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Oral history: Sister Barbara Ann Bluntzer
...year. Sister Barbara Ann Bluntzer in prayer. Church was an enigma to Barbara Ann. “I didn’t know the songs. We knelt on hard wooden kneelers. Of course, the Mass was in Latin. As far as Communion, it was a big mystery to me. The priest poured two somethings into this cup and at time for Communion there were these white wafers that came out! Was that magic or what? As far as what Communion meant? I had zilch idea! I...
Get to know Providence Associate Julia Lopez-Kaley
...things and beings. The Providence Community continues to remind me of the responsibility to use my privileges and abilities to demand the dismantling of oppressive systems within our world and within myself, and to work for continued healing and reconciliation. What are your hopes for the Providence Community in the future? I hope that the Providence Community can continue to respond to the call to serve the most vulnerable. As we strive to do the intense personal, communal, social and...
Being a Providence Associate has made a difference
When you become a Providence Associate, you join in mission and community with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods by serving as you are able in your day-to-day life. We asked several of our Providence Associates to share how being an associate has made a difference in their lives. Read here as they share how they have been touched by the Community and the Woods. Learn more about how you could become a Providence Associate at ProvidenceAssociates.org. “It is...
Sister Denise reflection: 2008 Rite of Commitment
General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson receives the commitments of the new Providence Associates. On Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, 32 candidate-associates made their first commitment as Providence Associates during the Rite of Commitment in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. During the Eucharistic Liturgy, 43 Providence Associates renewed their commitments. The following reflection was given by General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson. I remember when Sister Mary Alice Zander and the Providence Associate Advisory Group were in the beginning stages of planning...
Sister Marian Ruth Johnson
...her feelings about her entrance into the community of the Sisters of Providence. Her mixed feelings are apparent in this excerpt: The Woods Was Calling “Come in, come in.” It was the voice of the Woods calling to me. I stood at the gate with fear and trembling. They stood at the door Whispering to me “Come in, come in.” Yet, their great stature against my littleness Froze me into stillness. Their names were Cleophas and Raphael. And I would...
Addiction as a Social Justice Issue
...opioid overdose rate in rural communities is 45 percent higher than in cities. [5] Around 9.2 percent of people aged 12-20 living in rural areas binge-drink alcohol (5 or more drinks for males or 4 or more for females) in the past month, compared to 8 percent of those living in big cities. 3.5 percent of people aged 12 and older in rural areas misuse opioids, compared to 3.1 percent in big cities. Young adults aged 18-25 who live in...
Celebrating the Providence Associates: 10 years in relationship
...as well as our community as a whole is extremely life-giving and hope-filled. The Associates have been gift, blessing, and companions as we have journeyed together to be a sign of God’s loving presence in our mutual mission of being love, being mercy, and being justice activists. They are the BEST! They are AWESOME! God love them all! Beyond grateful for them! Gratitude to Sister Mary Alice Zander (RIP) who continues to companion all of us. What better way to...
2022 Season of Creation: Love of Creation Impels Us!
...build ecological economies, adopt simple lifestyles, promote ecological education, interiorize ecological spirituality, and engage in community action and advocacy. We do this as we re-commit to the LSAP Commitment Statement proclaimed during our 2021 Chapter by General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. We, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, and our wider Providence community, publicly commit to join the worldwide Catholic community in responding to Pope Francis’ appeal to participate in a seven-year journey toward sustainability and integral ecology...
A Reflection for the 2025 Silver and Golden Jubilee
...expressed itself in a very special way through our vocation as Sisters of Providence during the past 50 and for Janice, 25 years. In the winters of our sorrow and struggle, in the summers of joy and peace, in every season, we have been held, nurtured, challenged, prayed for and loved by a community where we call each other sister and an extended community of associates, family, friends and ministry partners. I would like to believe that we are a...
Fresh eyes on Sisters of Providence Annual Meeting
Letter Circular, July 5, 1855 My beloved Sisters: The longed-for time of our annual retreat has come once more. The voice of the Lord calls you to your dear solitude of Saint Mary’s not only that you may rest after a year of painful labors, but especially that you may purify your hearts more and more in communion with God and acquire new strength and fervor for the time to come. Put everything in good order in your establishments and...
Why the Providence Community?
...of 2022 during the commitment ceremony in October. Drawn to the community as a Providence Associate Susan Yochum of Glenview, Illinois, a 1993 graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, became a Providence Associate this year. “Becoming a Providence Associate is intentionally living Providence in my life and letting the energy of Providence work through the advocacy I already practice,” Susan said. Susan said they came to the Providence Associates looking for community. And they have found it. “I have a community...
A Reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...Marilu Covani (left) smiling with Sister Maité Rodriguez-Mora. Both of you have participated in the larger WE of the inter-community postulancy program, during which you joined men and women of various religious communities on a regular basis to explore contemporary issues of religious life. An inter-community novitiate is also part of the larger WE in which you will participate in the coming year. And I feel certain, other opportunities will unfold not only for Ann and Maité but for all...