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Youth, elders learn from each other
...teen opportunity after she observed how much “enthusiasm and joy her nieces and nephews derived from being with the sisters in health care,” when they have visited her at the Woods in the past. “Why not invite other high schoolers to volunteer in PHC as well?” Sister Joni, a veteran school teacher and coach, now ministering at St. Patrick School in Terre Haute, Indiana, asked herself. Once the General Council approved her proposal, Sister Joni enlisted the support of Sister...
Welcome Jessica! Our new Sister of Providence
...the Congregation. Jessica laughs with the sisters as they arrive to meet her. The newest member of the Congregation exclaims upon meeting the oldest member of the Congregation, Sister Marceline Mattingly. Jessica greets a sister welcoming her. Sister Barbara Doherty welcomes the new postulant. Vocation Director Sister Editha Ben, who has accompanied Jessica on her discernment journey over the past several years, accompanies Jessica on her walk to Providence Hall for her official entrance into the Congregation. Gathering in the...
The joy of living out my vocation to religious life
...in 2017. In many ways, I have always found myself in the midst of the Sisters of Providence. My dad’s oldest sibling was Sister Esther Marie Sullivan. Dad frequently drove for the sisters, and I was his companion. On Sunday afternoons during the school year, you would find the entire Sullivan family visiting at St. Rose Convent in Chelsea, Massachusetts. While the adults would enjoy visiting in the parlor, I would be ice skating with the sisters in the enclosed...
HOPE winter 2019 — small blessings, BIG impact
Download HOPE Download HOPE winter 2019 As Seen in HOPE Sisters and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College: seeds of hope A volunteer Sister of Providence companion is embedded with each group of students. The course takes students on tours of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and more. Education in everyday caring makes a difference Staff members who participated in dementia care training share how it makes a difference in their...
Sister Marie Paul Haas
...Perhaps the effects of Marie Paul’s talent, dedication, commitment and passion were no more evident than at her Mass of Christian Burial last week at St. Francis Borgia. The following comments were shared by Sisters Dawn and Jeanne, who attended the Mass: “People arrived before the wake began at 5 p.m., and just kept coming. Current families with children taking music lessons, former students, many of whom are still involved in music or who just retired as music teachers themselves!...
Sisters preserving memories through memory books
...For more information about Sketches, contact Katie Harich, well-being coordinator at kharich@spsmw.org or 812-535-2860. “Because stories are forgotten if left untold” Click on a sisters’ name below to view their completed memory book or click below to download a pdf version. Sister Ann Stephen Stouffer Sister Patty McIntyre Sister Teresa Costello Sister Stories _ Ann Stephen Stouffer WEBDownload Sister Stories _ Patty McIntyre WEBDownload Sister Stories _ Teresa Costello WEBDownload (Originally published in the Summer 2019 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Stepping forward to become a Sister of Providence
...at the gate waiting to board my flight back, I reflected on these questions more seriously. I was dreading the fact that I would not see my family for another eight months, when the song “What a Journey” by Filipina artist Lea Salonga popped up in my playlist. I asked myself, why am I still aspiring to become a Sisters of Providence? Perhaps I should start with considering what the past 10 months have been and what I have gained. Postulant...
Preparing the next generation of Sisters of Providence
...first year allows her to participate in the Congregation worship and feast days, to hear the beautiful stories told when we bury our dead and to absorb the history and character of this birthplace of our charism. Of course during this year the postulant is also exploring how her personal gifts fit with the SP charism. And while this question is always evolving, she is invited to share her skills and talents as a volunteer minister. She is also invited...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2019
...influence are having an amazing impact on our students and staff. Because of you, our students are truly motivated students striving to reach their highest potential and become faith-filled, socially responsible women and men, who will take the lead in creating a more just society and a more hopeful future for themselves and others. Thank you and may our Provident God be praised. Saint Mother Theodore … pray for us. Sister Dawn continues: Will you join me in thanking Dottie,...
The reunion finale for Providence High School
...as principal. Today, Providence-St. Mel is an independent school for pre-kindergarten to grade 12. Each year, 100 percent of its graduates are accepted to four-year colleges and universities. In her remarks at the luncheon, Sister Dawn noted: “I can’t help but think that all that positive energy and spirit you generated while you were students there remains in that building and continues to bless the students and faculty and staff who continue to carry on an important educational mission there.” ...
Against All Odds: Focus on Sister Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, SP
...age of 25, to enter the Sisters of Providence. In the commentary after her death on Dec. 27, 1960, it is mentioned that she taught in the elementary grades in Indianapolis at Holy Cross, St. Anthony and St. Agnes schools before going to China in 1920 and that, after her return in 1927, she taught for 27 years in various parish schools in Chicago and in Terre Haute, residing for the last few years of her life in the infirmary...
Advent 2019: All are welcome or How do we make room in the inn?
...especially in response to those most in need of welcome. During this past year, I have experienced the Providence Community doing just that – opening our hearts to others, sharing our time and resources, being radical* in the welcome of the other. I think about the many sisters, especially those in the Woodland Inn, who welcomed Sisters Lan Luu and Hang Tran, the newest Dominican Sisters of Tam Hiep, Vietnam, to study at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College about the same time...