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My journey with Providence
...women, and a community. I didn’t realize it then, but they were laying the foundation for me to live my life with love, mercy and justice by furthering God’s Providence. Through the years that followed, I frequently thought back fondly of my years at St. Catherine of Siena School. Invitation Blog post author Cathy Dearing, center, with Sisters Cathy Campbell and Camille Neubauer Fast forward forty years and I’m making that right turn onto “the Avenue” for the first time. It...
Throwback Thursday: A Scottish nun
Sister Raymond Hunter The June 23, Throwback Thursday blog focused on Sister Joseph Eleanor Ryan. For this week, we decided to take a request via Facebook. After the blog posted on Facebook, Roxanne Lake asked if we would write something about Sister Raymond Hunter. Well, Roxanne, your request has been granted! In 1907, Margaret Veronica Hunter was born in Tannochside Lanarkshire, Scotland. Her family moved to the United States early in her life, but returned to Scotland. After Margaret completed...
Reflections for Profession of Vows
...and will provide all of us the courage we need to carry out the mission entrusted to us by Providence. It is the story of Sister Mary Elise Reneault, one of the six Sisters of Providence chosen to establish the SP mission in China 100 years ago this year. I rediscovered her in our community rereading of Against All Odds, the history of our mission in China. And recently, Sister Janice Smith wrote a blog about her that offered me...
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This may seem an unusual title for a blog but for this particular one, it works! Why? Because it’s a blog about the best personality inventory I’ve ever experienced – the Enneagram. The Enneagram Institute (yes, there is such a place!) defines the Enneagram this way: “At its core, the Enneagram helps us to see ourselves at a deeper, more objective level and can be of invaluable assistance on our path to self-knowledge.” This does sum it up … “it...
Virtual prayer, support reassures teen
[Editor’s note: Blog post author Ozlynne Tharp is a volunteer with the Providence Teen Volunteer ministry.] Ozlynne Tharp Quarantine has been tough on all of us the past couple of months. Activities such as going to church, school or even to the store have become restricted and meeting up with other people is greatly discouraged. At first the social distancing was difficult for me spirit-wise, because I couldn’t go to church and while I did devotions on my own, it...
Remembering Sister Marie Brendan Harvey
This photo, taken in 1983, depicts Sister Marie Brendan Harvey presenting a recital of Sacred Music. A total of 11 Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, passed away in 2016. During the month of December, the Throwback Thursday blog was dedicated to those sisters’ lives and ministries. In the final week of 2016, the blog focused on the lives and ministries of Sister Mary Esther Lane and Sister Marian Ruth Johnson. And on Dec. 27, 2016, Sister Marie Brendan...
Message of Pope Francis for Creation Day 2023
...blogs on each Sunday in the month of September in celebration of the 2023 Season of Creation, culminating with the final blog on Oct. 4. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (Sept. 1, 2023) Dear brothers and sisters! “Let Justice and Peace Flow” is the theme of this year’s ecumenical Season of Creation, inspired by the words of the prophet Amos: “Let justice flow on like a river, righteousness...
Everything is Connected — Many Things Have to Change Course
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 eighth blog in a series of eight. Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ (202) We do not stand separate from the planet we share with other life; we are intimately related to it and so are also responsible for its care. This truth must be recognized...
The Mission to Asia: A reflection for Foundation Day
...soon began falling under Communist rule, forcing the sisters to relocate to Taiwan, settling in Taichung. From there, Sister Marie Gratia and the other sisters worked to construct what is now known as Providence University. In 1960, Mother Rose Angela Horan bestowed Sister Marie Gratia with the title of “Mother.” Mother Marie Gratia died on Oct. 29, 1964. Coming soon: Look for blogs by Sister Rose Chiu – featuring Miracle Home – and another blog by Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein!...
Everything is Connected – Our Shared Future
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 seventh blog in a series of eight. Our Shared Future “A true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice.” (Laudato Si’, 49) Social justice and human rights are woven through all of today’s most pressing environmental issues. Those...
Season of Creation 2022: Care for Creation Resources
Note: We are preparing to celebrate the Season of Creation (Sept. 1, World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation through Oct. 4, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi). The Sisters of Providence Climate Change Task Force will share 10 blogs, with this being the fifth. We hope you enjoy the series! Thankfully, we have abundant resources on Care for Creation/Climate Crisis. Below are some that we have found to be helpful. There are so many more we...
A look at the life and ministry of Sister St. Veronica Doherty
Sister St. Veronica Goherty (front, center) along with Sister Mary Antoinette Dolan (left) and Sister Rose Celeste Mihula (right) and others. This photo was taken in 1924 in Fort Wayne. Another reader of the Throwback Thursday blogs recently made contact with us regarding some requests. This week’s blog is for you, Judy, as we will discuss the life and ministries of Sister St. Veronica Doherty. Alice Doherty was born on Feb. 17, 1876, in County Cavan, Ireland, to Owen Doherty...