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Sister Dina Bato: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
...consider no longer strictly the why of being in religious life (as I tend to overanalyze things), but to have the courage to take calculated and intentional action in faith moving forward. This calls me to discern/bounce things off with people I trust, both inside and outside of community, for the sake of the mission lived out in community. Community is what drew me, and mission lived out in community (holistically speaking) is what keeps me here. I see how...
Newsnotes from summer 2022 HOPE magazine
...tuned. … Final resting place in the Woods To date, 110 individuals have reserved niches for cremains burial in Providence Community Cemetery at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Small plaques reserved were recently placed on the reserved niches. Learn more about availability and pricing at CommunityCemetery.SistersofProvidence.org Cook County Board of Commissioners honors Congregation, Guerin College Prep High School The Cook County, Illinois, Board of Commissioners recently approved a resolution honoring the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, and Guerin College Prep High...
Preparing the next generation of Sisters of Providence
...woman participates in several intercommunity gatherings with other women and men in initial formation. This gives her a chance to observe the charisms operative in different communities and to further appreciate the SP charism. These gatherings offer an opportunity to explore not only how religious communities differ, but also what we share in common. Values such as prayer, vowed life, community building and intercultural living are common ground for religious life today. Then-postulant Jessica Vitente at prayer in the Blessed...
Living the Gospel of Hope through better health care access
...of Providence Connecting Link ministry in West Terre Haute, noticed the need among her neighbors. In 2017, then-school-superintendent Dr. Danny Tanoos called together Sister Dorothy, Dr. Randy Stevens, Tammy Pearson and other interested community members to discuss the issue. Dr. Stevens knew that T.J. Warren with Valley Professionals Community Health Center (VPCHC) was looking to open a new clinic. VPCHC agreed to work with Connecting Link and the local community to champion the building of a $1.2 million health clinic...
SPs through the years
Since the Congregation’s founding in 1840, the Sisters of Providence have lived vibrant lives of community, ministry and faith. Sister Henrietta Mackenzie (born Mary Rebecca Mackenzie) entered the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, in September 1860. She became a skilled nurse and infirmarian, assisting for a time with Sisters of Providence in Civil War health care service. She died at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Jan. 8, 1917. From community records: “Sister Helena Burns (born Bridget Burns) was born in Ireland...
The joy of community: Providence Community Annual Meeting 2023
Praying, playing, planning and growing deeper in mission and community were some of the many joy-filled events on the docket for this year’s Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates annual meeting. The heartfelt gathering began Saturday, June 24 and continued through Wednesday, June 28. Providence Associates traveled from near and far to join us for the first three days. We are so thankful for the gift of community! Are you being called to be a part of this community? Join...
Walk Together in this Life
...be attentive of the nudging of the Holy Spirit and walk together in this life. No one has to walk alone. Providence Associate Brad Crites with his SP companion Sister Ann Casper walk together and walk at the Woods. Listening, synodality, community are central themes. Learning from one another and discerning with one another, we move forward on a path toward unity. That’s a path we in the Providence Community have been working toward for a while now: The path...
Ask Sister Dina: how long does it take to become a sister?
...searching, are all good ways for a woman to start to explore. Getting to know you When a woman wants to get to know a particular community better, she will often be put in touch with the vocation director. An inquiring woman will often participate in a Come & See weekend retreat with other Sisters of Providence, particularly the women who most recently entered the Congregation and the Congregation’s New Membership Team. During these weekends, the inquiring women begin to...
A journey of Providence on Chicago’s westside
...of health care, and decreased quality of public education. Jobs, businesses, grocery stores, factories and many other resources moved from the community. People coming into the neighborhood wanted the same quality of life as those moving out but had great difficulty in finding it. Definitely all were looking for a safe place to live. “White flight” also affected St. Angela School as parents naturally took their children out of school when they moved. The school enrollment went down, yet it...
Sister Andre Panepinto
...use it, but one was all we could afford. We also had no one who knew how to teach the children how to use it. It was a modest program. A parishioner whose daughter had become a computer buff arranged a meeting between Sister Andre and a Joliet computer firm where his daughter attended and thus the company donated five Apple IIe computers, two printers, software and a certified computer education teacher. And the computer age became a reality at...
The Woods continues to call: Woods Community Cemetery
...he was “overcome by the spirituality of the Church and Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.” Recently deceased Heather Santiago said, “Mother Theodore has been my beloved patroness since I was 14 years old. Two years ago I finally got to visit her resting place and it was just like coming home.” Deceased Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) alumna and Providence Associate Heather Tetzlaff Smith described herself as “an avid lover of Mother Theodore.” Gloria Urrea, who recently made her commitment as a...
Sisters profess first, perpetual vows
Sisters Anna Fan (left) and Tracey Horan (right) both professed first vows with the Sisters of Providence on June 25, while Sister Dina Bato (middle) professed final vows. Recently, one woman made a lifelong commitment to living as a Sister of Providence and two others took a step to deepen their commitment to this path. On Sunday, June 25, both Sisters Tracey Horan and Anna Fan professed first vows, and Sister Dina Bato professed perpetual vows in the Congregation of...