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February 17, 2021: Ash Wednesday
...Each person chooses then shares these intentions with God. We acted within our class community and the larger human community. We each took a turn leading prayer. Together, we filled our room’s basket to assist others. Action With the limitations due to the pandemic, it is a good year to turn our focus within our own heart. Explore a new Lenten tradition that calls to your heart. Or, take the time to discuss with another what Lent means for you....
Archives: Keeper of the Stories
...of the media coming to conduct research. Sister Mary shared that the preservation of history has been a task for sisters since Mother Theodore’s time — the saint herself acting as the first to preserve community history with her writing, done at the behest of her superior in Ruillé, France, to “take exact account of all, and note down during your journey whatever may be useful to guide those who join you in the new world.” Various sisters held long...
Providence Community Bake Sale
December 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm EST Providence Spirituality & Conference Center 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 United States Sisters of Providence Free Are you craving some special, delicious baked goods? We’re baking up lots of goodies that will hit the spot. Join us Dec. 14, from 1:30-4:30 p.m., for the Providence Community Bake Sale in the Providence Spirituality and Conference Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. We will have all kinds of special goodies....
Sisters of Providence Support Seeking Justice and Denounce the Violence Inflicted on Black Americans since the Birth of This Nation
The Sisters of Providence leadership team and the Providence Community strongly condemn the heinous violence against and ultimate murder of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. We mourn with the Floyd family as yet again another unarmed black man’s life is snuffed out by individuals sworn to serve and protect all persons. Therein lies the problem. Do we really mean all persons? Are we ready to examine the structural roots of racism in our nation? Sister...
The Le Fer sisters: Gifts to the Congregation
...Irma: “Sister St. Francis Xavier was born at Saint-Servan, Brittany, April 16, 1816; she died at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Jan. 31, 1856. Within a week after her arrival at Saint Mary’s she was teaching Latin and drawing at the boarding school and in the novitiate. She assisted Mother Theodore in the training of the postulants and novices, and at the first election held in the community [1848] she was chosen ‘Second Assistant and would have charge of the novices.’ This office...
Sister Editha Ben
...of thousands of Filipinos in the non-violent People Power demonstration to oust corrupt dictator Ferdinand Marcos from power. “It was a profound experience of Christian community. It showed that it is possible to live out discipleship amidst violence when following a just cause,” she said. “We were all very afraid, yet full of hope. When helicopters would hover overhead, we didn’t know if they were going to drop a bomb. Yet the people in the group remained unwavering and courageous....
Sister Terri Boland
...an attractive life choice? A. The life is all of the positive energy you find in community today. It’s taking on social justice issues, whether it is issues around the homeless, women’s health rights or building awareness around living more sustainably in the world. Being a Sister of Providence is still viable. Life in community is also changing. It’s not stagnant. Your spirit evolves. I think, because of my relationship with Earth, the Scriptures become alive. There are parables around...
Sister Patricia Linehan
...in her heart — that was, to be a nurse. She wanted to be a Sister of Providence and a nurse. However, at the time nearly 99 percent of the community’s members were teachers. Pat was told that if she wanted to be a nurse, she should consider leaving the congregation. In fact, the superior, who knew Pat’s parents were coming to visit the following weekend, suggested she return home with them. Pat was devastated. This was one of the...
Welcoming our 2021 WVC Summer Interns!
Rejoice with us in welcoming 11 incredible interns for the summer! What a blessing they are in sharing their energy, creativity, hard work, team spirit and interest in learning, as well as teaching us a thing or two! Cheyenne Boon The Boston, Mass., native has bachelor’s degrees in politics and Spanish from Williamette University and is currently enrolled in the Master of Divinity program at Harvard Divinity School. Cheyenne Boon “This internship combines my passions of spirituality, community, environmental justice,...
A Reflection on the Feast Day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...reads: Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm. It comes from the Latin, meaning “to wound.” It would be hard to even number the times Mother Theodore was susceptible to physical harm – her very constitution took her to her sick bed OFTEN. She had hardly arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods when she was bedridden for nearly two months. At the height of her entanglement with the Bishop of Vincennes to ensure the future of the community, she was and...
New Providence Associate candidates share what brought them here
...I see myself reflected in Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and that brought me back.” “I want to do more in my community. I want to build up my local community,” said one local candidate. “Even as a child I was always in awe of the spiritual feeling you get here.” Candidate Sherrie Mansfield during a reflective moment. “I’ve had two miracles. I think this is going to be my third.” “I’ve worked for the Sisters of Providence for five years....
Journals and Letters week 23: Clash of the bishop and the saint
...de la Hailandière Our fierce French female (thank you Sister Barbara Batista for alliteration suggestion) finally met with the bishop at his house to discuss his desire for her removal as Superior. Mother Theodore held her ground and instead proposed an election of a new Superior to the Community. If the sisters accepted it she would then step down freely. Until then she would not leave. I think she was pretty confident they wanted her to stay. This idea was...