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Historical museum exhibit features sisters, college
...sisters,” she said. “It was a wonderful opportunity to work with and learn more from Sister Mary and Alice.” Sister Mary said planning for the exhibit began in early 2014. It took approximately one week to put the display together. “It really portrays our history,” she said. “We tried to highlight our ministries from 1840 to the present time. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin was doing things in the 1840s that we try to do to this day.” “It’s amazing how...
Come and See Retreat – Fall 2024
...Sisters of Providence are a community of Catholic women religious who collaborate with others to create a more just and hope-filled world through prayer, education, service and advocacy. Come make a difference in our world with us! Planning and logistics Check-in will be Friday, Nov. 1 inside the East doors of Providence Hall. Dress for the weekend is casual. You may want to bring one nicer outfit for Mass on Sunday. What else to bring? Please bring a journal/notepad and...
Elections and papal visit in Sri Lanka
...pope emphasized the need for reconciliation, but this was the theme of his message in every one of his speeches. So indeed we are now back to “ordinary time” not only on the liturgical calendar but also in our daily lives. School is back in session and I am back to the daily teaching schedule. I have only two more months here, departing on March 19. I have some sightseeing trips planned. I am sure that the remaining time will...
Sister Marie Alexis Geiger
...through, and believe me, Sister Marie Alexis was a big asset in that department. Even when we were supposed to be planning something serious at a band meeting, we’d get a knock on the door to “curtail our talking and laughing.” Of course we were always supposed to walk with decorum, but not Alexis. This was her walk … We called her “pistol packing Mama.” And yet from our band we had a Reverend Mother, Council members, Provincials, and principals,...
Join the Sisters of Providence for May forest meditation event
Plan on joining the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, for “Forest Meditation: Wandering in the Woods” in May. The event will take place from 2-3 p.m., on Sunday, May 19, at the St. Joseph Lake Nature Trail located at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Through trees Join facilitator Sister Corbin Hannah, SP, as she helps you better understand how nature can teach and heal us. The guided meditation is based in eco-spirituality, connecting with the Divine through nature. As you wander...
Sister Jessica Vitente professes first vows
...retreat. “We are always welcoming new women who wish to join in our mission,” said Sister Jenny Howard, a member of the Congregation Leadership. “The purpose of this Congregation is to honor Divine Providence and to further God’s loving plans by devoting ourselves to works of love, mercy and justice in service among God’s people. “We’re very blessed to have new members so that together we can carry forward God’s mission in our world.” Currently, Sister Jessica serves as the...
One Good Day: Thoughts on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving gives me mixed emotions. Yes, it is a time of joy, a celebration of the Plymouth Colony’s first successful harvest. They would never have survived without the help of the Wampanoag (which translates to “People of the First Light”), who showed them how and when to plant and reap the foods that would sustain them through their second winter in America. (During the first terrible winter, nearly half of them died.) But what happened to the Wampanoag tribe after...
Intersectionality – what is it?
...from a perspective of intersectionality. This seems so in keeping with our Litany of Nonviolence that calls us to the broad perspective of living in solidarity with Earth and all creation, to listen to experiences different from our own. The litany recognizes, as does Pope Francis, that planet Earth is our common home, that it does not function according to national boundaries and so requires global solidarity and cooperation. Given this reality, we have to take into account the way...
Sister Martha Steidl (formerly Sister Marie Aquinas)
...to be remembered, she said “As a woman who was always learning.” And indeed she was. During her many years of teaching, she continued her education in a wide range of subjects, and attended many conventions and workshops. She also loved to travel with her sisters, and from 1987 to 1997, they attended the ElderHostels in Michigan, West Virginia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Vancouver, learning about such things as birds, plants, creative writing, stained glass, Frank Lloyd Wright and Southeast...
Reflecting on our Annual Meeting
...the sisters up-to-date on finances, government structures, volunteers and plans for the cemetery. We solicited their feedback. And in between there were prayers uttered, contemplative silences shared, sisters and associates who had died remembered, liturgies celebrated and lots of stories exchanged. There was no procession of suitcase-carrying sisters down the avenue but lots of walks with old (and new) friends down familiar paths. And there was a good old-fashioned ice cream social, complete with sprinkles. I doubt that Mother Theodore...
Sister Loretta Maureen Gansemer
...having won international acclaim; her enjoyment of painting on canvas – especially those paintings of old barns; her special greetings on holidays and treasured collections; her penchant for never forgetting the names of anyone she met; beautifying God’s world by planting purple hyacinths and hibiscus; her distinguished and gracious manners; her love for the color pink; her willingness in always asking for forgiveness as she felt the need; and her celebrating her 85th birthday only a few days ago and...
From troubled teen to sister in medicine: Sister Barbara Battista
...young woman. Barbara decided she needed to get her life back on track. She attended Butler University for pharmacy. Shortly after graduation, Barbara made her parents proud by landing a job in the pharmaceutical field, getting her own place, and living an independent and responsible life. “My mom was always ahead of her time … she pushed the idea of women’s advocacy.” Sister Barbara’s mother had planted those seeds early in her life. So Barbara’s life-changing decisions that followed surprised...