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Leadership Team shares LCWR Statement and Congregation commitment
...out their service of leadership to further the mission of the Gospel in today’s world. 2021 Sisters of Providence Justice Focus on Racial Equality and Equity We, the Providence Community, choose racial equality and equity as our justice focus for 2021-2026. We commit to partnering with other groups in prayer, education, action and advocacy to: Explore the systemic roots of racism in our countries and in our own lives; Identify areas of our lives in which we may be complicit...
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
...You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.” He summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. “From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly. All these evils come from within and they defile.” Reflection Our reading this...
June 1, 2025: Ascension and 7th Sunday after Easter
...Easter. Thematically, the two gospel passages are commissioning believers, sending them forth to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. Both Gospels serve as transitions to Pentecost when the full power of the Spirit descends upon the community propelling them to proclaim the Word and be witnesses. One passage, Luke’s, is post resurrection; the other, John’s, is the part of Jesus’ farewell address in preparation for his death and resurrection. Luke’s passage marks an end to the earthly presence of...
Sister Evelyn Ovalles reflects on Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and home
...(and, I’d like to add) rooted in Providence. What does “coming home to the Woods” mean to you? It means comfort, rest and security. When life seems pulling me in different directions or when I feel stressed or somehow stuck, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is the place to go. It’s home, it’s sanctuary, it’s a very tangible legacy of St. Mother Theodore to us. It means being imbibed by the legacy of St. Mother Theodore and those who have gone before us....
Laudato Si’ Platform Commitment Statement
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 by developing a Laudato Si’ Action Platform. This commitment marks our willingness: To take up the “urgent appeal” of Laudato Si’ to listen and respond to the lurings of Providence to attend to the cry of the Earth and the cry...
It’s Time to Make Our Voices Heard About Climate Justice
One of the seven goals of Laudato Si’ is community resilience and empowerment. The Laudato Si’ Action Platform envisions “a synodal journey of community engagement and participatory action at various levels. Actions could include promoting advocacy and developing people’s campaigns, encouraging rootedness and a sense of belonging in local communities and neighborhood ecosystems.” As we move into an election year, the Climate Change Task Force wants to emphasize this goal in particular ways. First of all, we are challenging our...
August 20, 2023: Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
...this? I know what rattles me about this passage. It is incredibly difficult for me to ask for help. By the time I come forward to ask, I am a mess and in need and usually ashamed to ask. I should be able to handle everything without help. This is the story I place on the Canaanite woman. I know her well. She had convinced herself to come for help and it has been hard. She does not need the...
November 28, 2021: First Sunday of Advent
Gospel – Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Jesus said to his disciples: “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great...
Sister Jane Marie Osterholt
...after coming to community and reading her Journals and Letters, she is alive to me.” Q. So, what actually called you to be a Sister of Providence? A. It was after I received my First Communion. My family is German Catholic and we would go to church all the time. We would say the Sorrowful Mother novena every Friday. I remember being in the church. I don’t remember the occasion, but I remember sitting there and talking to God and...
Sister Anna Fan hopes that as a novice, her “spiritual life can grow deeper and wider”.
...me is a gift and I am not young but the community gave me the opportunity to come as I am. The landscape of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is amazing and beautiful. My director didn’t give me too much pressure and she also helped me to adapt to the culture. After I read and reread about Mother Theodore and the Congregation I became more sure of my decision to be a Sister of Providence. 2. Is it what you expected? If not,...
Providence Associates living out their commitments
...From delivering meals on wheels, to planning outings such as the one here to an art museum, to visiting the sick, Joann extends the mission and ministry of the Providence community to her area of the world. A way that Connie Schnapf of Newburgh, Indiana, lives out her commitment as a Providence Associate is to spend a week or two a year volunteering at the Sisters of Providence motherhouse at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Here she makes repairs re-gluing fallen shells in...
Journey of the Spirit: companioning a Providence Associate Candidate
...I soon found my feet set on a path of Providence that would take me and the candidate I was companioning on a true journey of the Spirit. On Nov. 8, that journey brought my candidate, Jean Smith, along with 19 other associate candidates and their companions to the Church of the Immaculate Conception for a commitment ceremony in which each one promised to continue to grow spiritually and to be a presence of God’s providence to others through the...