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You can help bring a happy ending to restore St. Joseph’s Lake
...in the history of the Congregation. We invite you to help us write this happy ending. The price tag for restoring the lake totals $178,500 (site preparation, tree removal, berm replacement and landscaping.) We’ve already pulled money from an emergency fund to make initial repairs on the berm. The lake is starting to fill in again. But we really need to replenish our emergency fund for the next emergency that comes along. By contributing to repair the berm and restore...
Guerin property demolition moving forward
...Cross High School in the fall of 1963 because the new building was not finished. The laying of the cornerstone took place in August 1963 and students attended classes in the new building beginning in September 1963. The school was blessed and dedicated by Chicago Archbishop Meyer in April 1964. For more information on the school’s history and official closing, click here. Soon, the Sisters of Providence will form a Guerin Alumni Association. Those interested in being a part of...
Permissive attitude toward racism inspires book club
...systems of power The history of African Americans in this country, especially after slavery was abolished That racism was designed to support an economic and social system for those at the very top Cultural differences Becoming aware of our “white” privilege The challenge of looking through a different lens That loving people of color does not mean it will do anything about police brutality, racial income inequality, food deserts or the prison industrial complex How we talk over black people...
WVC announces personnel changes
...as a DJ,” Tara said. “However, it wasn’t until I started working at Woods Day Care/Pre-School in 2007 that I became more aware and involved with the mission. “During that time, my husband and I also became Community Supported Agriculture members and we had the privilege of being truly immersed with a White Violet Center internship.” John-Michael has also had a lasting history with the Sisters of Providence. “I’ve had a relationship with WVC off and on for seven years,”...
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...
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....
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....