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The Easter Triduum: celebrating our salvation story
As we enter these last three days of Holy Week — called the Easter Three Days, the Triduum — I wish you every grace and blessing! Let us enter into the Paschal Mystery through the lens of these sacred celebrations as observed in the Catholic Church. Holy Thursday Our celebrations of Holy Thursday begin in the evening twilight. As the sun sets, we go to a table set with oil, pitcher, bowl and towel, bread and wine. We are comforted...
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...
Congregation supports faith leaders’ election integrity statement
...Sorensen, Director, Washington Office, United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries Rev. Mark Stephenson, Interim Director, Christian Reformed Church Offices of Social Justice and Race Relations Rev. Ron Stief, Executive Director, National Religious Campaign Against Torture Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President Elect, Sojourners Jim Winkler, President and General Secretary, National Council of Churches Scott Wright, Director, Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach Carol Zinn, SSJ, Executive Director, Leadership Conference of Women Religious Johnny Zokovitch, Executive Director, Pax Christi USA...
Walking with the people from a position of influence: Sister Therese Guerin Sullivan
...situations and anticipating background information that would be most helpful. At times, our conversations lead to specific requests. At others, my own initiative prompts me to clarify questions and strategize on how to move,” she said. Challenge and power of the present In her role, she faces many challenges. “The rapid pace of communications and pressure from special interest groups can present demands for immediate response or action. I appreciate taking a thoughtful and measured approach to conflict. This requires...
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
...leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them.” So they went off and preached repentance. The Twelve drove out many demons, and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them. Reflection In this selection from the gospel of Mark we are told that Jesus has begun to send out the disciples, two by two, as missionaries into villages and towns to preach the good news of Jesus with the authority over unclean...
Women marching as a sign of hope
Shortly after the election of Donald Trump to the office of United States President, Sister Barbara Battista saw a post on Facebook about a march of women in Washington the day after the inauguration and decided that she wanted to attend. A busload of marchers from Terre Haute, including Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and others, prepare to leave for Washington, D.C., last night. Why she and others are marching “I want to say, ‘Here we are, the whole rainbow...
Woman at the Well
Jesus, I am coming to the well. I didn’t invite you to my home because I’d be busy like Martha tidying up thinking everything had to be just so and I just want to be Mary, taking in the fullness of your presence. Unlike the Samaritan woman I already know you are there at the well waiting for me hoping today will be the day I come. I’m glad you already know everything about my life because I’m feeling like...
August 24, 2025: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
...the door as I entered the locked unit that first day. He immediately asked if he could say a prayer for my safety. My face likely spoke of the insecurity I felt among the “evildoers,” wondering if I could possibly be a ministerial presence without grinding my teeth. I never really came to know what difficulties, what horrendous “towns and villages” Kevin passed through in his previous life. Yet, I surmised that wherever he was from and with whomever he...
A Reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...and give testimony that this day, this entrance into the novitiate, Ann and Maité, IS THE WE moment of your life as a Sister of Providence. You are no longer standing on the outside looking in. From this day forward, we are going to call you Sister. You are now part of who WE are in new and powerful ways. And, as your journey continues, you will help shape who WE become. I’d like to hope that this IS the...
We must for the present content…
We must for the present content ourselves with the indispensable virtues. They are justice and kindness.
Past the “need-to’s” to the stable, to the crib, to our hearts
...The true meaning of Christmas is the birth of the Christ child. Jesus being born in a simple stable can get lost in all of the “need to’s”. Preparing As I grow older, I tend to focus more on the simplicity of this season of Advent. Preparing our hearts, preparing our souls to be peaceful and present to the real Christmas season. The churches are decorated; the stable and the baby in the crib are waiting for us to come...
August 17, 2025: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...not about fostering conflict for its own sake; he was about expressing an urgency to redeem a broken world. His message is, of course, also our baptismal call, a radical call rooted in love, mercy and justice! Our mission is to be God’s powerful living presence in our time, a presence on fire with God’s love. The evening news and cries in our cities, on our borders, in the land itself calls us to be people on fire with the...