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Sister educators reminisce about Sisters of Providence Schools
...who they are and who they are becoming — for growth is always ongoing.” “One of my favorite parts of ministering as an English teacher was discussing literature with the girls. Many life lessons could be incorporated,” recalls Sister Mary Catherine Guiler (formerly Sister Martha Patrick) of her years at Immaculata High School in Washington, D.C., and other high schools. Legacy of a saint Then and now: Sister Marie Grace Molloy “Our goal always was to carry on the legacy...
There is a Providence and the Sisters of Providence in Asia are truly its daughters
...on the door had brought two young Taiwanese women asking if the sisters were going to teach English lessons. The sisters have been teaching in Taiwan ever since. Mother Marie Gratia (left) rides a rickshaw with Sister Ann Colette Wolf, who wrote the book, “Against All Odds,” about the Sisters of Providence mission to China. By May of 1949, a more suitable location was found to accommodate the growing number of students wishing to both study and board with the...
Sister Regis McNulty
...never forget her.” Robert Matthews, whom Regis taught in fifth and again in eighth grade at Cheverus School in Malden, Mass., wrote in a letter to Regis two years ago: “From elementary school through my Ph.D., I have been lucky enough to have had five educators who taught me lasting lessons, and you have always been on the short list. You taught me math and writing skills and gave me a solid moral foundation.” Another former student, Sandy McCanna, recalled,...
Healing for suicide loss survivors
...those who are suicide loss survivors to focus on three things: 1) Resilience. Ask yourself each day: “What were the ‘wins’ in my day today?” 2) Finding meaning and purpose for oneself. Ask yourself, “What lessons did I learn and what legacy did my deceased loved one leave me to carry on?” and 3) Forming enduring bonds. Ask “How can I form an enduring bond with the person, perhaps by journaling or writing letters to him/her?” She also believes that...
Journals and Letters week 14: Mother Theodore the fundraiser
...Mother Theodore tells how too much rain ruined so many crops, causing a difficult time for fundraising. This seems akin to where we find ourselves right now, needing to raise money for the sisters’ mission during a pandemic. It can be hard. Needed help In the story of the sisters’ “big break,” getting help from Queen Amelia, I see many lessons. First, the value of allowing ourselves to be encouraged on by others when we get discouraged in our work....
White Violet Center interns: Meet the fabulous four!
...here for (almost) a whole year! After 11 months of new experiences, it is very restful (and a bit surreal) to return to the “reset” period that is winter on the farm. I spend my time doing much of the same things I did when I first arrived here, but now with so much more context. Skirting alpaca fiber takes on a new meaning after seeing their birth, death, and moments in between. Planning and preparing for this year’s vegetable...
Face-to-face with a pandemic: Sister Arrianne Whittaker
Dr. Arrianne Whittaker, SP, in her full PPE gear, serves as a hospital resident physician during the pandemic. “COVID-19 has literally changed the fabric of who we are as a global community,” said Sister Arrianne Whittaker, D.O., a resident medical doctor. “I think it has brought the very best and sometimes the very worst out in people. While I’m not glad we’ve had to experience it, I do find the lessons I’ve learned invaluable to who I am as a...
Oral History: Sister Gloria Memering looks back on more than 60 years as a Sister of Providence
...fields in the summers and during the spring plantings. “It was fun! Dawn to dark,” she said, her enjoyment evident in her voice. When she wasn’t working in the fields during high school summers, she worked at the Peach Orchard beginning in fifth grade, to help out. Gloria as a child, sitting in back in white, surrounded by her sisters and cousins ‘Her influence propelled me to religious life.’ Sister Gloria treasured her grandmother, a woman of deep faith who...
Journals and Letters week 34: Loving the ‘Right Way’
...Basilide was both Mother’s thorn and her rose. What a lesson in love. She was frustrating, exasperating, disappointing at times, but Mother still loved her without reservation. And she told Sisters Basilide of her love — notwithstanding her admonishments — and told others as well. This is a model of parenthood, as I’m sure many of you know whether you are biological parents or not. You mentor, you teach, you cajole and praise, you reassure and correct. You do this...
Welcoming our 2021 WVC Summer Interns!
...and faith-based service,” Cheyenne explained. “I’m excited for the lessons I’ll take away from working with the Center. I firmly believe that caring for Creation, growing and distributing food, and living in community with like-minded and different-minded people are ways that we can live our faiths in the world, and I’m eager to do that at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC). “I’m inspired by WVC’s mission and I want to be a part of the world that the center...
Journals and Letters week 37: Good for nothing but to love God
...is made of these small moments, but they are clues to a deep friendship between the two women — women so different from each other. What a lesson for us, an encouragement for us. Differences don’t have to divide us; differences can be the source of deep and lasting relationships. Mother Mary may have been right about Sister St. Francis Xavier. Perhaps she was “good for nothing but to love God.” Yet what a difference her love of God made...
Journals and Letters week 40: All will be well
...not only to teach them how to sew, but also (by her example) how to become meek, humble, patient, etc.” She then pens these timeless words: “Love all in God and for God, and all will be well.” Being present to reality Mother’s counsels to young Sister Maria continue. I particularly like her brief letter on page 357. She is inviting Maria to deal with the reality of her situation. To stay in the present moment (teaching music lessons) rather...