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Our special practices
The Book of Practices The Sisters of Providence have published a book about the fundamental practices that have shaped their lives and the life of the congregation since its beginning in France in 1806 and its establishment in Indiana in 1840. The book, Love, Mercy, Justice: A Book of Practices of the Sisters of Providence, published in January 2006, contains a series of “essays for reflection and discussion.” The idea for this project grew from a book, Practicing our Faith,...
A Reflection for the 2024 Providence Associate Commitment Ceremony
...with God through works of love, mercy, and justice, and for me food justice, in the world, resonates with me and how I want to live today.” Still another stated, “I have volunteered for an addiction recovery home that has captivated my soul in a deeper understanding of the how and why childhood trauma can thrust someone into the chaos of addiction. I know I need to do more for the poor …” Providence Associate Paula Fike-Daum having a discussion...
The Sisters of Providence mission: living the Gospel today
...our service?” Sister Leslie Dao, SP, offers Communion to Sister Martha Rojo, SP, during a Mass at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Same mission, new times Today, our mission is very much the same. Our website proclaims: “A community of vowed Catholic women religious, we joyfully live out the radical Gospel message of love, mercy and justice in today’s world. Inspired by our foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, we are passionate about our lives of prayer, education, service and advocacy. We dedicate ourselves...
Providence Family Services Volunteer Sister Dorothy Gartland receives Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award
...education and justice do in her retirement? Well if it’s Sister Dorothy Gartland of Providence Family Services in Chicago, she does more of the same. Sister Dorothy, 81, a member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana, spent her younger years as a school teacher, a principal and a religious superior. She then went on to co-found the 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago, where she dealt with issues from poverty and the nuclear arms race...
Alpaca Yoga
September 6, 2025 at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT White Violet Center for Eco-Justice 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 812-535-2932 View Location Website White Violet Center for Eco-Justice 812-535-2930 View Facilitator Website Sisters of Providence $15 Join us for a unique experience of yoga as White Violet Center for Eco-Justice hosts Alpaca Yoga! The event will take place from 11:00 a.m.-noon, on Saturday, September 6, at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at the female alpaca pasture....
Sister Barbara Sheehan
...vital and supportive to this day. This loving relationship fosters for me the interior meaning of love that extends beyond our relationship. I came to share that each one is loved and found much more. I have been and am still invited to being loved and to love in diversity with a deep sense of justice in the midst of our world of injustice and to pass it forward for social transformation. I am grateful to be an SP on...
Energetic Providence in the Desert founder focuses on education, justice while celebrating 60 years as a Sister of Providence
...English language. Enter a tiny, dynamic, retired Catholic sister from the Midwest bringing with her a drive for justice and a background in education, and Providence in the Desert was born. For the past nine years, Sister Carol Nolan, SP, a Sister of Providence from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. has been traveling around to several of the more than 300 isolated trailer parks in the valley. She finds a group interested in learning English and then packs up her teaching supplies...
A remarkable woman
...in times of challenge and disagreement. We hope to touch many through ministries in partnership with other women and men. We minister with our co-workers in a spirit of mutuality and justice. Mother Theodore’s vision and values of education and justice inspire us. Mother Theodore gives us hope because of her undaunted trust in Providence. We believe that we have and can lean on that heritage of going forward with hope without all the answers, without knowing an absolutely predictable...
Newsnotes
Blessings of Our Lady of Providence Guests from the Terre Haute and Indianapolis areas joined the Sisters of Providence in celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Providence on Nov. 19 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The Mass included a special blessing for families in honor of Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home. Sustainable Indiana award White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) accepted a west-central Hoosier Green Light Award from Sustainable Indiana 2016, an Earth Charter Indiana initiative, in September....
News Notes
...her work ministering in social justice. Sister Tracey, then a second-year novice with the Congregation, received the 2017 Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the USCCB’s domestic anti-poverty and social justice program. Sister Tracey ministers as a Bilingual Community Organizer for the Indianapolis Congregation Action Network (IndyCAN). “I think it is challenging to do social change work within the Church,” Sister Tracey said. “This gives me a lot of hope that there still continues...
Coming home and going forth: Providence Associates annual meeting 2014
...Mary-of-the-Woods? We come home to reunite in prayer, song, and simple yet profound conversations about what it means to be Providence. We welcome the new faces among us, reconnect with friends and remember those who could not make the journey. We come home to breathe in the peace and natural beauty around us and to be reminded of our promise to live in solidarity with Earth. We come home to listen to Saint Mother Theodore and her timeless messages expressed...
Newsnotes from HOPE winter 2024
...at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “There’s no place like Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,” said General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP. Sister Barbara Battista, Providence Associate Sandra Wickware recognized by NAACP The Greater Terre Haute Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) recently recognized Sister Barbara Battista, SP, with their 2023 Humanitarian Award. NAACP awardee Providence Associate Sandra Wickware, at left, with Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. Sister Barbara was recognized for “passionate social justice advocacy, death penalty opposition, and volunteerism supporting...