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SP mission: alive with the times
...reunification homes for children whose families are struggling with serious hurdles. We offer education and internships focused on care of Earth and all creation through White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. We offer compassionate, holistic care to an aging US population. Our college and schools prepare strong justice-oriented women and men to meet the future head-on. We serve in parishes and retreat centers, helping people step back from frenzied lives and connect with God. We serve in social justice ministry, offering...
Annual gathering of Providence Associates 2014
...Ellen Kehoe, Barbara Bluntzer and Nancy Nolan. Sisters Marie Victoria Podesta and Mary Imelda Coulup greet Providence Associate Sheila Donis during Sunday’s social. Providence Associate Maria Fan, right, engages in lively conversation with Sister of Providence Charles Van Hoy at Sunday’s social. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Director Lorrie Heber hands the microphone off to Providence Associate Kathleen Morris as tables report their discussion on the land ethic to the larger group. The group from Kentucky sang their state proud...
Coming home and going forth: Providence Associates annual meeting 2014
...Providence Associate Kaitlyn Willy serves as one of the greeters at Sunday’s vows ceremony. Sisters Marie Victoria Podesta and Mary Imelda Coulup greet Providence Associate Sheila Donis during Sunday’s social. Providence Associate Maria Fan, right, engages in lively conversation with Sister of Providence Charles Van Hoy at Sunday’s social. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Director Lorrie Heber hands the microphone off to Providence Associate Kathleen Morris as tables report their discussion on the land ethic to the larger group. The...
Filled with the life of our dear Mother Theodore
...places in the shrine. Leaves of the variety of trees of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods have been traced on panels that set-off the windows throughout the shrine. The white violet, the flower she chose for the seal of St. Mary’s Academy because of its strength and uniqueness, is etched on the doors leading to the chapel where her body is entombed. And above the coffin holding her remains is a walnut wood canopy etched with Linden leaves. Even the stained glass windows...
New postulant enters Sisters of Providence
...as a volunteer in the local area as well as take time volunteering with other Sisters of Providence across the country. She added Tracey will live within the formation community of the Sisters of Providence, located in Owens Hall. Sister Marsha said Tracey got to know the Sisters of Providence through her experience as a volunteer with White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. After a year in the postulancy, Tracey will be eligible to enter into the first year of the...
Toward the future: young sisters look forward
...associates, benefactors, friends and families. The Sisters of Providence also continue to invite new members to come and seek innovative ways of inviting the public to the Woods, for example, to the Mother Theodore Shrine, for retreats, to White Violet Center and Earth Day celebrations and opportunities for prayer.” “The Congregation members support each other through difficult challenges and situations. No one works through the difficulties alone. Through several sisters, I see a passion for mission, ministry, prayer, and community,...
Celebrate the Light in our lives, amidst the world’s darkness, this season
As part of the brighter side of Christmas, visitors to the Woods and White Violet Center for Eco-Justice during Christmas Fun at the Woods made crafts from alpaca fiber. I think I was in graduate school when I learned the phrase “cognitive dissonance.” Definition? Psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously. What in heaven’s sake brings this to my mind at this time of year? I find myself psychologically and emotionally conflicted in both belief and attitude/feeling...
French foundress now has “southwestern” look
...penetrating eyes readily take the viewer in. The inclusion of familiar symbols like tulip tree blossoms, white violets and fleur-de- lis only add to the pleasure of viewing it. One just naturally wants to “spend some time with it.” Currently you can see the icon on display in the Saint Mother Theodore Shrine chapel. Plan your visit to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods soon so that you can see the many artistic assets in the new Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Shrine....
Hospitality remains a strong charism of the SPs
...closed! Instead, they’ve been open to hundreds, if not thousands, of people. The sisters living in Owens have OPENED the doors at all times to: sisters coming home from the missions, guests visiting the Woods, sisters’ family members, retreatants, workshop participants, women and children visiting a family member at the federal prison, White Violet Center interns, Providence Associates, pilgrims to the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore. Each visitor experienced a comfortable, quiet bedroom, decent meals, and perhaps, most importantly, a...
Sister Teresa Costello: Love for learning and a healing touch
...she ministers in healing touch among the infirm sisters at Providence Health Care at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “I love working with the sisters and other elders in health care. I enjoy learning from them as they share with me as I give them a shoulder massage or rub their hands,” she said. “It is comforting to them.” Her second volunteer ministry is sorting vegetables from the harvest for the Community Supported Agriculture program at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint...
Transformed by these Woods
...at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. People who have studied at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College or interned at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. People who have visited friends or family on these grounds or who have deepened their relationship with the Congregation as Providence Associates. Most of us have heard these things. And most of us have said them ourselves. “At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God. … I love our woods and solitude very much.” –...
What can these Woods offer you?
...sustainable living and being merciful to all of creation by visiting White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence. Visit the gentle alpacas and learn about fiber arts. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is beautiful in all seasons. Schedule a pilgrimage today by calling 812-535-2945. No matter your faith tradition, let the Sisters of Providence offer you a spiritual gift of renewal for the Year of Mercy and beyond. (Originally published in the Winter 2016 issue of HOPE magazine.)...