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Providence Associates, Sisters of Providence: 10 years in relationship
...creating while at the same time, receiving. [We] share a commitment to walking the Gospel story and allowing ourselves to be a visible and active part of a world that genuinely needs our love.” Sheila Donis (PA ’10) also had a lifelong relationship with the Sisters of Providence. “The sisters were wonderful teachers and friends throughout my life — beginning with kindergarten until now. Because of their wonderful teaching, I was able to have a 38-year career as a school...
Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles
...would need to have enough money to take care of our needs for the day. In today’s world, we need driver’s licenses, credit cards, cell phones, appointment reminders and more. In our closets, we are likely to find more than one “tunic.” We need dresses, slacks, shirts and suits. We really do need clothing for each season and for all the occasions we attend throughout the year. Probably, there is a shoe rack with shoes for dress, casual shoes, running shoes, summer...
Beauty and Art in the Church of the Immaculate Conception
...Stations of the Cross depict scenes in the last days before Jesus died. The facial expressions have been very carefully sculpted. Some of the figures have halos which are plated with gold leaf. The most important people are in the front and very sculptural, while less important figures have less depth. Each station tells a different part of the story. A long time ago, people who couldn’t read would learn the stories by walking through the stations in order, almost...
Teen finds happiness in volunteering with the Sisters of Providence
Madeleine and her brother volunteer at the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Earth Day Festival bringing Sister Kathleen Dede out to enjoy the festivities. My name is Madeleine Barroso-Gutierrez and I am a seventh-grader at Saint Patrick School in Terre Haute, Indiana. This past year that I have been volunteering with the Sisters of Providence has been the happiest year of my life. In the 2023 awards ceremony for the teen volunteer ministry, I earned a plaque with a very meaningful quote by...
Season of Creation 2021 Prayer
Note: We wanted to share this prayer from Season of Creation, the organization’s 2021 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which is September 1, 2021. More information on Season of Creation can be accessed here. Creator of All, We are grateful that from your communion of love you created our planet to be a home for all. By your Holy Wisdom you made the Earth to bring forth a diversity of living beings that filled the soil,...
Called by God to life as a doctor and a Sister of Providence
...my ministry, I spent time on an alpaca farm/organic farm and learned about eco-justice. I worked as a daycare teacher and volunteered at a long-term care facility visiting the residents and assisting with activities. I spent hours learning about the varied ministries we have in this community and discerned about my own interior call to this vocation of religious life. I grew in my understanding of God, faith, prayer and community. I learned about the vulnerability of relationships. I experienced...
Sister Elaine Doucette (formerly Sister Elaine Marie)
...Sister Elaine Doucette was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, to George and Florence Martin Doucette. She had six sisters and three brothers. Mary, Florence, Ruth, Carol and Ed survive her, and Jean, Marian, George and Bob preceded her in death. Elaine was educated at Cheverus Elementary School and Cheverus High School in Malden, Massachusetts, and she graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Elaine entered the Sisters of Providence in 1953, made first profession in 1956, and final vows in 1961. Elaine taught...
You can help bring a happy ending to restore St. Joseph’s Lake
...of this story? The lake water disappeared. Here one day and gone the next. (St. Joseph must have taken his eyes off the place.) In February 2018, days and days of heavy rain caused several large trees to be torn loose from the earthen berm. When the trees fell, a section of the berm collapsed, allowing the lake water to “escape.” The water flowed under US Highway 150 into a ravine and south along US 150. Traveling three miles south,...
Prayer of Complete Trust
...cannot stand, he will carry you lovingly in his arms. Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. The same eternal father who takes care of you today will take care of you tomorrow, and every day of your life, either he will shield you from suffering or he will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then, and put aside all useless thoughts, all vain dreads and all anxious imaginations. Amen. St. Francis de Sales...
Everything is connected – Our Air
Note: We want to share these blogs which have been adapted from “Our Common Home,” a joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development along with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This is the fourth in a series of eight blogs. Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home Our Common Home/SEI: A joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has produced an excellent guide for caring for our...
Honor Divine Providence
...the perspective of the billions of years Providence has taken to bring us to life. How differently I now understand these words of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and the care Providence lavishes on us throughout the millennia: “[Providence] has protected us with so much love until the present day that I should consider it a crime to doubt his mercy now.” May I, may we continue to rely on God’s amazing Providence! For further reading, check out “Turning to One...
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...the name of Christ. Daily I must remind myself that whatever the “cross” he will take care of me and God is always working for the salvation of the world. Action What burden do you have that weighs you down? Do you carry this cross aware that Christ is there to help in this time of need? In this time of need pray serenely and sincerely that you accept this burden and know that Christ will take care of it....