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2011 Rite of Commitment
...and Renewal in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Feeling more like spring than autumn, the day began for the candidates with a short rehearsal in the church followed by lunch. Candidates and their companions then gathered in the auditorium in Owens Hall for prayer before walking to the church for the Eucharistic Liturgy. Mass included a reflection by General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson followed by the Rite of Commitment. Nearly 40 Providence Associates participated in the Renewal of Commitment....
Reflecting on Leadership
...national election process and in leadership opportunities for women that religious life has provided. As Sister Suzanne mentioned, there is no advertising, no campaigns, but a prayerful, reflective type of atmosphere that engages our entire religious community in our Chapter and election process. In our community, this is not a competitive venture to prove oneself the best candidate. Rather, nominees come with an open heart to look at the leadership gifts the whole community has deemed necessary for the next...
Come and See Retreat – Fall 2024
...in the lives of our sisters. You will have opportunity to hear several sisters’ stories about their call and their lives today. You will experience how the Sisters of Providence live the call through prayer, vows, ministries and community life. You will come away from this weekend retreat with a feel for what life as a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is like today. During this retreat you will also have opportunity to immerse yourself in our spirit-filled grounds...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2021
...the MISSION OF RELIGIOUS LIFE and its call to be anchored in Providence Spirituality, to strengthen our prayer lives and participate in communities that are welcoming and inclusive, communities of compassion, openness, respect and belonging. We know that the first thing the foundresses did when they arrived at the Woods was to visit the Log Cabin Chapel. I have always loved the end of that description of their time there: “having prayed, wept, and thanked Almighty God for past favors...
Season of Creation 2022: Most Important Actions We Can All Do
...for those committed to addressing Climate Change. Help these candidates’ campaigns, Write to local newspapers. Writing a letter to the editor has effects beyond our local community. Legislators assign their staffs to read letters to the editor as an important barometer of constituents’ interests, Review Sisters of Providence Land Ethic 2011, Stay informed and up-to-date on Climate issues. Read articles and books, watch videos, participate in webinars and conferences and events that lift up care for creation, Form a study...
Newsnotes: the latest from the Sisters of Providence
...a helping hand. Many organizations and businesses in the community help support the pantry, including the Helping Hands thrift store and nine local churches. Sister Joseph Fillenwarth, director of Providence Food Pantry, said the pantry served more than 4,000 families and 16,000 individuals in 2018. “It shows what can be done if we put our trust in the Providence of our God and minister together as a loving and caring community,” she said. 2019 National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) Sister...
Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: Joyful collaboration in a prophetic mission
Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith, center, serves as godmother at the baptism of this infant several years ago at St. Felicitas Parish in Chicago. Sister Kathleen has served as pastoral associate there for nearly 20 years. Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith has ministered almost 20 years as a pastoral associate at St. Felicitas Parish in Chicago. She collaborates with parish staff, parishioners, local community leaders, archdiocesan and SP-led teams and committees to proclaim the Gospel in a joyful, prophetic way richly textured...
Sister Kathleen Desautels: Collaborating for justice
...in the nearby Dresser Community,” she said. “Each Saturday, we walked the dusty roads of this community to reach out to neighbors who were among the many made poor by the economic situation at that time.” The rape and murder of four church women in El Salvador in 1980 was also part of her transformation. She spent time in Bolivia and in Nicaragua – witnessing social injustices – before finding her way to the center. Those early experiences helped Sister...
February Black History Month prayer service
...to abuse, war and evil. Side 2: Grant us the desire, and the courage to risk speaking and acting for the common good. Side 1: Deliver us from the violence of irreverence, exploitation and control, Side 2: Grant us the desire, and the strength, to act responsibly within the cycle of creation. All: God of love, mercy and justice, acknowledging our complicity in those attitudes, actions and words which perpetuate violence, we beg the grace of a nonviolent heart. Amen....
Miracle Place is growing!
...were literally tangible in the presence of all those who gathered.” “Mother Theodore was very present with us that day, as she has been from the beginning,” Sisters Rita Ann and Barbara added. “Her portrait hangs above the fire place in Miracle Place Community Center, reminding us to ‘have confidence in the Providence that so far has never failed us.’” Miracle Place was created in 1999 and officially opened in August 2000. Here is a video from the ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/embed/UHXjsZiYhqU...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2020
Facilitated by Sister Dawn Tomaszewski Sister Dawn Tomaszewski opened the reflection time. Happy Foundation Day! Such mixed feelings as we come together as a Providence Community to celebrate our humble beginnings here in these Woods 180 years ago today. As if COVID-19 and the U.S. elections weren’t enough to deal with, we received the stunning news yesterday that Sister Rosemary Ward had died during her heart surgery. And we learned of her death within minutes of having laid our dear...
Climate Crisis Task Force offers August Care for Creation Actions
...interests you and sign up to volunteer! Caring for creation requires the whole community, August 10-16: Donate. Share the Plate. Consider giving to support the work of Creation Justice Ministries or another environmental group, August 17-23: Compost. Start a compost pile. Set one up in your own backyard or find out if your county has a curbside composting program! Tune into the Evolving Faith podcast, which features Jeff Chu’s “Theology of Compost,” August 24-30: Rest and Reflect. Leah Thomas writes,...