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Photos! Providence Associate retreat 2017
...Sisters Mary Montgomery, Mary Ryan, Joyce Brophy and Providence Associate Rosaline Secrest. Providence Associate Sara Bennett joins others at her table in prayer. Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates gathered dip their hands into a bowl of water and bless themselves. It was a brisk and beautiful early spring weekend for the Providence Associate spring retreat. Most of the activities took place in and around Providence Hall. Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates on retreat, including Providence Associate Yvonne Conniff,...
Foundation Day and our French connection
...this now? Spending time in the La Petite Providence Chapel praying with their sisters who were celebrating their jubilee was a humble experience. As we prayed, I thought of our own sisters who have spent decades of years carrying the same mission into the world and relying on the same Providence that so far has never failed us. In this moment of prayer, I joined the Sisters in Ruillé with our own Sisters who would be celebrating an anniversary this year. Interesting enough,...
Becoming a Providence Associate
Welcome to our newest Providence Associates! Some of the 26 new Providence Associates who made their first commitments on Saturday share some of their experiences here. Each has spent the past year journeying with a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate companion as together they learn more about the Sisters of Providence, each other and themselves. See the photo album of their big day here. Providence Associate Kim Knoblock Kim Knoblock, Terre Haute, Indiana “For me, the process was like...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Jubilees
...(1994-95); House Parent Providence House, Providence Self-Sufficiency Ministries, New Albany (1995-96); Treatment Coordinator, Terre Haute (1997-2001); Co-Director of Residential Services, Providence Hall, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2001-03); Administrator, Providence Hall, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2004-07); Activity Director, Villas of Guerin Woods, Georgetown (2007-14); Volunteer, Villas at Guerin Woods, Providence Self-Sufficiency Ministries, Inc., Georgetown (2014-19); Residential Service/Sewing Room, Providence Hall, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2019-21); Prayer, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2021-present). Sister Marilyn Trobaugh, formerly Sister Robert Louise, was born in Lafayette, Indiana. Currently, she ministers in preparing bags...
2026 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Companion Award Winners
...it was appropriate to be honoring Susan at a “Donor” Dinner! Sister Jane Iannaccone (left) and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski (right) with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Companion awardee Susan Denison-Backhaus. Gene Majewski Gene Majewski, Providence Associate, was presented with a Companion Award for the myriad ways that he has been the face of Providence to those who have crossed his path over the past 24 years: As a theology teacher who brought the Providence Spirituality to life for students...
Newsnotes: the latest from the Sisters of Providence
...On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Providence community welcomed 17 new Providence Associates during a first-commitment ceremony at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. These women and men will join nearly 300 other Providence Associates in walking alongside the Sisters of Providence and sharing in their mission of love, mercy and justice. Our new Providence Associates, from bottom left, first row: Kathy Sternal, Gloria Morgan, Josephine Carbonaro, Michelle Barrentine, Kay Hassan and Providence Associate Co-Director Sister Sue Paweski. Second row from left: Karen Maynard, Wanda...
Twenty-one Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Ind., which is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1840. Today, Sisters of Providence minister in 13 states, the District of Columbia and Asia, through works of love, mercy and justice. More information about the Sisters of Providence and their ministries can be found at SistersofProvidence.org. Sisters of Providence on Facebook @spsmw on Twitter Sisters of Providence on Instagram Sisters of Providence YouTube channel...
New Providence Associate candidates share what brought them here
...Violet Center for Eco-Justice. I love this place and the sisters. I feel at home here.” What about you? Is God calling you here? We invite you to consider a closer relationship with the Sisters of Providence as a Providence Associate. The Providence Associate relationship is open to all people of faith, ages 18 and older. Find out more at ProvidenceAssociates.org. Enjoy photos from the orientation here. Providence Associates and companions bless each other during a prayer time during orientation....
Oral History: Sister Teresa Costello
...with her Uncle Eddie and Aunt Mary, who had a successful liquor business. She attended St. Thomas Aquinas School in Jamaica Plain for the remainder of her eighth-grade year, taught by the Sisters of Saint Joseph, then went on to Cardinal Cushing High School in South Boston and was taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Put yourself gently into the hands of Providence.” Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Becoming a Sister of Providence “I planned when I was...
A brief history of the mission to the Chinese
...became even more unbearable for the sisters and residents of this area. On Dec. 8, 1941 — one day after Pearl Harbor — the sisters’ compound in Kaifeng was attacked by Japanese soldiers. Soon the sisters from the United States were forced to leave the compound and the native Providence Sister-Catechists. The U.S. sisters were taken to a Baptist mission compound where other enemy nationals were relocated. The Sisters of Providence were then relocated to a Benedictine Sisters’ compound in...
Providence Associate annual meeting 2018
...her service dog Gary) and Anne Shupe-Scurry. Serving up ice cream and laughter at Sunday’s ice cream social with the sisters are from left, Providence Associate Deanna Ruston, Sister Barbara Battista and Providence Associates Pat Bowen and Cathy Allen. Sisters of Providence General Council liaison to the Providence Associates Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp chats with an associate during the annual meeting. General Officer Sister Jenny Howard offers an overview of the Sisters of Providence mission in Asia on Saturday morning. Providence...
Sisters profess first, perpetual vows
...Ind., which is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1840. Today, Sisters of Providence minister in 13 states, the District of Columbia and Asia, through works of love, mercy and justice. More information about the Sisters of Providence and their ministries can be found at SistersofProvidence.org. Sisters of Providence on Facebook @spsmw on Twitter Sisters of Providence on Instagram Sisters of Providence YouTube channel...