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Celebrate the Light in our lives, amidst the world’s darkness, this season
...I know as Providence, as Love enfleshed? I know my answer – that’s why I dare to wish each of you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart. That’s why I dare to celebrate with you the presence of the Light in our lives – the Light sent to drive away the darkness. In the energy of love, of Providence, let’s live what we know and believe. God is with us. Merry Christmas! Sister Denise Wilkinson General Superior...
Sisters of Providence Newsnotes
...Supervisor of the Urban CPE Consortium. “In this ministry, I am an experiential theological educator of persons of all faith/spiritual traditions journeying with them in reflecting on their actions, attitudes, assumptions, gifts, development needs in caring among the marginalized and oppressed,” Sister Barbara said.” 22 new Providence Associates This fall, 22 women and men made first commitments as Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence. Those making commitments Nov. 8 are, above from front left: Jennifer Calvert, Donna Snelling,...
“High spirits and mischief”: a story of sledding
In the category of “things I find while looking for something else” is this delightful story about Sister Mary Alma Ryan. Sister Mary Alma was appointed superior of the Academy in 1897 and served on the council from 1902 to 1926. But this story from the third history volume, Sister Mary Roger Madden’s The Path Marked Out, gives another side of her story. The narrator of this particular memory is Sister Mary Theodosia Mug, who was Sister Mary Alma’s friend....
French fries with a fork: yes — crossed legs: no
Cover of the booklet, “Sisters of Providence Etiquette,” published in 1968. Recently, a Sisters of Providence communications staff member unearthed a “Sisters of Providence Etiquette” booklet in archives and proudly brought her find to my desk. Dated 1968, the booklet gives detailed instructions on how a Sister of Providence should look, sound and act in a variety of situations, from car rides to meal times to classrooms and even Superiors’ offices. (This moment was akin to the discovery of old...
A call to change
...from the violence of superiority and disdain. Grant us the desire, and the humility, to listen with special care to those whose experiences and attitudes are different from our own. Archbishop Oscar Romero has been in the news recently as he has been named a martyr for the faith, paving the way to his beatification. I would guess that that wouldn’t be as important to him as justice for the poor. The story of his conversion is well known. A...
Sister Joanna Valentino (formerly Sister Marie Dominic)
...“When you’re blue, buy shoes.” Her formation days were quite unorthodox. One Sunday while visiting, her mother was told by the novitiate director that Joanna needed to leave and go home because she didn’t smile enough. She took her final vows two years earlier than prescribed by canon protocol in the 1960s and did not participate in a former tertian program because she convinced the General Superior she was ready and wanted to permanently profess vows as a Sister of...
When I’m rich: Providence dreams in the Desert
...this country. We figure that our families are about a generation ahead of the ones in the film. One of our Advisory Board members told us that as a child she worked in the fields after school. And when we first came to the Desert some 13 years ago, we learned that the previous school superintendant had not allowed the students to have their own books, because “they’re just going to work in the fields.” Probably because of the work...
Sisters who served in Civil War to be honored
...placed near the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods cemetery gates. The marker was constructed by Wagner Signs, Indianapolis. A dedication program has been scheduled for 1 p.m., on Saturday, May 2. The program will take place at the sister’s cemetery. According to information archived by the sisters, then Governor Oliver P. Morton sent word to Monsignor Augustine Bessonies, pastor of the St. John Catholic Church in Indianapolis, to contact the Sisters of Providence to help with nursing duties at City Hospital. Then Superior...