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Meet Emily: Sister of Providence postulant introduces herself
Emily TeKolste, blog post author and new Sister of Providence postulant. Editor’s note: Meet the newest member of the Sisters of Providence! Emily TeKolste began her postulant year with the Sisters of Providence on Sept. 7, 2016, with a knocking ceremony on Providence Hall doors. In today’s blog she shares a little about herself and her journey. It was more than three years ago when I had the urge to Google search “Catholic Worker Indianapolis.” I was hoping to connect...
Sister Dina Bato: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
Note: Here is the sixth blog in our series celebrating Catholic Sisters Week, which concludes on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters will share here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Sister Dina Bato has written the sixth of such blog posts below. I honestly find it providential to be reflecting on this question right now. I currently minister as the Mission & Ministry Coordinator at a small university in Chicago. As the only...
Back to school: A teacher’s perspective
...This statement seemed to fit me so well that without hesitation, I clicked on the “love” button, virtually commiserating with my tribe. Then, since I still had some free time ahead of me, I promptly began my “back to school” shopping. T-shirts and ‘Teacherisms’ Blog post author Sheila Galvin with Khloe, one of her students, at a school assembly I purchased three T-shirts in no time. One features the definition of teacher: (noun) “A person in it for outcome rather...
Sisters Joseph Fillenwarth and Ann Casper: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
Note: Here is the fourth blog in our series celebrating Catholic Sisters Week, which concludes on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters will share here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Sister Joseph Fillenwarth and Sister Ann Casper have written the fourth of such blog posts below. Sister Joseph Fillenwarth, director, Providence Food Pantry Sisters Joann Quinkert and Joseph Fillenwarth To be a Catholic sister today means I have to live my life fully...
Sisters Maureen Abbott and Denise Wilkinson: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
Note: Here is the fifth blog in our series celebrating Catholic Sisters Week, which concludes on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters will share here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Sister Maureen Abbott and Sister Denise Wilkinson have written the fifth of such blog posts below. Sister Maureen Abbott, Community Historian Sister Maureen Abbott As someone well into the autumn of life, it means what it has always meant – remaining faithful to...
Sisters Jan Craven and Paula Damiano: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister Today?
Note: Here is the third blog in our series celebrating Catholic Sisters Week, which concludes on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters will share here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Sister Paula Damiano and Sister Jan Craven have written the third of such blog posts below. Sister Paula Damiano (with microphone) and Sister Jan Craven during the presentation of a workshop. Sister Paula Damiano, co-director, Providence Spirituality & Conference Center Sister Paula Damiano...
Sister Barbara Battista: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
Note: Here is the ninth blog in our series celebrating Catholic Sisters Week, which concludes on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters will share here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Sister Barbara Battista has written the ninth of such blog posts below. Justice is What Love Looks Like in Public – Cornel West When I sit with the question, “what does it mean to me to be a Catholic Sister,” the quote from...
Sister Cathy Campbell: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
Note: Here is the eighth blog in our series celebrating Catholic Sisters Week, which concluded on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters have shared here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Sister Cathy Campbell has written the eighth of such blog posts below. The Call I couldn’t refuse I never intended to be a consecrated religious woman BUT God had different plans for me! As a teenager growing up in Washington, D.C. in the...
Sister Emily TeKolste: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
Note: Here is the seventh blog in our series celebrating Catholic Sisters Week, which concludes on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters will share here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Sister Emily TeKolste has written the seventh of such blog posts below. I recently attended my cousin’s wedding. Peter and Erin had been together for years (and Erin had been part of our family for years). They recently made it official. During the...
Sister Joni Luna: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
Note: Here is the second blog in our series celebrating Catholic Sisters Week, which concludes on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters will share here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Sister Joni Luna has written the second of such blog posts below. The other day, I wrote the following prayer in my journal using a picture I had created in Sister Rosemary Schmalz’ Art and Spirituality Retreat: Sit with me ….. It is...
Bonjour to all!
Bonjour to all. My first question to all of you is “why would Mother Theodore and the famous Marie Antoinette ever be mentioned in the same blog?” They are both women? Good guess. For those of you who guessed that they are both French, you are also correct! But wait, there’s more. For those of you who are very clever and guessed that Marie Antoinette was intimately connected to the French Revolution, so much so, that she is credited with...
Everything is connected – Our Water
Note: We want to share these blogs which have been adapted from “Our Common Home,” a joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development along with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This is the third in a series of eight blogs. Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home Our Common Home/SEI: A joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has produced an excellent guide for caring for our...