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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...
Get to know Providence Associate Candace Minster
...do anything!) My mother is a social psychologist who specializes in studying implicit biases. Her work and the lessons she’s shared with me as I’ve grown have fueled my efforts to learn more about the racism inherent in our society. Much of my recent work has been personal and internal. I’m focusing on rooting out my implicit racial biases and speaking up to injustices when I see them. I’m doing my best to teach my children to do the same. List...
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...disciples and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.” Reflection This is a gospel full of lessons taught by our Savior. It calls me to “listen” to the words that are spoken by him to us. First, I am asked by my...
Sister Kathleen Kelly (formerly Sister Edward Marie)
...a teacher aide to help her cope with her 52 first graders. Former SPs on the faculty became sidekicks as well as colleagues. Two of these lifelong friends are still with us today: Anita Banas and Mary Cullen. Later, Kay invited Anita to apply for a position at Guerin, where Sister Cathy Campbell joined the fun crowd. Learning to drive: Anita bravely took on the daunting task of helping Kay learn to navigate constant Chicago construction. Frequently these lessons would...
October 10, 2021: Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...looked at them and said, “For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God.” Reflection Today’s gospel is filled with words and thoughts that can capture our attention. Many lessons about how to live, how we are to think in regard to worldly riches, and what “giving up” might really mean to God and to us. The words that captured me are those of the phrase: “Jesus looked at him and loved him.”...
October 17, 2021: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Reflection In today’s gospel, Jesus’ questioners are his own disciples, James and John. They received what must have been a surprise response from their Teacher. Jesus often answers questions with a question of his own. “Are you willing to follow my example and experience what I experience?” Jesus asks. After James and John answer, “Yes,” and the other apostles take offense, Jesus begins a beautiful lesson...
Sister Agnes Eugene Cordak
...which give us a sense of her life “in her own words.” In one of them, she wrote: “My contribution to our world has been my love for and care of children.” And she noted that if she were to give advice to new teachers, she would tell them: “Love your children – they know when they are loved.” Galesburg was Agnes Eugene’s first mission. Sister Carol Nolan was a student there and started violin lessons in the seventh grade....
November 14, 2021: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...from the end of the earth to the end of the sky. “Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, at the gates. “Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not...
Walking a labyrinth: one Providence Associate’s experience
...be the final path to the center, one last curve appears up ahead. The path is longer than I expected. It is longer than I wanted it to be. Isn’t that just like life? I find myself learning this lesson every time I walk the labyrinth. When you arrive at the center, what happens? I normally allow an awareness of north, south, east and west to come. I face each direction for a short time. Sometimes I do a...
A 2021 Reflection for our Senior Jubilee
...an age when others were thinking of retirement, many of you began another adventure – moved to Taiwan, started tutoring adults, learned Reiki, tried your hand at fiber arts, translation and on and on. And so many of you have mastered what was written on one ministry record as: The pastoral ministry of presence. As I read each of your walks with the Spirit, I found myself thinking, as Elizabeth Johnson writes of Mary, there are so many “lessons of...
‘Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary’
...our hearts is hidden from you. Mother of mercy, how often we have experienced your watchful care and your peaceful presence! You never cease to guide us to Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Yet we have strayed from that path of peace. We have forgotten the lesson learned from the tragedies of the last century, the sacrifice of the millions who fell in two world wars. We have disregarded the commitments we made as a community of nations. We have...
October 23, 2022: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...will become more than yourself.” Sister Patty Wallace at prayer Reflection This is a trick story, if you had not noticed. Parables function in that way for me. The passage initially has me thinking in two directions about my prayer life: Me as the Pharisee or me as the tax collector. If I allow my mind to run to either extreme, I miss seeing myself in this lesson. When I identify with the Pharisee, I judge myself pretty harshly as...