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Do not press matters; be patient,…
Do not press matters; be patient, be trustful.
How to become a saint – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s Feast Day 2009
...Sounds like Saint Mother Theodore’s response to the sister who asked what she needed to do to die like a saint. We know Mother Theodore’s answer: it was very terse. If we wish to die as saints we must live like saints. Pretty direct and straightforward. We heard another response in what was read before the entrance procession: What must we do to become saints? Nothing extraordinary, only that which we do everyday — only do it for his love....
Another means for preserving peace is…
Another means for preserving peace is to let little things pass without noticing them.
Sister Cathy Buster called “heart and soul” of new migrant farm family community in Arcadia, Fla.
...play and their parents to interact. A bus shelter is there for local public buses and school buses to stop at CSJB. Sister Cathy Buster, project director and vice president of Casa San Juan Bosco, Arcadia, Fla. The community sits on 30 acres of an 86 acre parcel. Sister Cathy envisions additional parts of the parcel in the years ahead to include a small grocery store, 50 some additional homes, and a complex for senior citizens as funding becomes available....
May 7, 2023: Fifth Sunday of Easter
Gospel: John 14:1-12 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also...
The living and growing Providence Associate relationship in California and beyond
...of reflections for the year of preparation as a candidate moves with a companion toward being a Providence Associate — is so rich. It is filled with wonderful aspects of Providence life and spirit which the two get together about once a month to discuss. One of my favorites is a contribution from Sister Ruth Eileen Dwyer (RIP) called “My little hope…” The preparation experience continues to be an enriching experience for companions as well as candidates. Providence Associates Pat...
Advent 2019: All are welcome or How do we make room in the inn?
...I think again about the recent and final Providence High School Reunion in Chicago, a banquet room packed with almost 500 women acting like they had never left high school. I received a check for $90,000 for our retirement fund in recognition of all they had received in their lives from the likes of us. Earlier this fall, I participated in the blessing of a statue of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin installed in Immaculate Conception Church in Mattoon, Illinois. Saint...
A Prayer by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
David Brunsma (far left) and Sister Helen Prejean, both speakers at Human Rights Day in 2009, greet local activists. God of Compassion, You let your rain fall on the just and the unjust. Expand and deepen our hearts so that we may love as You love, even those among us who have caused the greatest pain by taking life. For there is in our land a great cry for vengeance as we fill up death rows and kill the killers...
Owens Hall organ donated to area church
...player – would be living on campus for the “next four years.” With this in mind, Amy and Donald started looking for a new home for the organ. “We began putting out feelers,” she said. They asked the college, the Vigo County Historical Society, the Vigo County School Corporation and others if they might be interested in the organ. Amy said Terre Haute South High School music teacher Paul Ellison expressed interest, but later found that the school did not...
Growing Earth into the future, from where you are
Sisters Laura Parker and and Barbara McClelland sign the Providence Climate Agreement. Predictions about the future of planet Earth seem dire. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) predicts that, based on current data, average global temperatures are expected to increase between 0.5 degrees and 8.6 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. The U.S. average temperature is projected to increase between three and 12 degrees Fahrenheit during that same time. Global average annual precipitation through the end of the century is also expected to...
June 6, 2021: Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
...about Jesus’ role in the preparation for the Passover meal than the words Jesus spoke that night. Words that Jesus came prepared to say even if his disciples were not yet ready to hear them. A gift they were not yet ready to receive. Their own transformation would take time, just as ours does. Do we personally prepare for our participation in our liturgy? Without preparation our participation can become routine and our communion something we just do at Mass....
Preparing to bring God’s love, mercy and justice to the world
Sister Dina Bato Has a Sister of Providence been transformational in your life? You as a donor certainly are transformational in the lives of the next generation of Sisters of Providence. (See graphic at bottom of article.) Forming our newest Sisters of Providence is vital in preparing them to bring love, mercy and justice to a world in need. Sister Dina Bato professed final vows as a Sister of Providence in June. For nine years leading up to that she...