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Finding the God moments amidst Covid-19
...my schoolwork, film a virtual opera and start taking voice lessons. Blog post author Natalie Nikolajevs Even though there was a lot of stress, I am so happy that I get to use this opportunity to spend time with family and friends! My family and I have gotten to hang out way more because of this, so this time isn’t all bad. We had a campfire and I’ve gone on lots of car rides with my mom. I’ve also been...
2016 Gold and Silver Jubilee Celebration!
...Sister Jenny Howard, General Officer and Vicar Sister Lisa Stallings and Jubilarian Sister Mary Jo Piccione (50 years). The three Golden Jubilarians, Sisters Cathy Campbell, Mary Jo Piccione and Linda Thompson, renew their vows. Golden Jubilarian Sister Cathy Campbell is congratulated by Sister Evelyn Ovalles after the ceremony. Sister My Huong Pham, celebrating 25 years as a sister, center, with Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein, right, pose with the rice artwork of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at left, a gift from...
Grieving gracefully into a future full of hope
Five years ago I was grieving a great loss in my life. I looked to Scripture for some word through which I could allow God to give me comfort, strength, and courage. Jeremiah 29:11-14 spoke to my broken heart. “I know well the plans I have in mind for you … Plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call me … I will listen to you. When you seek me with all your heart you shall...
Beautifying the Woods
From Sister Mary Morley’s point of view, her latest ministry was about two things. One, she desired to have something to do after moving back to the Woods. Two, she wanted to help spruce up the grounds. So, she and some other Sisters of Providence, along with a Providence Associate, sprang forth to beautify the area. The Sacred Heart Shrine near the Congregation Cemetery. “The whole plan was to refurbish the areas around the Sacred Heart Shrine, the cross area...
Saint Mother Theodore’s artifacts (video)
A few of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s artifacts: (no audio) http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z7mItmvsBFE...
Sister Joanna Valentino (formerly Sister Marie Dominic)
...the tiny window of precious time she was given to live. She wanted to hold onto the goodness of those moments long after they had ended. The visit was a most treasured and humbling grace for me as she for hours reviewed and re-told the mysteries and miracles of her life. Those mysteries and miracles overcame her heart and gave her great joy and peace as she confidently said, “This is the year to put peace in my heart and...
Sister Angela Garlat
...said of herself that to her teaching she brought her mother’s sense of discipline, strictness and thoroughness, and her father’s enormous creativity and love of art and music,” said Sister Ann. “She inspired creativity in her children and delighted in their art, acting and song. Frequent pageants, plays, recitals and art exhibitions opened the minds and hearts of her students to the arts. Equally exuberant grammar and times-table drills assured that her students knew their studies very well. Her classroom...
A prayer for discernment
Open my heart, O God. I want to be uncluttered, exposed, receptive to Love. I believe your Spirit lives in me and in that Spirit I live and move, and have my being. Open my heart, O God. I want to be uncluttered, exposed, receptive to Love. I believe your Spirit lives in me and in that Spirit I live and move, and have my being. Provident God, allow me to live in the not-knowing until you gently and lovingly...
Sister Helen (Alma Francis) McCarthy
...and Immaculate Heart, Galesburg; St. Mel, St. Leo, Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago; St. Athanasius, Evanston; and St. Francis Xavier (where she also served as assistant principal), Wilmette. In Indiana, she taught at Sacred Heart, Terre Haute; St. Augustine, Fort Wayne; St. Simon, Washington; and Sacred Heart, Whiting. She also spent four years at St. Ann, Washington, D.C. Sister Helen retired in 1985. For the next 13 years, she served as an aide or tutor in several...
Living Providence: What It Meant to Be a Sister of Providence Today
...oppressed, the lonely and forgotten. Even as I type these words I can feel my heart burning inside me! It gives me energy — I stopped to look up a Scripture passage that came to mind! “I have come to set the world on fire and how I wish it were already blazing” (Luke 12:49). Religious life does set my heart on fire! I’m reminded of the following reflection written by Joseph Whelan, SJ: Nothing is more practical than finding...
Our trip to Ruillé sur Loir
...share impressions of the experience over the next few days. Tonight, I have to finish my homework — the Moral Report (given by the General Superior and her council), the Entities Report (prepared by the Regions of Europe, Madagascar and Sri Lanka) and the Burser’s Report (finances!). The facilitator has asked us to read the reports not only with our head, but also with our heart and gut. And my base community table — I have been seated with the...
Sister Mary Eymard Campeggio
“‘Rabbi, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the household tasks? Tell her to help me!’ Jesus replied, ‘Martha, Martha! You are anxious and worried about many things, but only a few things are necessary – really only one. Mary has chosen the better part.’” Luke 10:40-42 Our Sister Mary Eymard was both a Martha and a Mary and without a doubt, we know her relationship with Jesus was very good. However, we would be somewhat...