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Sisters of Providence struggles and wisdom amidst pandemic
...an entire issue of HOPE. This is but a snapshot of what they said. Prayer Sister Betty Paul joins a protest in North Carolina, where she lives, advocating to have a confederate statue removed from the center of town. For many sisters, extended time in prayer has been both a coping mechanism and a time of real growth for them during the pandemic. Sister James Michael Kesterson was one of many who has found that her “regular prayer life has...
Continually called: Providence Associate Connie Schnapf
...others. Working with Joe part time and being a companion as a spiritual director is what I am being called to at this time. My prayer each morning is that I not miss the whispers of God. Advancing the mission of Providence is a call that is continually being played out wherever that may lead. Providence Associate Connie Schnapf volunteers time several times a year at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Here she works re-gluing shells that have come loose from the walls...
HOPE winter 2020 — The needs in our backyards
...nation back together will start with each of us, taking the time to listen and consider life from a different vantage point. What would you like from the Sisters of Providence? We are asking you to help us improve how we share information with you. We want to ensure that you are receiving sufficient information about how your financial generosity helps further our mission. Providence Community Cemetery blessed In the summer issue of HOPE magazine, we Sisters of Providence laid...
HOPE Fall 2024
Dear Friends, Welcome to the newly redesigned HOPE magazine! Our co-workers in the Mission Advancement Office have been hard at work on this refreshed look, which we hope will make your reading experience even more engaging and enjoyable as we continue to highlight our faithfulness to the mission of Providence. Since its first distribution in the Fall of 2005, HOPE magazine has been dedicated to celebrating the mission, spirituality and ministries of the Sisters of Providence and sharing that with...
A journey of Providence on Chicago’s westside
...teaching corps. These were young men and women who had graduated from college and were doing their graduate work. They wanted the use of the whole building, so we five Sisters of Providence living in the convent at the time had to find other residences. Sister Joseph Ellen center, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods with some of her friends and parishioners from Chicago Because I was full time parish associate with one priest and there was still some “white flight,” from the...
Revisiting a Spooky Legend
Happy Halloween from the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana! In 1974, a senior at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, our current General Superior, Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, was then a writer for the college news magazine, The Woods. At the time, she managed to score an interview with then-art teacher at the college, Sister Esther Newport, who passed away in 1986. Sister Esther Newport, a native of Terre Haute, with one of her paintings. Sister Dawn’s interview with Sister Esther...
Oral History: Sister Dorothy Gartland
...Dorothy taught elementary school in D.C., Chicago and Indiana. Her teaching career spanned 24 years. Times were changing. Vatican II had encouraged religious orders to look at their communities and the needs of the people. Everything Sister Dorothy had experienced had prepared her for what was to come. When she taught in Brownsburg, Indiana, a sundowner town at the time, Blacks were not allowed to stay overnight. The railroad had brought a group of Black men into town to work...
Walking a labyrinth: one Providence Associate’s experience
...to have this experience, I set aside at least that much time – one hour. The hour is the physical duration of my time spent in and on the labyrinth path. However, I come to a walk of this type after being nudged or called to it by some experience that has surfaced in my life. Sometimes the part involving being drawn to the labyrinth can be several days, weeks or months. I resist the experience at times. I do...
Foundation Day and our French connection
...built upon the very soul of Mother Theodore’s own foundation, both her family of origin and her Sisters of Providence in Ruillé. There will always be moments of separation and painful sacrifices as we pass on our portion of inheritance. There was a tug in my heart the day we said our good-byes. It was as if we had been there forever, and yet, the time was so brief. Since that time, the call of Providence haunts me with the question...
Sister Maureen Fallon
...the sisters have had in a long, long time. Though it’s exciting, it’s also a huge responsibility when you think of the tradition that the Sisters of Providence Schools have had. And here we are opening a brand new school in an economic time when, like, why would you do that? So why now did the SPs agree to start it? There were people in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis who always supported Catholic education for students from families without a...
The Practice of Homemaking and Community Shaping
...to spend time together to discuss common issues and concerns. These new patterns, like everything in this period of history, are all changing as our times, our needs, and our culture change. What remains constant, however, is our desire to make a home and shape a community. It is that deep desire for home and togetherness that makes us a community. At the same time that desire requires us to pray and reflect about the ways in which we are...
Awakening and discovering at the Providence Associates retreat
...the retreat. Providence Associate Jessi Blessinger laughs during table discussion. Providence Associate Jeanette Mader Hall writes during a reflective time at the retreat. Providence Associate Maria Price walks toward the bridge during personal reflective time at the spring retreat. Providence Associate Kyle Meadors spends some reflective time near the statue of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. From left, Sisters of Providence Ruth Ellen Doane, Kathleen Kelly and Mary Lee Mettler enjoy the maracas during the social time at the Providence Associate...