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Leadership Team statement: We must overcome all of this violence
...rather than working for the common good, we sow seeds of violence. Sister Jessica Vitente in prayer. Today, attending public events such as celebrations, parades, rallies, or even simply going to school can cause some concern. Indeed, violence in words and deeds is all around us. And yet, goodness is also all around us. Words matter. Every time we use derogatory words to label and dehumanize or deprive other persons of opportunities we choose for ourselves, we increase the possibility...
Sister Mary Esther Lane (formerly Sister Francis Gertrude)
...testing the eyes of the children there and keeping the records, sending notes to parents about taking the children to the doctor. In 1995, she returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, where she ministered in community service. Part of that community service was to assist the sisters from Vietnam who were students in the college, helping them with English pronunciation and grammar. Sister Martha Wessel said she “really drilled them,” but Sister Jan Craven, whose bedroom was across the hall from the...
Senior jubilarians – 80 years and counting
...to be part of this effort in a special way, in a unique manner. You are at that time of life that social psychologists label “generative” – that is, it is your special gift to encourage and bring forth the gifts of others. Your gift to offer is that of wisdom, wisdom acquired by your having met life’s challenges, by years of fidelity to prayer and fidelity to the responsibilities of membership, to communal living, to lives of meaningful ministry....
Sister Sharon Richards
...point in my life. People have said to me, “When you had the opportunity, why didn’t you go study to be a nurse?” By that time, I thought, “Oh, I’m not going to start all over again.” When we were teenagers, we were so idealistic. I read an article in Life magazine about Bellevue Hospital in New York City. That’s where I was going to go. I wanted to work in a hospital like that and help poor people. Q....
“Creating Currents of Change” in Memphis
...keynote presentation Sunday morning left us with a challenge to inclusivity and movement toward eco-justice. She invited us to consider fellow creatures as part of the beloved community, included under the broad umbrella of God’s generosity. She asked the question, “Is God’s charity big enough for bears?” Johnson’s clever way of weaving together scientific and theological lenses challenged us to look out the window in addition to looking in the mirror to know Divine Mystery. The natural images used in...
St. Joseph Lake history photo album
Wheelchairs on the dock! 1982 infirmary picnic. Another photo from the 1982 infirmary picnic. A more recent photo of Sister Jean Fuqua next to the sign marking the area surrounding the lake with its new name, Fuqua Park. The final shovel-fulls of dirt are removed allowing the water to move into the newly expanded area of the lake in 1981. The label on this photo on the scrapbook album: HATS OFF TO THE CREW This handsome crew spent a hot...
On policing and Providence
Sister Pat Mahoney outside the District 22 police station in Chicago where she volunteers. From the way Sister Pat Mahoney greets the receptionist and walks right through the gate labeled “POLICE USE ONLY,” it is apparent that she feels right at home. Still, Sister Pat laughs, she never guessed she would volunteer at a police station. “But I never thought I’d leave teaching or stop wearing the habit when I entered religious life, either.” Sister Pat, a volunteer with the...
Imperfect mercy
...a piece of Jesus’ mercy in these moments was for the limited, human part of himself, the part that continued growing into the mystery of mercy as it was being revealed to him in community, as he moved together with others toward greater fullness. I hope that when my “hour” comes, I can channel this same openness to the spirit and the call of the moment. Continue to delve into Mercy with the Sisters of Providence in the spring issue...
Celebrating Sister Joni as she professes first vows on June 26
...of vows. For me, each scripture selection – and all three together – create a vibrant mural of the lives of all followers of Jesus. The three panels of this mural could be labeled: LEAVING, LEARNING, LIBERATING. Today, we shine a light on one particular follower of Jesus – our Sister Joni Luna – as she professes first vows as a woman religious, as a Sister of Providence. Joni’s life journey has been all about leaving, learning and liberating. Like...
Quotations from reflections given at General Chapter 2016
...we begin to put aside all the divisions in our hearts and our words? Our labels: Conservative-Liberal; Democrat-Republican; Gay-Straight; Christian-Muslim; Rich-Poor. What if instead we see from that new lens: the lens of the Gospel values demanded right now. Not the least of which are Love—Justice—Mercy.” —Sister Ann Sullivan “We will wash one another’s feet. We will probably need to perform this cleansing of one another more than once. Yet we have promised one another we will.” —Sister Denise Wilkinson...
Sister Elizabeth Meyer (formerly Sister Joseph Aloyse)
...and she was quoted in a newspaper article as saying, “her playground experience came in handy when the athletes started using a gap in the fence as a shortcut.” Can’t you just see her enforcing the rules! Sister Elizabeth Meyer (left) with special guest Sister Martha Wessel. And speaking of rules, it will come as no surprise to many that Elizabeth was a stickler for them. An example … when she was sacristan in Owens Chapel during the days when...
In memory of …
...informing all residents that all roads in the area had to be named and labeled in case of emergency. A photo of Sister Mary Esther Lane taken in 1979 at Yosemite National Park. In Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village, many residents who lived on one street decided they had to name it “Mary Lane.” The street was eventually changed to “Mary Lane Road.” “I understand that Mary Esther loved taking visitors over there to show them the road that is named after...