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Learn more about Edith Stein and Richard of St. Victor!
Note: The following blog was co-written by Sister Paula Damiano, SP, and Sister Jan Craven, SP, who will co-facilitate each of the upcoming “Mystics: a journey of discovery,” sessions, scheduled for Jan. 21 and March 3. A German Jew, Carmelite nun, atheist, philosopher, martyr and saint! Edith Stein was all of these and much more. Her writings are evidence of a woman searching deeply for the Divine in her life in ways some would not have expected. Long before “ecumenism”...
Struggling to speak out against injustice with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
(Editor’s note: Happy Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin! In today’s blog post we hear from Emily TeKolste, the newest woman to follow in Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s footsteps by entering the Sisters of Providence, the Congregation she founded. The passage from Saint Mother Theodore’s Journals and Letters below speaks to Emily. In what way does Saint Mother Theodore Guerin inspire you?) Saint Mother Theodore Guerin journeyed home to Indiana after a fundraising trip to France in 1844. Returning from...
A look at the life and ministries of Sister Loretta Clare Gehring
Sister Loretta Clare Gehring in an undated photo. Recently, Mission Advancement Executive Director Sister Ann Casper received an email from Whiting, Indiana, resident Elaine Gehring. Elaine, 90, is the niece of Sister Loretta Clare Gehring (RIP) and wanted to share some of her memories of the Sisters of Providence. We wanted to share some of this with you for a Throwback Thursday blog, so please enjoy. Born on Jan. 9, 1891, in Michigan City, Indiana, Clara C. Gehring was the...
One Mom’s Story
...my all to Mark. Blog-post author Sister Mary Tomlinson with her son Mark. (photo © Artlynn Photography) Becoming a Working Mom When Mark was about 8 months old, his father came home one night and said he was going back to school and that I needed to go to work. He wanted to get a master’s degree. We lived in California at the time. Parting with my little boy, even for the daytime, was hard. So, I found a babysitter...
Noticing human trafficking
...folding laundry), and my failure to fold my laundry promptly costs me some time ironing. See me Blog post author JoAnne Pounds A couple of weeks ago I had the meaningful opportunity to witness a performance of the play “True Cost” presented via Zoom by the Stillpoint Actors from Chicago. I decided to attend primarily because I was fascinated and inspired by my budding relationships with a few Sisters of Providence and had been invited by at least one of...
The gift of the present moment in this new year
...does not belong to me; the future is not mine; with all my soul I try to make use of the present moment.” St. Ignatius’ Examen Blog post author and Providence Associate Sister Marilyn Rausch spends connects to the present moment in prayer at a retreat. One of the few rules of prayer that St. Ignatius of Loyola made for the Jesuit order was the requirement that Jesuits practice an “Examen” at noon and at the end of each day. In this...
Against All Odds: The life of Mother Marie Gratia Luking
As we continue the centenary commemoration of the Nov. 24, 1920, foundation of the Sisters of Providence mission in China, this blog will highlight the foundress, Mother Marie Gratia Luking. Born May 10, 1885, in Connersville, Indiana, Josephine Luking first knew the Sisters of Providence as her teachers at St. Gabriel. After completing eighth grade, because “Josie” was the oldest daughter of five children and her mother operated a millenary shop, her help was needed at home. Rather than regular...
Remembering Sister Kathryn McNulty
Sister Kathryn McNulty Editors note: Do you have an idea for Flashback Friday? Email Jason Moon at jmoon@spsmw.org. Recently, Kathleen Boshold contacted us asking if we could cook up a Throwback Thursday or Flashback Friday blog on the life of Sister Kathryn McNulty, formerly Sister Loretta Michael. “She was my seventh and eighth grade teacher as Sister Loretta Michael and remained a friend of mine all her life,” Kathleen said. “I’d love to hear about some of her background …”...
Celebrating 65 Years of Providence
Note: The following blog was co-authored by Sister Barbara Sheehan, SP, and Alice Quinlan Nineteen women who entered the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, in September 1960, gathered at the Woods on September 12-14 to celebrate 65 years of Providential blessings and friendships. ‘Band’ Reunions The 1960 “band” (class) has had reunions every five years since 1975. Even COVID-19 didn’t stop a gathering in 2020 — via Zoom, which was new to nearly everyone then. The 2025 gathering...
The Gift of Mother Theodore’s written legacy
...her life. It is writing that is alive and active in our present lives as we move forward and approach an expansive and unknowable future. The storyteller Blog post author Alice Shelton renews her commitment as a Providence Associate as she lives the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore. We know Mother Theodore because she wrote. The storyteller in Mother Theodore shines clearly today as so many of us make use of what she left for us. We speak of Providence...
Of motorcycles and trains and blessings at the Woods
Blog post author Sister Paula Damiano On the corner of Seventh Street and Wabash Avenue in Terre Haute, traffic was backed up and stopped due to one of our famous slow and very long trains which come through the city several times a day. But, in this case, it was an opportunity. We were stopped behind a motorcycle. It’s important that you know that Sister Jan Craven was driving the car and I was the passenger. Immediately she said, “Hurry,...
Join us in reading the “Journals and Letters” of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...ready to re-live history! If you need a copy of “Journals and Letters,” you can purchase one from Linden Leaf Gifts or you can buy it and download it. So, this week, get your book ready and read the introduction. Next Sunday, we will read from page 1 to page 10, second paragraph and discuss it here on the blog. We can’t wait to find out what you think. See you on the website! View the complete book study series....