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Sister Nancy Nolan
...is the foundation to any woman religious. It’s certainly changed in terms of ways, shapes and actions through the years, but it’s always there. It’s an integral part of your personal life, but also your community life. Q. How important to you is the community lifestyle that the Sisters of Providence have? A. Once again it’s a relationship. I remember when I was in high school. We had a book on justice. I can remember the definition it gave: justice...
Care of Earth attracts new members
...spirituality of love and compassion between my sisters and me. It’s a mutually enlightening and interdependent relationship.” What would these women say to someone considering life as a religious sister today? “Come join us. Give it a chance. And spend time with different groups of sisters. Pay attention to those inner movements of the spirit, if you find yourself drawn to a specific community. Find someone to be a spiritual director separate from that community who can be objective,” said...
Novena to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...Providence to fill my need. Out of love and respect for your holiness, as well as my admiration for your strength of character, I ask for your assistance now. You were able to withstand so many difficult situations, yet you relied on God’s endless Providence to meet the needs of you and your community. Please implore Providence, on my behalf, to remember my needs. (Mention your need or concern) Thank you, Saint Mother Theodore, for coming to my side at...
Cook County Board of Commissioners honors Congregation, Guerin 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 Prep High School for “providing decades of quality Catholic education …” The board voted 16-0 in favor of the resolution, which was sponsored by Commissioner Peter Silvestri. The remaining commissioners asked to be co-sponsors of the resolution. Mary Beth Hoerner, assistant to Silvestri, said “Commissioner Silvestri was happy to honor the Sisters of Providence and Guerin, and he...
Providence Associates, Sisters of Providence: 10 years in relationship
...the Sisters of Providence.” The bonds that unite us were made clear to Lorraine in a recent conversation with Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, who noted that a person doesn’t learn the charism of a religious community when they join it, but rather they bring that charism with them as part of who they are. Thus, for Lorraine, all of us have “found the place, the community and the path to bringing forth what is already in us to become our...
June 15, 2025: The Most Holy Trinity
Gospel: John 16:12-15 “There is so much more I want to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. When the Spirit of truth comes, the Spirit will guide you into all the truth; for the Spirit will not speak on Its own, but will speak whatever is heard, and will declare to you the things that are to come. The Spirit will glorify me, because the Spirit will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that...
Celebrating International Literacy Day
...both earn a GED (a high school completion certificate) and take college courses that led to direct employment in work that provided a decent living wage. All these learning opportunities were free to the students. State funds and money from individuals, foundations or organizations allowed this. When we had our graduations, employers from the community would be in the audience seeking interviews with graduates. It was a tremendously successful literacy effort. The state and the community recognized it as such....
Sister Tracey Horan recognized by USCCB
...Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the USCCB’s domestic anti-poverty and social justice program. The reception took place at the Indianapolis Catholic Center. Sister Tracey, who ministers as a Bilingual Community Organizer for the Indianapolis Congregation Action Network (IndyCAN), said she did not know she had been nominated for the honor until she received an email from USCCB officials. “I wasn’t even aware that the award existed until then,” Sister Tracey said. Sister Tracey...
Remembering a ‘Star Teacher’
...local Catholic high school open to all denominations. Sister Helen Rose was born in Indianapolis on April 9, 1911, one of eight children of Arthur Newland and Mary Ann Donohue Newland. Sister’s given name at birth was Helen Elizabeth Newland. In 1927, she joined the Sisters of Providence, a religious community headquartered at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. In 1935, Sister made her “perpetual vows” in the community, thus becoming a fully-professed Sister. She died at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on March 25, 1996. (Note:...
New Postulant enters Sisters of Providence
...a prayer service, a blessing and the official welcome into the Congregation. Emily’s connection to the Sisters of Providence stems from Sister Tracey Horan, who entered the Congregation in 2014. “When I encountered the Sisters of Providence, I had just moved into the Indianapolis Catholic Worker community,” Emily said. “I had moved there because I was searching for a way to get out of the suburbs where I grew up and into a more economically marginalized community. I was looking...
Oral history: Sister Joyce Brophy, inspiring confidence in others
...remembered and loved by them, and I have a close relationship with all of them. I’m blessed in the family I have, and in the opportunity to be close to them. I know all these kids intimately. They used to come visit here and they’ve always spent time with me at what they called, ‘Aunt Joyce’s farm.’” Called “My dad was a wonderful, wonderful man. He knew no stranger. People really loved him.” Sister Joyce comes from a very faithful...
Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp: on choosing life as a sister, urban education and SP mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aheaSduihMI A young Jeanne Hagelskamp was working as a teacher, dating a medical student and discerning what God wanted her to do with her life when one day she got her answer during prayer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZHY0ZMdg4Q Sister Jeanne discusses what she felt called to in coming to the Sisters of Providence and what she sees as the Congregation’s calling today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQsPxx2Z1Go&t= “I think the Sisters of Providence continue to be energized by the mission that Providence gives us. …” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAjvFGm3Euw Sister...