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Mother’s Day Lunch: Holiday Celebrations Around Our Table
May 11, 2025 at 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm EDT Providence Spirituality & Conference Center 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 United States Reserve Your Table for a Festive Fundraiser and lunch at the Woods! Celebrate Mother’s Day with us at the Woods! Create lasting memories while supporting the Woods. Reserve your table today! Join us for a joyful afternoon in the beautiful and historic O’Shaughnessy Hall, featuring a delicious lunch buffet that’s perfect for the whole family....
Sister Constance Kramer (formerly Sister Marita)
...Providence Spirituality & Conference Center here, and began my own grief specialist and spiritual direction practice. In addition, during these years I really enjoyed being able to share my love for and experience with 12-step spirituality as the Coordinator of the Fatima Retreat House Step-Up Ministry, which offered six annual retreats for men and women living in sheltered housing who were in early recovery, as well as my experience as the Spiritual Director for Seeds of Hope, which is a...
Providence Juniorate/Aspirancy Reunion
June 27, 2025 at 9:30 am – 3:00 pm EDT O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall, Providence Spirituality & Conference Center 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 $40 All Aspirancy Alum are welcome! Reconnect with friends and enjoy your home at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Weekend Schedule Thursday, June 26 (for early arrivals): Informal gathering, 7-9p.m. LeFer Hall, PK Parlor and 1840 Parlor Friday, June 27: Reunion, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Alumnae are invited to bring memorabilia from their time in the...
Teen Volunteer Opportunity
...Sister Kathleen Desautels Visit with elder sisters and help them with activities such as Bingo, exercise, baking, attending events and more. Your presence will brighten a sisters’ day! Most of our volunteer opportunities are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Teens will gather at 9 a.m. in the lobby of Providence Spirituality and Conference Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Wear comfortable shoes and clothes that allow you to be mobile. Lunch is provided. Registration is due the day before each event....
Sister Paula Damiano: Full Circle
Sister Paula Damiano recently retired after serving as co-director of the Providence Spirituality & Conference Center (PSCC) at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods since 2012. Retirement offered her the opportunity for a sabbatical before Providence took her in new and energizing directions. The first thing Sister Paula did was rest. Before her role at PSCC, she had served on Sisters of Providence leadership team for 10 years and before that as the Congregation’s vocation director. It took her slowing down to realize how...
Oral History: Sister Dorothy Gartland
...also created the Chicago Metropolitan Food Stamp Coalition, the Conference on Hunger and the Chicago Summer Program. That effort and the Greater Chicago Food Depository continue to this day. The success of 8th Day led to a widening focus on justice covering more than 40 years of work on behalf of the poor, the unjustly treated. 40 years of being in solidarity with those who suffer injustices at the “hands of dominating and abusive powers. Those who are condemned, burdened,...
Teen Volunteer Summer Opportunity
...and help them with activities such as Bingo, exercise, baking, attending events and more. Your presence will brighten a sisters’ day! Teens will gather at 9 a.m. each day, beginning on June 9, and ending on June 11, in the lobby of Providence Spirituality and Conference Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Wear comfortable shoes and clothes that allow you to be mobile. Lunch is provided. The volunteer opportunity ends at 2 p.m., each day. Space is limited, so sign up today!...
Teens invited to volunteer with Sisters of Providence in June
...conversation and more. Summer volunteer sessions run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., on June 9-11. Teens are encouraged to sign up for one, two or all three days. All teen volunteers are asked to meet in the lobby of Providence Spirituality & Conference Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. In addition, they are asked to wear comfortable shoes and clothes that will allow for mobility. Lunch will be provided. Register or learn more here or contact Sister Joni Luna at 361-500-9505 or jluna@spsmw.org....
Immigration in the United States
...own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution, or serious deterioration of the environment damages the dignity of many men and women, and of entire families, and places them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness.” While supporting a nation’s right to defend itself from people who have committed violent or serious crimes — he said a “rightly formed conscience” would disagree with associating the illegal status of some migrants with criminality. United States Conference of Catholic...
Living Providence: What It Meant to Be a Sister of Providence Today
Simply put, being a Sister of Providence means a million different things because life is made up of a million (at least) different aspects! One of the best ways to describe what it means today is for me to look at our Constitutions: the guide for our way of life. Two of my favorite sections are those on the “Mission of the Congregation” and the “Call to Community”. The Sisters of Providence attended the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)...
Leaving a Legacy: John and Sue Heck
...Guerin and her Sisters of Providence. That relationship continues to this day. The Hecks are connected to the Sisters of Providence in many ways, large and small. The irises that Sister Rita Ann Roethele painted that hung for many years at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center (PSCC) came from John’s father’s garden. Sue and John Heck receiving the Queen Ameilia Award from General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski during the 2017 Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Donor Dinner. When John and Sue’s...
Sisters Speak Out: June 24 Community Prayer and Rally
...and peace to lift the voices of immigrants and the disenfranchised. Come make a difference in this world as we continue our mission of love, mercy and justice! This event will take place on Tuesday, June 24 from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. outside the Church of the Immaculate Conception, come rain or shine. In case of rain, we are prepared to move into the lobby of O’Shaugnessy, at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center. Join us for community and positive change....