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Sister Emily TeKolste professes first vows with Sisters of Providence
...of Providence on the path to perpetual profession of vows. Along with profession of first vows, Sister Emily will also be changing ministries and her local living community. Sister Emily has been assigned to a new ministry on the east coast. “I will be living in Maryland with Sister Marilyn Baker and Sister Clelia Cecchetti and working at NETWORK in Washington, D.C., as a Grassroots Mobilization Specialist,” Sister Emily said. NETWORK was founded by Catholic Sisters and the organization promotes justice...
HOPE Winter 2024 — Breaking Boundaries
...into community: Postulant Stephanie Rivas In September, Stephanie Rivas became the newest woman to join Sisters of Providence. Being a risk taker and breaking boundaries is not new to Stephanie. Breaking boundaries as Providence people Humility calls us to embrace the entire human community without exception. Everyone deserves to be loved and respected. We are all siblings one to the other. The Sisters of Providence: A history of justice “The work of Justice, of promoting systemic change that protects planet...
Historical museum exhibit features sisters, college
...many ways the sisters have impacted the area,” Andrews added. “I hope the map makes visitors to the museum realize the role they have played in education, social justice, health care and spirituality through the years.” The museum is located at 1411 S. 6th St., Terre Haute. Official hours are 1 to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. In addition, the museum will be closed through the month of January. About the Sisters of Providence The Sisters of Providence, a congregation...
A Reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...of us to embrace the “WE” that is needed at this moment in God’s Providence. So, I believe I have answered my own question: “What’s with this WE, Rose?” ‘WE’ is Everything What’s with this WE is everything. The convergence, the coming together of Providence people is a seed of hope that has the potential to blossom into a harvest of love, mercy and justice for the life of the world. Welcome, Ann and Maité to that adventure. Roll up...
Holy and profane
...just finished watching the film Erin Brockovich with a few other sisters. That’s certainly a film that shows how abusing the “profane” leads inherently to abuse of the “holy” — those people who are created in the image and likeness of God and become victims of environmental injustice. All of creation is intertwined. Abuse of one part of God’s creation impacts all parts of creation. Eco-spirituality goes beyond the impact of eco-justice on humans, though. Before there were written scriptures,...
Providence Associates living out their commitments
Providence Associates strive to live out within their own lives the Sisters of Providence mission of honoring divine Providence by works of love, mercy and justice in service among God’s people. What this looks like played out in individual lives is full of variety. These photos show some of our associates in action. Providence Associate Joann Kennelly of Gardena, California, second from left, lives out her commitment as a Providence Associate in her retired years by ministering to senior citizens....
A call to discernment
...school math in Texas before coming to the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to serve as an intern. While at White Violet Center, Tracey worked in the garden and tended to the alpacas. Prior to coming back to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, she served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer with Indy Hunger Network, where she developed fresh food access and nutrition projects. But the path of consecrated life called her back to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, even though she’s still contemplating...
What brought you here?
...love, mercy and justice as part of the community of Providence. You can see photos from the orientation day here. We are so excited to have these seekers on the journey with us! But what is it that brought them here? At the orientation we asked them. Here is what some of them said: One said she had taught for many years at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) and she admires the Sisters of Providence and their mission. Another said a...
Our sisters in Asia speak: What it means to be a Sister of Providence
...to be God’s tool, to do God’s will.” Sister Norene Wu: “To be a Sister of Providence for me means to lean my total trust on God together with our Providence community to share our charism with others through our work of love, mercy, and justice. No matter what ministry, journeying with others through their joy and pain and experience of God’s presence is life giving for me.” Sister Donna Marie Fu, right, helps record an event in Taiwan on...
Understanding life on death row
...man, who was convicted without evidence of any kind. He was simply stopped and pulled over as he was driving down the street. That conviction, along with the daily struggle of prison life and especially life on death row, was only part of the injustice. It also kept him from attending his mother’s funeral and raising his daughter. It was not only Nathan, but a whole family who suffered the impact of this injustice. Think how you would feel if...
WVC Fresh Produce Program Update
This year, the Sisters of Providence White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) ministry learned that the grant that supported growing and donating nearly half the produce from our organic gardens to people in need for the past two years would no longer be available to us. Last year, we grew over 11,000 pounds of organic, healthy, fresh produce to feed individuals and families. We were eager to continue this important ministry and anxious about the funding cut. That’s when you,...
Reflecting on our Annual Meeting
...Chapter commitments, helping us to focus on what we call, “Our Emerging Future.” In addition to interculturality, we also explored Climate Change as part of our Chapter commitment to our chosen justice focus on the environment. The Climate Change Task Force, an arm of our Justice Coordinating Commission, introduced its Providence Climate Agreement, a pledge to reduce collective emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by 2 million pounds by June 2019. It is an ambitious goal, but one we learned can...