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World AIDS Day: Sisters respond to AIDS epidemic, part 2
While yesterday’s blog post shared the stories of two amazing Sisters of Providence who worked with those living and dying from AIDS, they are not the only ones. Sister Barbara In 1987, as a mission novice, Sister Barbara Battista moved to Chicago where she ministered as an oncology pharmacist at Saint Joseph Hospital in the Lakeview neighborhood. At this time, Lakeview had the highest concentration of AIDS cases in Chicago. She encountered many young men with Kaposi’s sarcoma which is...
Holy and profane
Holy and human: blog post author and postulant Emily TeKolste in her volunteer ministry in the Mission Advancement office It’s not often that I spend time with my extended family in public. Sometimes, these interactions remind me how differently much of the world views Catholic sisters compared to my experience. This weekend, I went to my cousin’s high school graduation party. Partway through the party, one of my uncles started asking me to bless him. Another made a comment about...
The Beatitudes: The Journey to Reconciliation
Note: This initial blog, written by Sister Sue Paweski, was published by Global Sisters Report on January 20, 2025 Watching and reading the news of the day has become an arduous task for me. I have always been interested in politics, not only U.S. politics, but also the global scene. Sister Joni Luna at prayer The last few weeks have been torture. The divisions in the U.S. are not isolated. Civil wars and uprisings seem to be on the rise...
Our commitment to Laudato Si’ Action Platform
Editor’s Note: Laudato Si’ Week is May 22-29 this year. In this blog, our Climate Change Task Force explains our commitment to the plan for the next seven years. In the Winter 2022 edition of HOPE Magazine, Sister Cathy Campbell, SP, wrote an article introducing the Sisters of Providence Climate Change Task Force and its commitment to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform for the next seven years. We made the commitment on behalf of the Providence Community – the Sisters...
Celebrating Pastoral Care Week: Meet Sister Mary Mundy
Note: This week is Pastoral Care Week, October 23-29, and the 2022 theme is “Relevant and Responsive in Times of Crises.” During this week, we will highlight through our blog some of our sisters who minister in pastoral care. Sister Mary Mundy, SP, has ministered as a pastoral associate within the Diocese of Evansville for 30 years, including the past 15 at Holy Rosary Parish. “I work with a great staff and wonderful parishioners,” Sister Mary said. “The expression, ‘Time...
Being Eucharist in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak
Note: Sister Paula Damiano’s latest blog entry was written on Thursday, March 19, the Feast of Saint Joseph. I’m going to bed tonight with such a wide range of emotions. It’s the Feast of Saint Joseph, an important patron saint for the community and also the anniversary of the death of Sister Rose Marita Riordan, one of my favorite sisters in the whole world who died a few years ago. So, I was already feeling somewhat melancholy as I went...
The loving care of a Sister of Providence lay sister
The story about Sister Lawrence Cheminant, a Sister of Providence lay sister who served cholera victims in 1854, prompted an inquiry about lay sisters in the Congregation. Lay sisters were those assigned to ministries other than education. In a series of blog posts, we will acquaint you with other lay sisters in our community, their gifts and eventually some of the hardships imposed by Rome. But first let us begin by celebrating the gifts of one such sister who served...
How does reforestation help global warming?
Note: The following blog links to one of our Platform Tenets regarding supporting reforestation and ecological restoration. Being Daughters of the Forest, we Sisters of Providence enjoy the legacy of our beloved Saint Mother Theodore at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods as we move through the seasons and the transformation of the mighty oaks, flowering dogwoods, and faithful conifers. Close to our hearts are issues dealing with deforestation and climate change as well as solutions that truly make a difference. In her research,...
Translating the virtues of heaven
Blog post author and Providence Associate Candidate Ben Kite hams it up for the camera at the Providence Associate orientation. Editor’s note: Ben Kite is one of 42 Providence Associate candidates who recently began his year of journey with a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate companion. Over the coming year, the candidates will meet regularly with their companion to reflect on topics relevant to the mission of the Sisters of Providence. Ben’s companion is Sister Beth Wright. At the...
My friends, the saints
...sense of humor, his bravado, his commitment to the poor. I see a lot of St. Lawrence in Pope Francis. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin is one of blog author and Providence Associate Lori Strawn’s go-to saint friends. Then there is our very own Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, also known as St. Theodora, the founder of the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Known for her commitment to educating women in a time when college was considered dangerous to a...
Racism’s infection within American healthcare
Editor’s note: With the piece below, Terre Haute South Vigo Junior Charles McFarland won first place in a racial justice essay contest conducted by the Equal Justice Initiative based in Montgomery, Alabama, in partnership with the Facing Injustice Project, an initiative of the Greater Terre Haute Branch of the NAACP. Local NAACP member and Providence Associate Sandy Wickware received permission that we use Charles’ piece and submitted it for use on the Sisters of Providence blog. Thank you, Charles, for...
Compassion for Earth
...global warming below 2-degrees centigrade. Perhaps we can each commit to praying this prayer from Pope Francis, found in Laudato Si’. Imagine the energy entering the atmosphere if every reader of this blog prayed this from Nov. 30-Dec. 11! The focus is on climate, but the prayer embraces so much more! Let our prayer be for Earth, for peace, for nonviolence, for the people of France and Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, for the people of the United States and Iran...