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Prayer of Thanksgiving
God, we offer you thanksgiving today and every day. Thank you for all our blessings. For food and for loved ones For the beauty of your creation and for entrusting it to us For the love we have and share For the peace we strive to create For our blessings and for our struggles, that they may bring us closer to you. O God, strengthen us to be a blessing to others. May we...
Sister Margaret “Peggy” Lynch (formerly Sister James Patrick)
...I’ll let Mary FioRito have the final words today: “To the end, Sister Peggy Lynch continued her work of Providence as she perceived it to be by ministering to anyone who crossed her path. So, rest now in the peace of God’s providence and love, dear Peggy.” Funeral services for Sister Margaret took place on Friday, November 11, and Saturday, November 12, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A Wake took place from 2:30-4:30 p.m., on...
Sister Rosemary Ward honored as Outstanding Tutor of the Year
...peace and justice activities. She also cared for her sister, Joan, until her death in February of this year. Five years ago, responding to an article in her parish bulletin, Sister Rosemary began working with Schools and Tutors on Wheels. This is an organization established by the Sisters of St. Joseph, based in La Grange, Illinois. The program works by providing tutors at multiple locations in the Chicago area for students learning English as a second language, GED instruction, preparation...
Forest Meditations
...the world with more clarity and peace. The events will take place at 10:00 a.m., on Saturday, Sept. 28, Saturday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 30, at the St. Joseph’s Nature Trail at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. 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-toe shoes and dress according to the weather. This event may be canceled due to weather....
Sister Loretta Maureen Gansemer
...sense to her as she looked beyond the changing circumstances, always remembering His love and provision. She prayed every day, “I will do you will today,” while taking a deep breath and asking for the gift of peace; and, she continued to faithfully pray the words of Saint Paul, “I am quite certain that the One who began this good work in you will see that it is finished when the Day of Christ Jesus comes. It is only natural...
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...
Updates from the Sisters of Providence summer 2018
...anticipates her transition “bringing forward more fullness in my life by spreading love, mercy, and justice to the brokenness of this world.” Partnership proves fruitful Thanks to a partnership between the Sisters of Providence and Flaherty and Collins, Indianapolis a building in downtown Terre Haute is getting a makeover. The Lighthouse Mission, located at 1201 S. 13th St., was one of several structures in the State of Indiana to receive federal tax credits by the Indiana Housing and Community Development...
From troubled teen to sister in medicine: Sister Barbara Battista
...guard. She has also been able to help people with medical needs all over the world — a dream that has fulfilled many of the voids in her life. It’s a way for her to live out God’s healing love for others. Sister Barbara has settled into her life as a Sister of Providence — a life of peace and purpose lived as an advocate for women, health and spirituality. (Originally published in the Summer 2015 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Tracing Providence: a Providence Associate reflects
...I applied. Within a week of classes starting, I attended a dance in a barn at an even smaller nearby women’s college out in the country. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods was a remarkably beautiful and peaceful place, much different from the more modern atmosphere of Rose-Hulman in Terre Haute, Indiana. A year later, I met and fell in love with a beautiful blonde Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College student who just happened to be from my rival high school back in Cincinnati. After Jennifer...
To Mother Theodore and Companions
...all this century knows Of any value in your venturing Into a wilderness where Christ was waiting for you, Waiting in the poor, the frightened, the wealthy. The self-assured, the hungry, the homeless, The peaceful and the violent. We, like you, were led into this special wilderness That is, for us all, Providence. From you, from us, a future grows taller than the trees. We thank you for your coming. Excerpts from a poem by Sister Thomas Jeanne Doriot, SP....
Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Associate, Our Lady of Peace Church (1983-84), Williamsburg, Ky.: Director of Adult Education, Friendship Center (1984-89), Burkesville, Ky.: Pastoral Associate, Holy Cross Church (1989-91), Selma, Ala.: Rural Pastoral Ministry, Edmundite Southern Missions (1991-92), and Selma, Ala.: Director of Catholic Social Ministry, Edmundite Southern Missions (1992-2001). Sister Charles Van Hoy is a native of Bloomington, Ind. Currently, she ministers in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Charles entered the Congregation on Feb. 2, 1949, from St. Charles Borromeo, Bloomington, Ind. She professed...
Sister Joan Frame (formerly Sister Ann Pierre)
...to forget all they have done.” When Joan retired to the motherhouse, she continued in works which showed her passion for justice. On a form she filed out about her ministries in 2011, she indicated that she visited an inmate on death row, volunteered in the Providence Food Pantry and tutored at the 150 house. In the blanks related to “other activities,” she noted that she took hours in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, went to daily Mass and made a...