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Forest Meditations
...you guidance for your life. Leave feeling grounded and calm as you re-enter the world with more clarity and peace. The trail is a mown path through the forest. It is considered an easy trail with uneven ground and some slight inclines and declines. You are encouraged to wear closed-toed shoes and dress accordingly for the weather. This meditation series begins at 10 a.m. EDT and lasts for about an hour. *Please note that this event could be cancelled because...
A beacon of hope
...treatments. “It’s a journey we don’t take alone,” Audrey said of cancer. “I hope she keeps doing what she’s doing because she’s just a blessing.” Sister Betty says she enjoys her work as chaplain and hopes to continue it for a long time. And, as chaplain, what brings her the most joy and peace? “Knowing that I have been able to lighten patients’ burdens just a little,” she said, “and that I can be their ‘rock’ and sign of God’s...
December 10, 2023: Second Sunday of Advent
...about injustices, for persons that challenge the abusively powerful and who face down criticism, ridicule and even persecution. Just as John appeared in the desert and lived out his mission, we are invited to appear with passion and steadfastness to actions of love, mercy and justice for all people and for all creation. Action John the Baptizer called the people to repent, to see things differently and, as a result, to live differently. Today’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 85....
Advent Meditations
December 2, 2024 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 Sisters of Providence Free Remember and reflect on the birth of Jesus during the Advent season. Join the Providence Community for a new virtual event series from the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Give yourself an hour each Monday evening in restful anticipation to meditate on the hope, peace, joy and love that the birth of...
Father Dan raises a village
...streets and homes are aglow. By golly, there’s even a full moon. “Who pays the light bill?” one sister joked at the open house. Father Dan said there is a little something new added to the village each year. This year’s additions included a flower shop and a Main Street pharmacy. He still receives some village items as gifts; others he buys. For many of us this year, our gift was seeing Father Dan’s Christmas village representing Peace on Earth....
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin’s original log cabin church nears completion
Do you want to pray? Do you want to experience a little history? Do you want to sit quietly in a peaceful, natural place? The new old cabin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods might be just the place for you. The Sisters of Providence, their staff and a group of volunteers have had this project in incubation for five years. Now, it has become reality. Erected near the stone marking the place where Saint Mother Theodore Guerin first visited when she arrived...
Sister Diane Mason
...am passionate about … A. Life. Q. What the world needs now is … A. Love and peace. Q. Name one thing most people don’t know about you. A. I’m a profound being; I have a serious side. Q. How did you meet the Sisters of Providence? A. They were my teachers at St. Dennis School in Lockport (Ill.) for eight years and at Providence High School in Joliet for four years. I was always very intrigued by the sisters....
Celebrating Pastoral Care Week: Meet Sister My Huong Pham
...this ministry by being a presence to those in need. “Through my chaplaincy calling, I recognize God’s humble revelation to me in every story told and shared by patients, their families and professional caregivers whom I encounter daily,” she said. “Pastoral ministry is a work of transmitting God’s love, healing and peace to each unique individual, from their pain into healing, hurt to comfort, sadness to joy and despair to hope. “In providing spiritual counseling to a patient at the...
A Blessing for the Marie Brendan Harvey Auditorium
...old space with your loving presence by night and day. May its doors be ever open to the joy and love that finds its source in your loving Providence. And bless us all and keep us; may your face shine upon us and be gracious to us; please look upon us kindly and give us, and the people of our world, peace. We ask all these blessings through the intercession of Saint Cecilia and our Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. AMEN....
Sister Mary Eleanor Galvin
...Sister Mary Eleanor Galvin, SP “A child of Christmas, born in Advent, dying during the novena for Christmas, buried on the vigil of the Wise Men, now Mary Eleanor lives forever in that temperate valley where there are no seasons save the season of everlasting peace,” Sister Mary Roger concluded. The Mass of Christian burial for Sister Mary Eleanor was celebrated Jan. 5, 2013, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She is survived by one sister, Sister Michaela Galvin, SP....
Advent and God’s Providence
...He knew his decision had been a poor one. He felt scared. I recognized his trust in me. The real issue was to discuss that sometimes one needs to stop to think before acting. As the student left, I glanced up at the cross. I hoped I had accomplished all that was needed. I walked past the now calm party. Returning to my desk, there was peace in my heart as I picked up my pen to continue my grading. ...
Ashes from the pandemic fire: a reflection for Ash Wednesday 2021
...the heart (and maybe some technology, too.) We have found love reaches beyond the physical in so many ways. As Sister Nancy Nolan, may she rest in peace, often reminded us, “only love transforms.” So, as we enter Lent with the ashes of this year, may God bless us with God’s transforming love always at work in our hearts and in our lives. And remember it is in the ashes that the seeds of new life take root and grow....