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Providence Associate Arthur Snyder: a rewarding faith journey with the Sisters of Providence
...and how becoming a Providence Associate can be life changing and personally rewarding beyond human understanding. What do you see as the future of the PA relationship? There will be many more faithful people taking this journey with the Sisters of Providence. My hope is that our commitment as associates will lead to more women becoming religious as Sisters of Providence. I have a plaque that reads, “Prayer Works” — indeed, it does! Learn more about becoming a Providence Associate....
Disrupting apathy and injustice: Sister Tracey Horan and World Meeting of Popular Movements
...my brother bishops, and faithful clergy and women religious, must even walk out in front of you, to show that we are not afraid, either.” “This is not a moment for us to stay on the sidelines,” Sister Tracey said. “The gospel calls us to step up. And the fact that he included women religious – I felt like he spoke to me personally.” So how can each of us strive to answer the call to accompany others? Sister Tracey...
“You don’t give up on a person” Sister Rita Clare’s journey with a prisoner
...a kernel of goodness in him.” Sister Rita Clare’s advice to us, as we seek to engage with others different from ourselves, “Be faithful to the person you’re engaging with. Don’t give up on them. Try to be a positive influence. We have to respect each other’s opinions. We don’t have to agree but we have to speak our truth. We are called to reach out to others who are in need.” (Originally published in the Summer 2017 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Survey, legacy fund, phonathon and more! News from the Mission Advancement office
...first group of our sisters to establish a mission in China and initiated the Cause of Canonization for Mother Theodore. And why was she able to do all this? Because of the support of generous and faithful benefactors! T hanks to all of you and your generous support, our annual phonathon was a huge success! As of mid-April we have received $124,072 from 1,244 donors. Sisters of Providence and friends made 2,824 phone calls and talked to 950 friends and...
Sister Mary Michael Lager
...Lager, who died Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 98 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 81 years. When asked for their memories of Mary Michael, sisters repeated the same words time and time again to describe the “oil” in her lamp – gracious, thoughtful, gentle, kind, generous, patient and always grateful. Her 98 years leave a rich legacy of devotion to family, faithful minister and loving community member. Lucille Frances was...
Remembering Sister Mary Henry Brames
...Sister Mary Henry ministered there. Recently, she recalled peeling apples as a novice at the cannery, which was north of Providence Hall. “She was a very gentle woman. She was never rushed, she just seemed to go,” Sister Mary Ann said. “She loved jigsaw puzzles and was so faithful every day.” In her commentary, Sister Mary Roger continued, “It seems safe to say that no sister now living can remember when Sister Mary Henry Brames was not part of our...
HOPE fall 2017 — Together in mission
...Foley Legacy Fund will continue to financially support ministries that provide direct service to the economically poor and underserved. Prayer: Creating hope together Provident God, dispelling darkness with the gift of a new dawn, fuel me with sensitivity and wisdom to break boundaries and create hope … Faithful donors make mission possible In Marion Rapp’s 1987 Christmas letter to the sisters, she wrote “I met the sisters, for the first time, when I entered the first grade class at Our...
Sister Helen Dolores Losleben
...tired. She faithfully attended the informational LGU’s and was able to offer a thoughtful and articulate opinion during the discussion. Even during her last months in Mother Theodore Hall, she wanted to pray together with others. Truly, we will ever be grateful to her for showing us what St. John describes in today’s reading how to be God’s children now. Services for Sister Helen Dolores took place on Monday, September 18, in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. A Wake...
Everything about autumn can be spiritual
...green. A painter’s palette of colors easily recognized as autumn’s signature. Fallen leaves crunch under our footsteps; the piles of fallen leaves create mounds children jump into and out of, scatter and regather for more jumping and laughter. Then Jesus said: allow the children to come to me. … Don’t forbid them because it is to people like these that the kingdom of heaven is given. (Matthew 9:14) Farmers harvest the yields of their faithful labor and the gifts of...
2017 reflection for Foundation Day
...Sister Basilide will need some of my bacon and salt beef soup. *** Thank you Paula, Mary and Emily [the readers] and Mother Mary, Aunt Sallie and Olympiade. This is our inheritance, an inheritance to which we might ascribe the words found in the second reading — imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, It is a story filled with faithful disciples unaware of the magnitude of their influence. It is a story with a clarion call to mission—a mission that is still...
Sister Kathryn Koressel (formerly Sister Alfreda Marie)
...the Woods, where she served as the Coordinator of the Wellness Center and in a number of other ways. As Coordinator of the Wellness Center, she encouraged us all to keep up our physical strength and our health. She described her role as “… to direct activities and to keep equipment up to date and running well.” Kathryn’s sisters here at Providence described her as a most generous and faithful volunteer, whenever, wherever, and to whomever. For instance, one sister...
Sister Agnes Mary Raetz
...seen by the doctor, she was always peaceful and patient.” * “Her face radiated love, kindness and beauty, while she eagerly extended a hand and gave me a kiss in greeting!” * “I was a frequent and faithful visitor to a sister in Mother Theodore Hall. After that sister’s death, Agnes Mary made sure she was present to greet me. Her reason she wanted to be a welcoming face for me … she wanted to fill in for that special...