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Jean Lynch: her own spirituality has been deepened
...is your connection with the Sisters of Providence? When I first came to Florida, I met a very special lady — Sister Maureen Therese Brennan (RIP). From our first meeting, we became fast friends with our mutual love of all things Irish. I believe that is when my discernment process began — way back in 1978! Sister Maureen Therese shared her stories of Mother Theodore and her own love for the mission of the Sisters of Providence. When I later...
A reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...definitely different soil for you. But your request to be received into the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence speaks of your desire to sink your roots with this Providence Community. Trustfully, the canonical novitiate will afford you the time to ponder the longings of your own heart as you seek to recognize, as the reading from Proverbs suggested, just what a Provident God has in mind for you. Where is Providence luring you? Where will God’s steps take you?...
‘She is Our Hero:’ Reflection for the 2024 Feast Day for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...Providence,” to Cecile LeFer Choisnet (Schwa neh). She was one of the LeFer sisters who did not leave France to become a Sister of Providence. However, in letters to Mother Theodore, she shares her struggles with her own vocation as the wife of Joseph Choisnet (Schwa neh). Perhaps she was comparing herself to her sisters who were off in the wilderness of Indiana saving souls. We know her husband was ill, and perhaps she was worried about her ability to...
Life lessons from the Sisters of Providence
Providence Associate Suzie Ray, left, with her mentor and friend Sister Rita Black. It was the summer of 1980 and I was about to embark on my first part-time job as a nurse’s aide at the Sister’s of Providence Infirmary. I was a very inquisitive, carefree and rambunctious 20 year old looking forward to a new adventure. Little did I know then what type of life-changing adventure it would become!!! A few months earlier, I had met Sister of Providence...
Breaking boundaries as Providence people
“The Glory of God is all creation fully alive.” — St. Irenaeus The Sisters of Providence Community tagline is “Breaking Boundaries, Creating Hope.” It calls us — anyone willing to listen deeply enough — to love authentically, completely and without reservation. As People of Providence we are called to live as Jesus lived. Hope flourishes where love abounds. But why do we espouse ‘breaking boundaries’? Breaking anything sounds so violent, doesn’t it? Sister Barbara Battista joins in the June 6,...
Walking with Providence Associate brings burst of energy
...share our passion, we need them,” she said. Sister Peggy highly recommends companioning a Providence Associate to other Sisters of Providence. “My selling point might be the opportunity to grow yourself and deepen your own spirituality. And sometimes that can be scary.” For her taking that step into something new has brought new life and energy at a time when she needed it. Read a Q&A with Jane on her experience journeying with Sister Peggy toward becoming a Providence Associate. ...
Reflection for a Celebration of Commitment
...they follow through, they stick with it. And for Sisters of Providence, for the Providence community, we lean with all our weight on Providence. German writer and statesmen Goethe wrote this: “Concerning all acts of initiative, there is one elementary truth: That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision – that no one could...
Sister Mary Pius Regnier: General Superior from 1966 to 1976
...here. Helen Marie Regnier was born in Aurora, Ill., on April 28, 1914. She was the eldest of six siblings, four boys and two girls, born to Fred and Anna McDonnell Regnier. In this traditionally Catholic family she learned early to consider Jesus as both model and friend. She graduated from Madonna High School in Aurora in 1931 and just six months later entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence, Jan. 23, 1932, receiving the name Sister Mary Pius....
Day of Departure
The Aurora, a publication of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, described the departure of the six Sisters of Providence who left for the Chinese mission in an article titled “Day of Departure” in the November 1920 issue. The six sisters chosen for this ministry were Sisters Marie Gratia Luking, Mary Elise Renaud, Eugene Marie Howard, Marie Patricia Shortall, Clare Mitchell and Winifred Patrice O’Donovan. The following are portions of that article: The first band of China missionaries receives missionary crosses in the...
Sister Joyce Brophy
...Saint Mary-of-the-Woods? It is home. What the world needs now… What we profess in peace, justice, mercy and love. Q. Why did you choose the Sisters of Providence? A. Although two of my Providence High School classmates were entering the local Sisters of St. Francis, I chose the Sisters of Providence. These sisters had been my teachers in elementary and high school. I felt comfortable with them and admired them. I wanted to emulate Sister Rose Scecina, my first-grade teacher,...
Three Sisters of Providence arrested in Georgia for participation in non-violent protest at Army base
...Our sisters were handcuffed and later shackled. This certainly seems like an excessive use of force against women religious who have dedicated their lives to doing God’s work and to striving for peace in our society.” The Sisters of Providence have participated in the annual non-violent protest for several years. About 20 members of the Congregation made the trip to Georgia this year. Several Sisters of Providence have traveled to Nicaragua, Colombia, Haiti and Guatemala where they have learned about...
Sister Betty Donoghue (formerly Sister Clare Patrice)
...the least of these, my sisters and brothers, you did it to me.’” (Matthew 25:31, 34-45) Sister Betty Donoghue Directly related to this Gospel passage is the favorite memory of Ann Casper, SP, about a story Betty told on herself: When Betty was a nurse’s aide working primarily with sisters with varying degrees of cognitive issues, Sister Clara, who had a rather severe cognitive loss and who said very little, was crying out “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.” When Betty entered the...