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A community based on mutual, abiding love

...I should probably send Father Rohr a copy of the Providence Associate mission statement. It captures well what he believes this emerging church should look like: Providence Associates, in relationship with the Sisters of Providence, further the charism of the Sisters of Providence by: co-creating a hope-filled world, building relationships, cultivating community, and living lives that challenge them to embody the face of Providence as they seek to be love, mercy, and justice in the world. The gathered Providence community...

What did you do today?

Dear friends: “What did you do today?” The next time you are asked this question, share that you helped provide a place of spiritual direction, healing and hope for more than 15,000 visitors, program participants, and pilgrims. Candace Minster, White Violet Center garden manager, talks with a customer at the Terre Haute Downtown Farmers’ Market. Tell them you helped develop sustainable means of farming by helping to expand and enhance the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. You helped care for...

Mercy

...years of living the mission of the Sisters of Providence, the “penny would have dropped” a little sooner. Whom did I think was going to devote one’s self to works of mercy? I haven’t really thought through the difference among works of love, mercy and justice. I tend to hear them as if they are one word – works of lovemercyjustice. So thank you, Pope Francis, for a direct and simply stated “goal” for this year of mercy and beyond:...

Mother Theodore the leader

...honesty and fairness in her business dealings. A sister who lived with her at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods relates, “Mother was much noted for her uprightness and justice in business dealings. Even some years after Mother’s death, a farmer of this neighborhood related that on one occasion, early in the fall, Mother had bargained with him at a certain price for the winter supply of pork to be delivered at the opening of the winter season. In the meantime, the price of...

Celebrating our many foundations this Foundation Day

...White Violet Center for Eco-justice, Providence Family Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Providence Spirituality & Conference Center, Providence Health Care, Miracle Place, Providence in the Desert, missions in Asia, Peru and more. The Congregation has also responded to the sign of the times when the completion of a mission was necessary. And now, three sisters are in the process of establishing a mission in Arizona near the border. Yes, we continue the ministry of the first Foundation Day in 1840. We...

Photos and fun: Sisters of Providence annual meeting 2019

...reflects. Sister Marilyn Ann Kofler, right, speaks with those at her table, including Lorrie Heber, left, director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and member of the Justice Coordinating Commission of the Sisters of Providence. Catching up, from left, Sisters Mary Jeanine Schubert, Susan Dinnin and Peggy Lynch. Sister Dawn welcomes sisters and associates to Monday’s first day of meetings. Sister Rosemary Schmalz speaks with sisters during a social time. Sister Lisa Stallings takes some notes during one of the...

Earth Day Festival 2025

April 26, 2025 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT Various locations at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 White Violet Center for Eco-Justice 812-535-2930 View Facilitator Website Donations are appreciated You and the family are invited to the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and Sisters of Providence annual Earth Day Festival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods! Immerse yourself in nature at our beautiful Woods while enjoying many different activities. There’s something for everyone from nature shows and...

BEing Providence in the World

Editor’s note: Providence Associate Michelle Barrentine shares her experience of living out her Providence Associate commitment by serving others in her own daily life. Blog post author Providence Associate Michelle Barrentine with her Sister of Providence companion Sister Carolyn Kessler. Love, Mercy, Justice. These expressions of the Providence charism of the Sisters of Providence can be lived out in so many different ways. As many ways as there are Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates (PAs). Volunteering our service is...

Called by God to life as a doctor and a Sister of Providence

...of this dream, while painful and challenging, also provided a sense of freedom. Ultimately this reinvigorated my passion for medicine later on in my journey. In community Sister Arrianne spends some time planting in the organic gardens at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice in 2015. I entered the community Jan. 4, 2012. I spent many years learning about who I was in the context of this community and who this community was in the context of our larger mission. In...

Prayer of Complete Trust

...cannot stand, he will carry you lovingly in his arms. Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. The same eternal father who takes care of you today will take care of you tomorrow, and every day of your life, either he will shield you from suffering or he will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then, and put aside all useless thoughts, all vain dreads and all anxious imaginations. Amen. St. Francis de Sales...

Jubilee Prayer

Jesus, your whole life was a jubilee, bringing reconciliation and healing through the living water of love which leads to justice, leads to peace. At this time of Jubilee, may we live your compassion for those who are oppressed walking with you from Galilee to Jerusalem to challenge the structures of fear. Brother Barry Donaghue, cfc...