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Volunteer Spotlight – Karen Hoffman
...I have volunteered since high school. I participated in Project Linus, made tie-blankets for Riley Children’s Hospital; Key Club, volunteered throughout Fort Wayne; Biotechnology team, taught children about science; and volunteered at Saint Anne’s Nursing Home. As a volunteer at Providence Health Care, I have played ball toss and bingo with the residents. Sister Rose Marita Riordin, in February, gets help from Karen in the kitchen What is the best part about volunteering? I really enjoy volunteering because I like...
Born Free: Human Rights and Dignity
... 4. Syria Non-state armed groups launched an attack, collapsing the government in December 2024 fourteen years of war led to the displacement of 13.8 million people; widespread poverty, 16.7 million people depend on aid; drought restricted access to water; cholera present; healthcare facilities not operational 3. Myanmar Escalating conflict and climate disasters increased violence against the ruling State; Cholera and other diseases overwhelm the health system; climate challenges such as cyclones and floods; 19.9 million people...
Elizabeth Kuo, beloved “Grandma Kuo” of the sisters in Asia
...God.” Delan remembers her as courteous, kind and intelligent. She was a versatile cook, preparing both Chinese and western dishes. When the sisters tried to convince her to take a break, “she always said, I am bored when I am idle.” Grandma Kuo Family Grandma Kuo was loved by each sister as if she were her mother. The sisters in turn “loved and took care of her like our own grandma.” In 1990, the sesquicentennial celebration of the Sisters of...
July 10, 2022: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of...
Sister Sharon Sullivan (formerly Sister Barbara Mary)
...years,” Sister Ann said. After 34 years in education, Sister Sharon was asked to assist at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in the Central Business Office, where she remained for five years. She then took gerontology and theology classes at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and began a series of ministries in service to the motherhouse and health-care communities. These included pastoral care where she ministered closely with and became good friends of Sister Mary Eleanor Galvin, who, interestingly enough, died a few hours after...
Prayer for an unusual Lent
...are temporarily closed, sacraments are suspended, and our standard ways of keeping holy the Sabbath are thwarted. One thing that we know for certain: we can be assured that we still have a constant connection with God. God cares In 1 Peter 5:7-10 we read “Cast all your anxieties on [God], for [God] cares about you. Be sober, be watchful… Resist [the devil], firm in your faith, knowing that the same experience of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout...
Taiwanese sister journeys home with the Sisters of Providence
...have collapsed. I tried hard to adjust but I still felt stressed and like I had lost my identity, independence and confidence.” Yet, 9 years later, Sister Su-Hsin calls the Woods home and has asked to begin her year of tertianship in preparation for professing perpetual vows in 2014. Artwork created by Sister Su-Hsin. “Saying yes to God’s call has been a pilgrimage for me. My journey has been guided by God’s care and presence and community support. As Mother...
Casa San Juan Bosco in Florida now a full community
...home is equipped with Energy Star appliances. It is the largest “green community” for farm families in the state of Florida. A fund-raising effort is under way to gain enough money to add a kitchen onto the Community Center so that an after-school hot meal can be offered to approximately 150 children who are living in the community. Families also benefit from on-sight services such as day care, Head Start programs, health care, English as a Second Language training, immigration...
A note from Sister Barbara, June 12, 2024
...reinforce the narrative, which causes many to make assumptions. The truth, unfortunately, is that people experiencing homelessness are already marginalized. Negative press only makes it worse. One of the biggest misconceptions is that experiencing homelessness is a personal choice due to poor decision-making. However, studies show that the reasons are due to loss of job, economic downturn, medical conditions and disabilities, family neglect or abuse and aging out of foster care, to name a few. Grant us the desire, and...
The gift of Earth: a prayer moment
As Pope Francis reminds us in Laudato Si (n. 67), “We are not God. The earth was here before us and has been given to us.” One of the core values of the Sisters of Providence is Care of Earth. As one of God’s greatest gifts to us, we are called upon to respect Earth and the environment and be responsible for its care and preservation. Challenges for the week to tend to the gift of Earth: • Spend time...
HOPE winter 2019 — small blessings, BIG impact
Download HOPE Download HOPE winter 2019 As Seen in HOPE Sisters and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College: seeds of hope A volunteer Sister of Providence companion is embedded with each group of students. The course takes students on tours of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and more. Education in everyday caring makes a difference Staff members who participated in dementia care training share how it makes a difference in their...
The loving care of a Sister of Providence lay sister
...in the Academy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Francis Ann Carney entered the community from County Donegal, Ireland, on April 30, 1863. In addition to serving at the Academy, she also served the sick in the military hospital in Indianapolis during the Civil War, in the community infirmary and later in an orphanage. Sister Francis Ann died May 5, 1904, at the age of 68. The Academy at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Rose Howe, who had been a student in the Academy at...