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A worldly trip through the eyes of postcards!
...It makes my world feel bigger …” And he concluded: “I can’t wait to get the next card.” And for sure, I can’t wait to get the next one, written, stamped and mailed to him. We continued from Arizona on to San Francisco, Hawaii and China. We returned by way of the Oregon Coast, Rocky Mountains and Alaska! We have flown, sailed and ridden trains and planes! I have been so fortunate myself to have been to those cities and...
Sister Frances Joan Baker
...ministry in retirement was preparing children for first communion at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village Church. She kept a special list of each one’s name. Sr. Frances Joan walked in the footsteps of Mother Theodore for 81 years …. literally. “I’ve been blessed with good health. I’ve always been a walker. I love to walk.” She was often walking— enjoying nature and the sacred places of the Woods especially stopping at the Baker Tree on the Stations path which was planted in...
“Put yourself gently into the hands of Providence.”
...shrine now under construction in her honor at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods? This is the question the General Council of the Sisters of Providence set out to answer as the shrine designers and architects finished creating the plans for the chapel area of the shrine and for the limestone platform that will support the coffin holding her remains in that space. Besides inscribing her name on that platform, they have allowed room for a quote. What one quote from among her myriad...
Storms, seasickness, and the Cincinnati
...was killed. Never did we laugh so heartily as that evening.” The plans for the new shrine to Saint Mother Theodore include what we’re naming “the ship room”. As pilgrims leave the first space – the French room – they’ll move into the ship room, a small, dark area where they’ll see a berth similar to the one aboard the Cincinnati. Visitors will be in tight quarters, as were those six brave women who traveled here in 1840. As for...
Providence: together as one creation
...We focused on training to be good religious and good teachers. We concentrated on getting undergraduate and graduate degrees. We came home to the Woods every summer to study and to learn new methods in education. Yet the seeds of collaboration had already been planted. They were growing silently and blossoming without my knowing it. In 1950, Pope Pius XII had called on the superiors of men and women religious communities to adapt to a changing world. He asked that...
September 18, 2022: Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...we “own” or have at our disposal, are gifts from God, then we know that these resources are to be used to further God’s plans of love, mercy and justice that define the kin-dom of God. We are responsible for discerning our gifts, spiritual and temporal, being generous with them and using them for the glory of God as we share them with others, especially those in great need. And, as stewards, we are obliged to give an accounting to...
November 28, 2021: First Sunday of Advent
...in the Advent Wreath. The candle and the priest’s vestments are purple. Purple signifies waiting and conversion, which characterizes Advent. Purple also represents royalty and makes us mindful of why we prepare. The Gospel reading immediately takes us to the horror and chaos of the end times. Then, the world will see the Son of Man coming with power and great glory. This one moment is a glimpse of the entirety of salvation as God’s plan in God’s time. We...
Blessed Covid-19 and a VIRTUAL Come and See weekend
These days it’s so easy to count the various ways Covid-19 has obliterated our plans for daily life. It has hindered our relationships and our everyday rhythm of life. We have been pummeled by one quarantine guideline after another. We have been constrained to work from home. We’ve practiced social distancing from our loved ones and become obsessed with cleanliness and face coverings. The yearnings of the human spirit Despite these challenging circumstances, Covid-19 has not overshadowed the yearnings of...
Sister Paula Damiano: Full Circle
...a world beyond the Catholic Church filled with other faithful followers of God. These experiences were foundational to her later involvement with the Interfaith Council of the Wabash Valley. Admiration Growing up in Pennsylvania, Sister Paula wanted to become a religious sister. But when she moved to California, she temporarily set that desire aside. It was during her junior year at Marywood High School, when most were planning where they would attend college that she began to reconsider becoming a...
A feast-day letter to Saint Mother Theodore
...how we would look 174 years later, but you believed the Holy One, our Provident God, would still be with us no matter how we looked. Your physical presence planted the seed of life for all of us. The roots of our call to religious life are very deep. So deep that we have been able to share our rootedness of the mission and charism with our Providence Associates. They too have heard the call, and they are willing to...
Growing the gift of flowers
...enjoy. If you’re ever around when Flower and Fiber Coordinator Candace Minster is putting bouquets together after a harvest, it’s not unusual to hear her “oohing and aahing” as she’s inspecting each blossom. She spends a lot of time planning and preparing for the day when she gets to see her vision come to fruition. Flowers are sold in our White Violet Farm Store and at our booth at the Terre Haute Farmers Market on Saturdays. It’s always so rewarding...
Marywood, IL Alumnae Association Luncheon
October 5, 2024 at 11:45 am – 3:00 pm EDT Westmoreland Country Club 2601 Old Glenview Road Wilmette, Illinois 60091 United States (847) 251-4600 View Location Website Denise Reens (312) 209-4281 denisereens@gmail.com $40 Reserved Seat at the Luncheon Registration/Social 11:45 a.m. ; Luncheon 1:00 p.m. Whether you attended Marywood for one, two, three or all four years, please plan to join us as we once again come together to support the sisters and the school that brought us together. We...