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Journals and Letters week 23: Clash of the bishop and the saint
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 209 to page 219 mid-page. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week in the coming year.] What a perfect time to highlight the strength and courage of Mother Theodore as March is Women’s History Month, this past week we celebrated International Women’s Day and we are presently celebrating Catholic Sisters Week. How fortunate was I to get this section of the reading? My head is spinning...
Journals and Letters week 26: Overcoming great loss
[Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” page 236 to page 244. Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week in the coming year.] The writing desk where Saint Mother Theodore wrote many of her letters We are used to reading history in chronological order, but with Journals and Letters, sometimes the next chapter contains letters that were written before the last chapter’s events. In this chapter we’ve regressed to some months before the striking crisis at the...
Leadership Team shares LCWR refugee resettlement statement
...The United States has a moral obligation to respond to the unprecedented need. While we are encouraged by the administration’s restoration of regional allocations that end President Trump’s restrictive resettlement categories, failure to raise the current admissions goal leaves thousands of vulnerable refugees, including women and children, in danger. We urge the president to meet his commitment to raise the presidential determination for fiscal 2021 by his May 15 deadline. The United States has a long history of welcoming refugees....
Sister Lawrence: a courageous caregiver in an epidemic past
...was not having more time for prayer. Cholera again Sister Lawrence’s grave located in Fort Wayne, Indiana “The History of the Sisters of Providence” relates how cholera once again swept through Fort Wayne in the summer of 1854. “Father Benoit called as usual upon Sister Lawrence’s skill and courage, and with her customary self-sacrifice she devoted herself to the sufferers in the temporary hospital in the school building.” She had cared for a patient on the night of Friday, Aug....
Sister Connie Kramer receives Frances Murphy Rumely Award
...and Sister Mary Ann Lechner Sister Connie earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from SMWC and a master’s degree in mathematics from Indiana State University. In addition, she has another master’s degree in pastoral ministry from Trinity University. A rich history of ministry She began ministering as a teacher at Costa High School in Galesburg, Ill., in 1968, and also taught at Our Lady of Providence High School in Clarksville, Ind., as well as at Ladywood-St. Agnes in Indianapolis. She...
Celebrating the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
...territory stretching southeast to Florida, St. Joseph, patron of Illinois and contiguous regions, and St. Michael was patron of the missions in the West. Eventually, as the congregation evolved in the 90s, the sisters decided to end the “province” governance model and returned to the more centralized model that they had had throughout most of their history. Even though provinces no longer exist, Sisters of Providence will pause to celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart this Friday, June 11....
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
...for an active role in salvation history. These two women model for us that we too can realize God’s promises being fulfilled in the lives of those who have faith and trust. Action When we pray this week, perhaps we can discern what person(s) God might be calling us to comfort or with whom to share joy. Or, perhaps we may hear God asking us to address an injustice so that the peace of God’s reign here on earth may...
Get to know Providence Associate Julia Lopez-Kaley
...are your hopes for the Providence Community in the future? I hope that the Providence Community can continue to respond to the call to serve the most vulnerable. As we strive to do the intense personal, communal, social and liberatory work that this time in history calls us to, my hope is that our values, our resolve and our relationships continue to deepen and strengthen. We need each other. Learn more or apply to become a Providence Associate at ProvidenceAssociates.org...
Journals and Letters week 50: Mother Theodore and Summit City
...Mother Theodore had a history in Fort Wayne — also nicknamed Summit City and The City of Churches — but I had never really done a deep dive into what that was. One day I was driving in downtown Fort Wayne and passed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. You can imagine my surprise when I spied the same statue of Mother Theodore, sculpted by Teresa Clark, that we have right here at the Woods! I remember feeling so warmly...
HOPE fall 2021 — Living the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...have written to encourage others to persevere. Kate Childs Graham seems to have that same hope — that her writing will encourage others to persevere in living lives of faith, commitment, candor and compassion. Leaning and leading like Saint Mother Theodore “To serve as an elected leader at this time in the community’s history with a particular responsibility on behalf of our mission has so challenged me to ‘lean on Providence,’ that I know I will never be the same....
A legacy of love, prayer and service
...of the history and daily life of the Sisters of Providence. But when today’s Sisters of Providence describe the spirituality of Mother Theodore, they speak of her deep, joyous love of God. Of her warm affection for her sisters. Her abiding trust in Providence. Of her resilience. Her passion for the mission. And her practical piety. Sister Barbara Battista distributes communion to Sisters Mary Mark Dede, left, and Eileen Dede during Mass. Present in the moment Sister Marie McCarthy Sister...
Sisters to take part in historical marker dedication
...Promoter Sister Barbara Battista, SP, said. “We, along with our entire nation, have work to do. Our nation is in the midst of a racial awakening.” Terre Haute NAACP President Sylvester Edwards said the historical marker will help area residents further understand the history of Vigo County. “The marker for George Ward will enrich our community in knowing about our past, the good, the bad or the indifferent,” Edwards said. “It has to be known. We’ve taken responsibility of educating...