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The life of Eleanor Bailly (Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly)
...McCoy’s Mission from 1823-1827. It was a Baptist education mission in Michigan. By the time the Bailly children left home, they could converse in French, Ottawa and Potawatomi. When Eleanor became of age, her father sent her, her older sister Rose, and Robert to Fort Wayne, Ind., to the Carey Institute. The girls received high praises while studying there. Sadly, Robert contracted typhoid fever and died there at the age of 10. His remains were later moved to the Bailly...
HOPE winter 2017 — bearing the light in unbearable times
Download HOPE Download HOPE winter 2017 — bearing the light in unbearable times As seen in HOPE We have only to look around us to see a world in need of light. We Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods commit our lives to serving the needs of others. Our sisters live and serve among the marginalized. We serve people in need. People without a voice. People easy to overlook. In this issue of HOPE we invite you to take a...
Held in the palm of God’s hand
...a sister, not knowing where or how or when at the time. My seventh and eighth grade teacher encouraged me to attend the Providence Aspirancy high school that existed at the time at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. It was for girls considering becoming Sisters of Providence. That set me on the path to fulfill the nudge! I grew up in a loving, faith-filled family with five siblings. I attended Catholic schools throughout my career as a student. I entered the Congregation after...
Celebrating 8th Day Center for Justice
...considered that Kak might have dealt with such friction in her own religious community. Then Kak shared something beautiful. She spoke of how these relationships evolved over time through openness and dialogue, conversation over a beer or a cup of coffee. She shared how sisters who at one time may have criticized the work carried out by the 8th Day Center for Justice, where she ministered for the past three decades, later hugged her and thanked her for her prophetic witness...
February 4, 2024: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...of things are the same things. My outlook (my struggle) just happens to be different at the time. These things are entrusted to me by Divine Love, and participating in these parts of life is reward itself. My struggles, whatever they are, just need a touch of Jesus. That is the key to true freedom; the struggles may still be there, but with prayer and some time to reflect, as Jesus demonstrates, we can go on. Moreso, we can imitate...
Back to school: A teacher’s perspective
School begins next week. As a veteran teacher, bittersweet is the word that best describes my feelings this time of year, at this time in my life. A popular meme on social media these days attempts to explain the situation. As if posted by a teacher, it reads, “It is not that I do not want to go back to school … it’s that I don’t want to wake up early, put on real clothes, drive or have any responsibilities.”...
“Journals and Letters” week 3: At sea in 1840
...hog) is just phenomenal. From the sounds it makes to its taste (just like pork) to its sharp stiletto teeth (82 in the upper jaw). Stepping back in time For me, traveling with Saint Mother Theodore brings me to a time I never experienced. A time when you couldn’t see a video of a whale close up and couldn’t Google a porpoise to learn more about it. A time when it took 40 days of peril to travel across an...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2021
...foundresses arrived at the Woods, Mother Theodore spent a considerable amount of time training, in her words: “a young woman, an orphan, wretchedly poor and miserably clad, to do the wash.” “When dinner time came,” said Mother Theodore, “there was my washerwoman sitting down at table with us. I was so indiscreet as to say it would be better for her not to take dinner with the Community. I wish you could have seen the change in the countenances of...
Holy Saturday – Waiting in Darkness
Note: This reflection, written by Sister Barbara Battista, SP, originally appeared in the Catholic Mobilizing Network’s Holy Week Reflection Series. We call this day “Holy Saturday.” We spend this day, between death and resurrection, in quiet remembrance, as a somber vigil at Jesus’ tomb. This is not simply a re-enactment. Holy Saturday invites us to ponder the “tomb time” between Jesus’ death and resurrection. For Jesus’ early followers, this was not necessarily a waiting time. They had no idea what...
A reflection for the Season of Creation
...Lent? Can’t you almost hear Earth saying those lines from Isaiah? “I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting.” Yes, God gave us the gift of living on this planet we call Earth. And Earth has graciously given us its resources to use. Yet over time we humans have looked upon it as “ours” to subdue and to use to our...
Oral history: Sister Marian Brady the scholar
...tools. They used them for our father with his trademarks. Sister Immaculaeé was an influence on me, always having a great time. I thought that was really nice.” “We have gone out several times this summer to gather simples and linden blossoms, etc. In each excursion we discover something marvelous, beautiful, and useful in the magnificent forests of Indiana.” Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Sister Marian, standing, enjoys community time with local sisters On her first train trip to the Motherhouse...
Sister Tracey decides to “roll and trust the gravity of grace” as an SP novice
...excitement and new nourishing relationships, along with the tears, confusion and challenges that come with transitioning to a different way of living with a new group of people. My retreat last month was a great time to reflect in gratitude on how all this – though at times difficult – has brought unique graces and growth that I’ve never encountered before. 2. Is it what you expected? When I moved back into Owens Hall after having lived there as an...