning of our visit, we were wrapped in love by the Sisters of Providence. Everywhere we turned, there were genuine smiles, a goodness and vitality that exuded forth. So what batteries power the Sisters of Providence with such liveliness? I wondered. We arrived just in time to attend Mass. The Church of the Immaculate Conception was awe-inspiring and the singing, glorious. I closed my eyes and wondered if the angelic choirs were joining in with the...
Reflections for Foundation Day — Oct. 22, 2018
...announced as Providence High School. The school moved into a new school building in New Lenox in 1962 and serves more 800+ students today. I love this line from their mission statement: “We invite young men and women, along with their families, to join us in the blessing that is Providence, and in so doing, become something greater together.” We are the blessing that is Providence. We are the legacy of those six women in the log cabin chapel. We...
Visiting Taiwan
...and other Missionary Sisters of Providence during a visit to the graves of Mother Marie Gratia Luking and Sister Regina Marie Wallace. Sister Dawn, Sister Jeanne, Sister Donna Marie Fu and Sister Delan Ma along with many Missionary Sisters of Providence at the Missionary Sisters of Providence School. Sports Day at Providence University as the freshmen class takes to the field. Sister Rose Chiu with her mother. Mass showing gifts at the Offertory. Sister Donna Marie Fu showing Sister Jeanne...
Sister Susan Paweski
...Vatican Council habit. No one was more amazed by the turn of events than I. My Perpetual Vows came after a challenging and wonderful seven-year Initial Formation program. I see these past years as a witness to Providence because there is no way I could even have imagined a couple of decades ago that I would be standing in the sanctuary. I attended St. Francis Borgia School and Guerin High School, both ministered by the Sisters of Providence. I attended...
In it together
Staff member Vicki Layton, feels right at home partnering with the Sisters of Providence the past 27 years. For Vicki Layton and Karen Sagraves, partnering with the Sisters of Providence makes perfect sense. After all, Vicki has partnered with the sisters for almost 30 years, while Karen’s partnership is still growing. After spending a handful of years as a nurse and another year in a secretary position for a credit office, Vicki was ready for a new career. She found...
A Priceless Gift
...the early years of the Congregation would actually “circulate” among the sisters, sent from house to house. Today, of course, the letter is sent to individual houses or sisters by mail. The content of the letter circular is always spiritual in nature, as is seen from an excerpt of General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson’s recent Advent circular in 2011 in which she references our six founding sisters, “… we are so much their sisters and they ours. Like them, we...
The Mission to Asia: A reflection for Foundation Day
...established the relationship between the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, and Asia. During that meeting, Bishop Tacconi, of Kaifeng, China, asked Mother Mary Cleophas if Sisters of Providence could come teach at a school for young women in Kaifeng. Mother Mary Cleophas agreed and dispatched Sisters Marie Gratia Luking, Mary Elise Renaud, Eugene Marie Howard, Marie Patricia Shortall, Clare Mitchell and Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, with Sister Marie Gratia taking the lead of the mission. The six Sisters of...
School children’s cards, donation brighten sisters’ day
Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods enjoying the cards from St. Paul students. From left, Sisters Noralee Keefe (formerly Sister Joseph Edward), Ellen Cunningham (formerly Sister Michael Aquinas), Mary Ann Phelan (formerly Marie Marcella) and Ruth Johnson (formerly Sister Joseph Maurice). Exclamations and laughter. Oohs and aahs. Smiles and chuckles. These were the sounds as Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods gathered to view cards created for them by students at St. Paul School in Valparaiso, Indiana. In late February,...
Sister Joan Zlogar (formerly Sister Joseph Bernard)
...in her growing up years in Joliet. She attended St. Raymond Grade School and St. Francis Academy, neither of which was staffed by the Sisters of Providence. After graduating from high school, Joan worked for two years at a brokerage firm in Chicago. How did she come to know the Sisters of Providence? Her good friend from first grade on, Rosemary Lux, had a priest uncle, Msgr. Joseph Lux, who introduced her to us and recommended that she get to...