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Thanking the Sisters through social media
...the Sisters of Providence have blessedly bestowed on many children during their time in thousands of classrooms across the United States. The responses – nearly 100 of them – were overwhelming and we wanted to share some of them with you. Judy Copeland said she remembered being taught by the Sisters at St. Patrick’s in Indianapolis. She vividly remembered “Sisters Gertrude Louise, Francis Catherine, Mary Michael and Hildegard. All wonderful teachers and all are in heaven now.” While Kathy Bachman...
Sisters of Providence provide leadership
At the end of August, the Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters (OLVM or Victory Noll Sisters) marked a new moment in their congregation’s 100-year history. After discerning several years and planning for future governance, on Aug. 28, 2022, the Victory Noll sisters installed Sister Jenny Howard, SP, as their Congregational Leader. A new era In 2020, the OLVM sisters realized they were unable to provide future leadership for themselves. So, the congregation engaged three different congregations of sisters in...
Community from afar
...not see my SP life separate from my work and my relationship with other sisters. Being in this community is being with those sisters at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and with those in other places.” Sister Doreen, the most remote of all sisters living singly, said, “I keep in close contact via e-mail, publications, Skype and online information. I miss the presence, friendship, laughter and tears of each sister. However, I look forward to being with my sisters at LGU meetings, area...
Journey of the Spirit: companioning a Providence Associate Candidate
...explored practices of the Sisters of Providence. In another, we discussed relationships and commitment to living the gospel. Finally, we talked about mission and ministry. To the conversation, I brought my lived experiences as a Sister of Providence, searching daily to discern Providence unfolding in my life. Jean brought her wisdom and spiritual depth as a wife, mother, recent widow, nurse, volunteer church musician, and a person with great empathy of spirit. Each time we met, we prayed, shared a...
Our special practices
The Book of Practices The Sisters of Providence have published a book about the fundamental practices that have shaped their lives and the life of the congregation since its beginning in France in 1806 and its establishment in Indiana in 1840. The book, Love, Mercy, Justice: A Book of Practices of the Sisters of Providence, published in January 2006, contains a series of “essays for reflection and discussion.” The idea for this project grew from a book, Practicing our Faith,...
The charism of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...of the Sisters of Providence collaborates with local agencies and organizations to provide need-based services. The establishment of Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis writes yet another chapter in overcoming adversity to provide educational institutions in the traditions of Saint. Mary-of-the-Woods College, Guerin College Preparatory High School in River Grove, Ill and Woods Day Care/Pre-School at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The many Sisters who serve in parishes and diocesan offices enrich the wider church with their Providence perspective. While it would...
Providence Associate connects to the Woods
...through the process of joining with me! This drew me in even closer to wanting to help the Sisters of Providence. It was at this point I asked myself repeatedly: How am I going to keep this connection once I have my master’s?? Long talks with the MAPT director, Providence Associate Virginia Unverzagt (RIP), led me to my decision (and want) to become a Providence Associate. Those talks were about our lives, the future, and why I wanted to stay...
A Reflection for a Golden Jubilee
When Katherine Ann French joined the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence 50 years ago this September, how could she have known that 50 years later she would be the only one celebrating this Golden Jubilee as a Sister of Providence? Sister Mary Beth Klingel (left) and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski (right) with 2019 Golden Jubilarian Sister Katherine Francis French. To use the theme of sowing and reaping that is laid out for us in the readings and songs...
Sister Louise Schroeder (formerly Sister Edward Louise)
...a Sister of Providence.” One of these sisters was Sister Bernard Therese, a happy, caring, prayerful woman who put the desire to become a Sister of Providence in Marky’s heart. Many years later, at the 75th anniversary of her entrance into the community, Sister Louise said, “Through my grade school and high school years, I admired the patience, kindness, and loving care of the sisters – never dreamed of the vocation for me! Until I read or heard, ‘Do not...
Sisters of Providence, other Catholic Sisters in Indiana issue statement
...of every person who exercises the right to vote in accordance with his or her own life experience and God-given conscience. The elected leaders of the following Indiana congregations of Catholic Sisters issued the above statement: Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Sisters of St. Benedict of Beech Grove Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg Sisters of the Holy...
Leadership Team shares LCWR statement on abuse of Catholic Sisters by clergy
...other factors. We hope that, through the pope’s acknowledgement, sisters and other survivors find strength to come forward, and that his words lead to more welcome and receptive avenues of healing. The sexual harassment and rape of Catholic sisters by priests and bishops has been discussed in meetings of leaders of orders of Catholic sisters from around the world for almost 20 years. Although the incidences seem most prevalent in developing countries, harassment and rape of sisters have been noted...
Sister Patricia Fillenwarth (formerly Sister Joseph Monica)
...was 79 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 62 years. Sister Denise continued: Here are some facts that describe the path Providence searched out for Patty. Each of them played a part in creating the Patty we have known. Patty’s openness to life events, family, friends and strangers, to her vowed life allowed Providence to continue to form her “inward parts,” continued to “knit together” the self she was continually becoming. Patricia Marie Fillenwarth was born...