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Sister Sharon Sullivan (formerly Sister Barbara Mary)
“Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.” Matthew 11:29-30 “What a welcome [Sister Sharon Sullivan’s entrance to eternal life] must have been for one who had been ‘gentle and humble of heart’ during her 63 years as a Sister of Providence,” said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Sharon who died Dec. 21,...
Sister Maureen Fallon
...life giving for you? I think it is the heart-to-heart conversations. There’s no treading on water to see if it’s OK to talk about this, you just go to the heart of the matter. And you can talk about things in such a way that you flit from conversation to conversation and they’re all based on Eucharist, and spirituality, and Mother Theodore, and ministry and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. How would you say that your life has been spiritually enhanced by being...
Sister Ann Denise Reger
...was, “I received the Living God, and my heart is full of joy.” Ann Denise, I think your heart was full of joy much of the time during your life. The sparkle in your eyes, and your beautiful smile showed it. Now you can be quick-witted and full of humor all the more. God love you, Ann Denise. I always will, Sister Mary Pat concluded. The funeral Mass for Sister Ann Denise Reger was held March 15, 2013 with burial...
Sister Francis Edwards (formerly Sister Francis Bernard)
...and determination were not characteristics with which she sought to get her own way but characteristics with which she followed the law of God, written on her heart, the law of love. While I was General Secretary, Sister Anita Bechert retired from the Office of Records. When Sister Francis moved to Owens Hall, I asked her to be my assistant. She gladly accepted and held that position for three years. One day during these years, I asked her if she...
French foundress now has “southwestern” look
You can see the new icon currently on display in the new Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Something tells me that Taos, New Mexico artist JK (Jan) Lamkin and Saint Mother Theodore Guerin would really hit it off. Jan is said to “combine artistic talent with an understanding of the land and to create glorious images drenched with emotion and color.” Both are great communicators, Jan using the medium of art and Mother Theodore that of words. Jan was...
2010 Rite of Commitment
See photos below “So let us celebrate this gracious, ineffable bond among us! Let us encourage one another to live the gift given in lives of wholeness and holiness! Let us draw courage from one another’s commitment so that we will continue to ‘promote the loving designs of God’s Providence in works of love, mercy and justice among God’s people.’ “Let us remember these gentle words of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin: ‘The heart understands the heart. As yours was speaking...
Sister Marianne Mader (formerly Sister Ann Eugene)
...you. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly of heart, and you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” The Gospel of the Lord. Sister Marianne Mader, who labored long and well in the service of God’s people, was burdened for much of her life by ill...
The Practice of Homemaking and Community Shaping
...Valuing the Arts, Sabbath Keeping and Hospitality have been a part of your experience both of making a home, finding a home, or shaping a community. 4. What are some of the healthiest and most nourishing ways in which the art of homemaking is practiced within our community? 5. Are there ways in which we need to renew the practice of homemaking within our communities? “Love, Mercy, Justice: A Book of Practices of the Sisters of Providence” is available for...
Saint connects sisters across the ocean
Sister Gill Quigley, an English Sister of Providence from Saint Mother Theodore’s French congregation, spent the fall semester taking art classes at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and living with the Sisters of Providence. She also connected more deeply with her sister Saint Mother Theodore. (Photo courtesy of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.) Saint Mother Theodore Guerin is at the root of a special connection that still exists between the original Sisters of Providence in France and the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods....
Listening with the heart: Contemplative conversation
Article author Sister Rosemary Nudd, center, in conversation with sisters and associates at her table on the first day of Chapter, including Providence Associate Teresa Clark at right. “Contemplative conversations”? What in the world . . .? Confusing readers as they skim a new issue of HOPE is never the aim — quite the contrary. And yet, directions for our future as a community of Providence which emerged from the recent General Chapter are too meaningful and exciting not to...
Sister Marie Alexis Geiger
...said of her, her heart was greater than she was, said Sister Janet Gilligan and Sister Mary Mark Dede in their commentary for Sister Marie Alexis Geiger, who passed away on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 91 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 73 years. Sister Janet and Sister Mary Mark continued: Elizabeth Clarissa Geiger was born on June 22, 1928, to Mary Elizabeth Drew and William Geiger in Loogootee, Indiana. She...
A Prayer for Teachers during this pandemic
...our teaching, sanitizing, distancing and masking, while trying to be attentive to the needs of our students. Help us to be patient with ourselves as well. O Loving God, You love us beyond measure. Remind us of that love as we look into the eyes of each student before us. Give us a gentle heart, a compassionate heart and a heart open to receive love. May your wisdom O God be our wisdom, your patience, our patience and your love,...