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Being a community where the Christ child can be raised
...into a community and was welcomed and nurtured by community throughout his life. We – all of us – need to be that kind of community – a community where a Christ child can be raised. Just this morning I found on my front porch, “The Soul of Christmas,” in a delivery box from Amazon, a gift from a wonderful friend on the Congregation who wanted to introduce this writer to Thomas Moore, one of her favorite writers. I did...
A Providence Associate’s look at Chapter
...Associates in the first two days of the Chapter meeting was truly a broadening of collaboration in discerning the future of our community, a future that impacts each of us and how we live our lives. Our community You may notice that I say “our” community. Several sisters have commented in the past that they love how I say “our” or “my” in reference to the community, the sisters, and the mission of the Sisters of Providence. As a Providence...
A safe home community for those who lost everything
...Casa San Juan Bosco I is a 53-home complex for migrant farmworkers. Families began moving into the community in 2013. Soon all 53 homes were filled. All the homes were built to withstand hurricane winds. Each home was equipped with Energy Star appliances, making it the largest green community for families in Florida. Phase two of the project, Casa San Juan Bosco II, was just recently completed. There are 44 homes in this community as of October. Five families had...
Ten years of transformation
...Sisters Tracey Horan and Arrianne Whittaker will profess final vows on Aug. 20, 2022 Conversely, we welcomed seven new members into the community over these last 10 years. And we’ve welcomed an explosion in interest in being in relationship with us through ministry partnerships and our Providence Associate community. We, as a community, have lived through the global COVID-19 pandemic and are still navigating what that new reality means for us and how we can care for one another at...
Former Sisters of Providence a gift to the Church and society
...the work I was doing.” After leaving she used her skills as an educator, administrator and counselor and as a consultant to human resources at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Mary Jo says: “I was a teacher while in the community from 1965-1974.When I left the community I continued to teach in Catholic schools. In 1977 I became the director of religious education at St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, a very large intercultural parish.” Mary Jo continues in that role...
I unite with all my sisters and all who share the charism of Providence …
...— the loving embrace of my sisters, associates, and the White Violet community that I so miss. With the new adventures of teaching and studying for my Ph.D. in Texas, I’ve barely written about the Sisters of Providence [on my personal blog]. But that doesn’t mean I am not thinking about them. Blog post author and Providence Associate Kaitlyn Willy, left, hanging out with and building community with Sisters Dina Bato and Arrianne Whittaker. My Providence Community is one of...
Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore
...Providence Community to celebrate once again that the church has lifted up Anne Therese Guerin as a Saint of God, I find myself thinking less about her and more about US. The WE who are walking in the footsteps of that Saint. The WE who are becoming known as the Providence Community. Many of you are with us in church this morning – Sisters and Providence Associates; are SP co-workers; partners in mission from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Providence Health Care...
Crossing the bridge into community: Postulant Stephanie Rivas
...time. We fill spare time with noise. The best part about where I live is that there is a chapel where I can go pray and be with Jesus anytime throughout my day or night.” Community Stephanie also values the intergenerational living she finds in the community of the Sisters of Providence. She enjoys engaging with younger sisters from a variety of backgrounds and with older sisters “who have done this for many years.” She values their wisdom and their...
Oral History: Sister Dorothy Gartland
...“Just one more week. One more week. One more week.” Finally she decided that the Feast of St. Joseph would be the day she would decide to stay in community or go home to her family. “I decided to stay, but for 25 years I cried about leaving my family and my home.” Community Did she ever again re-evaluate her decision to join the Community? No, she did not, not after the Feast of St. Joseph. There was a large...
Get to know Providence Associate Julia Lopez-Kaley
...of anything, inextricably intertwined with Earth and with each other. Being a member of the Providence community reminds me that I am not alone. And that I am dependent upon community for support and to hold me accountable. I am better and do better when I am reminded that I have a community that shares my values, vision and passion. The Providence Associates value me for who I am. I’m also reminded of my interconnectedness with and dependence on all...
Being a Providence Associate has made a difference
When you become a Providence Associate, you join in mission and community with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods by serving as you are able in your day-to-day life. We asked several of our Providence Associates to share how being an associate has made a difference in their lives. Read here as they share how they have been touched by the Community and the Woods. Learn more about how you could become a Providence Associate at ProvidenceAssociates.org. “It is...
A Reflection for the 2025 Silver and Golden Jubilee
...expressed itself in a very special way through our vocation as Sisters of Providence during the past 50 and for Janice, 25 years. In the winters of our sorrow and struggle, in the summers of joy and peace, in every season, we have been held, nurtured, challenged, prayed for and loved by a community where we call each other sister and an extended community of associates, family, friends and ministry partners. I would like to believe that we are a...