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Leadership statement on recent federal executions
...a doubt, what each of these men did to receive the death penalty was abhorrent. At the same time, we support life and respect all persons. We will continue to pray for the victims and their families, for death row inmates and their families, and for legislators who determine life or death decisions. As we expressed just last year in our statement on the death penalty, we, the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., believe in...
Reflections for Profession of Vows
...no doubts that this is the right time to request full integration into the Sisters of Providence.” In your reflection on the growth you have experienced during this time of initial transformation in the Congregation, you wrote “I continued to feel drawn to the vows and desired to have the rest of my life shaped by them.” What a powerful way to talk about the role of the vows in the life of a religious – perhaps in the life...
Sister Barbara Doherty (formerly Sister Vincent Ferrer)
...women and men religious in a variety of settings. The title of her dissertation was The Path to Liberation: Sankara, Metaphysician, Mystic or Teacher. I had to Google the identity of Sankara. I leave it to you to do the same. Suffice it to say, Sankara was a man whose life’s work was rooted in his faith and his strong sense of justice – just like Barbara’s life. Perhaps it is good for us to know that Barbara sometimes doubted...
Congregation supports faith leaders’ election integrity statement
...proper functioning of government but also to the full exercise of our faith. Therefore, we are deeply troubled by any actions or statements that intimidate voters or deny safe and equal access to voting, or that sow doubt in electoral outcomes and raise a threat of violence. Such efforts to corrupt and undermine core electoral freedoms must be condemned in the strongest of terms across the political spectrum. This nation can only live up to its democratic ideals when all...
‘Against All Odds’ – Sister Clare Mitchell, SP
...with Mother Mary Raphael in September. With Sister Clare as her companion, the two took ship from Kobe, Japan on September 15, 1927 and arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on October 9. The realization that only two sisters remained in China of the six who had bravely set out seven years before raised significant doubt as to whether the mission could ever succeed. As for Sister Clare, that decision was out of her hands, as she was immediately given a new...
Moving from darkness to light
...about union and communion, which means that it is also about mercy, forgiveness, nonviolence, letting go, solidarity, service, and lives of love, patience, and simplicity. Who can doubt that this is the sum and substance of Jesus’ teaching?” Our task as Christians is to advance God’s Kingdom in our world each and every day. Consider how you could more fully embrace the teachings of Jesus in your life. Perhaps a good new year resolution on the First Sunday of Advent...
Sister Nancy Nolan (formerly Sister Jean Paula)
...10 years here at the Woods, we have witnessed the faithfulness of Nancy and Barbara’s friendship, especially as Barbara’s cognitive changes became more acute. For many of those years, Nancy would pick Barbara up of an afternoon and bring her to our house for spirits and a little visit. When Sister Danielle Sullivan, who ministered with Nancy during her second term as general superior, learned the news about Nancy, she said, “No doubt that Barbara was right there to welcome...
Journals and Letters week 14: Mother Theodore the fundraiser
...a fundraiser! I started to think of how I treat phone solicitors, probably the closest I come to being unkind to a solicitor. Ironically enough, as I was writing this, somebody called me from a breast cancer charity. This call turned out to be a robocall. I said hello about eight times and the caller returned two robo recorded messages pretending to be a real human being. So I hung up on the call with no regrets 😊. I doubt...
Journals and Letters week 16: Welcome support
...distributed to readers, asking for donations in support of the mission. It was noted that the circulation of the paper “… reaches nearly everywhere, and we must not doubt that this publicity will bear great fruit. …” And it did. Later they printed Mother Theodore’s third journal which produced another source of income. Our benefactors of today Our present benefactors mirror these early supporters of our mission — a caring woman, a priest, two prominent businessmen — all in their...
Sister Jacquelyn Hoffman (formerly Sister Theodata)
...of Jackie, “Jackie was the most positive human being I have ever known. No doubt, she knew darkness, but what she always projected was light, grace and God’s love working among us. She could find a silver lining in a tornado cloud. Such a beautiful person.” When Woods Day Care/Pre-School closed, Jackie continued to play in churches and in health care and served as the coordinator of Ladywood alumnae. She continued to play her violin even as her health declined...
Sister Charles Van Hoy
...pretty sure my response was something like, ‘You can play softball?!’ You see, she was still in the habit, and I could not imagine it. ‘Sure I can play,’ she assured me, and proceeded to hit a home run in her first at-bat. Many years later, I found out that Aunt Marjorie was always the best player on every school team.” No doubt these experiences and others like them caused the family to dub Charles “The Cool Sister!” Her niece...
Journals and Letters week 18: New Orleans to Indiana
...that all is well. But we know that Sister Basilide had written to her, accounting details of the troubles there. And no doubt that stress may have contributed to the fever that attacks her and leaves her in the care of the Ursulines for seven weeks while she was “burning with desire to join them all again.” I think it is very telling that Mother Theodore doesn’t mention in this Journal the grief the Bishop is causing the community back...