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Reflections for Reception into the Novitiate
...to transformation. She looks forward to what will open within her during the coming novitiate year if she waits with patient endurance. So, we challenge you, Stephanie, to this transformation, and we suggest you ask yourself: “Who is God inviting you to become?” Beginning today, you will be called Sister Stephanie. What does sisterhood look like for you? What is membership in a woman’s religious community inviting you to become? Recently I came upon this powerful challenge from Theologian and Civil...
A reflection on the 2021 Providence Associate Commitment and Renewal
...you to this moment and this commitment. We rejoice! This is no small commitment. In Marie McCarthy’s words, captured in that first reading, Providence demands “that we recognize that what we do and who we are can, and does, make a real difference in the world.” How does your commitment make a real difference in the world? I could list out for you this afternoon, the various promises each of you expressed in your letters of intent and say, “Amen!...
Sister Christine Patrick
...providential designs of God to all creation. The sisters work to build community since its continuing call into being depends upon each one’s affirmative response. Community is formed by faith, hope and love lived not only in moments of light and peace but also in the pain and darkness of human existence. Christine, we celebrate you for all the times you called the community into being. We thank you for the times you lived community not “only in times of...
Reflections for the Silver Jubilee of Sister Evelyn Ovalles
...an appropriate cultural greeting for Evelyn. Sister Evelyn Ovalles Come alive! What more beautiful way to mark the passing of 25 years than to tell you to COME ALIVE, Evelyn. Come alive to what our Provident God has done for you and in you these past 25 years and what the Holy One still has in store for you. This seems especially appropriate when the readings for this 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time seem to me to challenge all of...
March 26, 2023: Fifth Sunday of Lent
...And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him, “I know he...
April 6, 2025: Fifth Sunday of Lent
...many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him. Reflection Mary and Martha’s remarks to Jesus seem kind of crabby and impatient. Grief can have this effect on us. Both sent word out for Jesus to come. We know he receives their messages and as we see, he does not come immediately. His waiting is a point of confusion and consternation for me. From where I sit, it seems...
2024 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Donor Dinner Award Recipients
...Theodore Guerin Companions Award from General Councilor Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein (left) and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. Providence Cristo Rey High School Executive Board Chairperson Rod Willett (center) receiving his Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Companions Award from General Councilor Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein (left) and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. Cindy McKay (center) receiving her Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Companions Award from (from left) General Councilor Sister Laura Parker and General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. Former Sisters of Providence...
Cherishing creation
...community. This community exists as part of an entire web of life. This web, we believe, is made possible through the creative ongoing activity of an abundant, loving, provident God. Science and community Science has helped us know the truth of this, especially cosmology and evolutionary science (see Sister Ilia Delio). These have established the great insight that all life on this planet forms one community. Based on that insight alone we might be led to greater care for all...
Welcome to the family of Providence! Providence Associates candidate orientation
...Lane Fredericks Candidate Merrilinda Nichols sings during the blessing Blessing of the companions during orientation Candidates and companions gathered during the blessing Sister Rosemary Nudd greets candidate Sandra Chappell and her companion Providence Associate Mickie Lane Fredericks Blessing of companions and candidates in the Church Sister Ann Casper visits with an associate. Sister Mary Ann DeFazio visits with the candidate she will companion. Sister Marie McCarthy with her candidate companion Sara Jesse Companion Sister Paula Damiano chats with two candidates....
Miracle Place: a beacon for the neighborhood
...the Sisters of Providence in 2000. It offers presence and Programming for all ages. Middle schoolers learn math facts during Academic Olympics from Sister Rita Ann as they study in the gathering space of the new Miracle Place Community Center. According to the two sisters, “the mission of Miracle Place is to offer hospitality, care, and concern. It is a place of spiritual refreshment where all who come may find refuge. Where all who are severely tried may be comforted....
A Reflection for the 2024 Providence Associate Commitment Ceremony
...the kindom of God wherever you live and move and have your being. Providence Associate Helen Knight (right) speaking with companion Sister Dorothy Rasche. I love your own dreams for what the kindom might look like, and as expressed in your letters of commitment: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all embrace the principles of justice and non-violence while living in communion with God and our fellow sisters and brothers?” And another said, “The call to be active participants...
Providence Associate orientation 2018
...co-director Sister Sue Paweski, center, laughs with Candidate Debbie Fornefeld and her companion Providence Associate Joan Richards. Life-long friends and Providence Associate companions Sister Theresa Clare Carr and Gloria Morgan. Sister Teresa Costello with Sister Shawn Marie McDermott and her Providence Associate Companion Josephine Carbonaro walk down the hall at the Providence Associate orientation as they move into their spiritual journey of the coming year. Candidate and companion get to know each other better during a stroll through the Woods....