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Reflections on 50 years
...having FUN, my definition of FUN also changed. FUN now was F (Faithfulness), U (understanding of their identity and mission), and N (nurturing of oneself and others). “My ministries have included being an elementary school teacher, an elementary school principal, and congregation service for the SPs, the SNDs, and now the CSJs. When I was elected to serve as General Treasurer, Sister Nancy Nolan told me, ‘Not to worry, Danielle, we will have FUN.’ Nancy was true to her word!...
Ashes from the pandemic fire: a reflection for Ash Wednesday 2021
...the blessing this Ash Wednesday is “be faithful.” Be faithful to the Gospel, to the Good News of God shown in Jesus. Faithfulness has nothing to do with perfection. It has everything to do with picking ourselves up and continuing, not alone, but with the One whom we follow. If nothing else this year, we have discovered that the absence of physical nearness is bridged by the heart (and maybe some technology, too.) We have found love reaches beyond the...
Sister Grace Stewart
...presence throughout my 96 years of life,’” read Sister Jeanne. “It is for this reason that I chose to begin this commentary with the lines from Nan Merrill’s translation of Psalm 95. They seem to reflect Sister Grace’s final words to us as we gather to celebrate the life she lived in our midst. To have known Sister Grace is to have known without doubt that God was truly her first love and that in her faithfulness to that love...
The 2011 installation of the General Officers
...for us to remain faithful to the plans Providence has for each of us, for all of us as a faithful people and as citizens of Earth community. Let’s aspire to completely abandon ourselves, give ourselves over to the mission of Providence – for the sake of a future with hope. Let us aspire to “deliver into the hands of our Jesus all the care of the future, as well as all anxiety about the past.” Why? For the sake...
Faithfulness and God’s mission: a Foundation Day reflection
...and meaningful legacy. From then until now I have endeavored to understand more fully the faithful and sacrificial life of the foundress of the college and the charism of the Sisters of Providence. I am especially intrigued to understand how their strong faith and determination created the fabric of our college and impacts it even today. It has become my mission to insure that Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and her students carry this legacy into the future to insure a living,...
Reflections from the 2018 Golden/Silver Jubilee Celebration
...been inside a stage coach as it filled up with water as Mother Theodore was, I do imagine there have been times in the past 50 or 25 years where the challenge to stay the course was just that – a challenge. I join your loved ones gathered with us today to give thanks for your arrival 50 or 25 years ago to begin the journey called religious life. We are grateful for your faithfulness amid the challenges, enabling you...
A Reflection for the 2025 Silver and Golden Jubilee
...the seashore with Jesus instead of Peter that Gospel morning. The church might never have been founded. Obviously, I did join the convent – no doubt because of the love of a Provident God that manifested itself around the dinner table and others like it day after day, year after year. I believe that’s what we really celebrate today as jubilarians – God’s faithfulness to us these past 70-plus years of each of our lives. God’s faithfulness to us has...
October 12, 2025: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...deny him, he will deny us. (and then the punch line): If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny himself.” Our God is faithful! Alleluia, alleluia: “In all circumstances, give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Jesus Christ.” Our alleluia leads us into the Gospel for today from Luke about one who gave thanks to Jesus for his healing and then, for whatever reasons, others that did not. Luke tells us that...
A Reflection for the 2025 Senior Jubilee
...to the community from out east (as we like to say)! Nonetheless, they all arrived at a place where they were immediately assigned a guardian angel, aka, a sister novice, and the rest is history. Most importantly, what I think they all share in common with Mary of Nazareth is that they have been lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ. Today, we thank you for your faithful discipleship to our Provident God, to our extended Providence community, and to the many...
Sister Joseph Patrice Shea
...Eucharistic Liturgy. Her devotion to the Blessed Sacrament was quite evident since Sister Joseph Patrice has been here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was faithful to her two or three hours in the Exposition Chapel each week even though this past year she could hardly get into her place because of her painful leg. Nevertheless, you could find her in that chapel daily,” said Sister Mary Pat Peacock in her commentary for Sister Joseph Patrice Shea, who died Sept. 4. Patricia...
Sister Ruth Sampson (formerly Sister Constance Mary)
...Ruth taught them so much about God. That she had extraordinary trust in God, no matter what. That she saw the good in everyone and would go the extra mile to help in whatever way she could. Sister Jean Ann Daniels, who faithfully sat with Sister Ruth these last months, said that no matter how much pain she was suffering due to her cancer, she would keep her commitments. She was a true sign of bravery, of faithfulness, of love...
Sister Mary Concetta Banez
...English in a number of places and coached a couple of priests on pronunciation, noticeably improving their command of English. According to Sister Carol, people really loved her and she made friends wherever she went. Carol continued, “She was a faithful Dodgers fan, and the announcer Vin Scully was her hero. When the Dodgers lost to the Cubs this year, I don’t think anybody had the heart to tell her. At home, Concetta was a faithful member of the community,...