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What can these Woods offer you?
The Jubilee Year of Mercy began Dec. 8, 2015, the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council. What will you do this year to grow in your faith? To strengthen both charitable works and social justice at home and as part of your faith community? What about making a pilgrimage to the motherhouse grounds of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana? The motherhouse is nestled among 1,200 beautiful, peaceful acres of gardens and forest. The...
A family pilgrimage to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
...a new country, with a lot of uncertainties and apprehensions, and now we have our fourth child on the way and a lot of unfamiliar ground still to maneuver. The only constancy during these trying times is our faith in God. Our family needed a break, a short one just to recharge our spiritual and emotional batteries. That’s when we decided to travel from Chicago to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for an overnight pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady of...
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Note: Sister Sue Paweski, SP, and others, recently embarked on a pilgrimage to Poland and Prague. While on the pilgrimage, they also visited Auschwitz. Here Sister Sue reflects on the visit. Silence. Silence. The commotion of the passengers climbing out of the coach buses and heading to restrooms; buying bottles of water; chatting about the weather and the drive; finding the guides who introduce themselves. Then as we begin the long trek to the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp, the guide tells...
Virtual spiritual pilgrimage of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Take a spiritual and historic walk around some of the sacred spaces at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods from the comfort of your armchair. This video pilgrimage was created by Sister Connie Kramer, SP, and Providence Associate Marilyn Rausch, with help from Sisters of Providence staff member Pam Lynch, for the Providence Associate 10-year anniversary celebration in November. We hope you also enjoy reflecting on these sacred Woods. Learn more about Providence Associates here....
Seeking our Saint!
...father, did she find consolation and comfort in this church? Surely, she brought her broken heart to the familiar rituals and liturgies offered there. Anne-Therese also prayed in Chappelle de Notre Dame de Esperance, a small church on the craggy shore. Did she go there often after playing? Is this where her devotion to the Blessed Mother took root? Continuing the Pilgrimage The pilgrimage will continue with the visit to the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence. It was in...
Pilgrims of Hope: Jubilee 2025
...often considered a sacred site.” Jubilee 2025: A Year of Pilgrimage This year, the Catholic Church is celebrating Jubilee 2025. On Christmas Eve 2024, the late Pope Francis declared the Jubilee year would be granted the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.” The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods The Archdiocese of Indianapolis, under Archbishop Charles Thompson, has designated three pilgrimage sites in Indiana for the Jubilee year. Among them is the Church of the Immaculate Conception and The...
Young Crawfordsville man offers sacrifice and prayer in walking to Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
“Ahh, I’m here.” And with that sigh of relief, Andrew Domini went to his knees and crawled the last 90-plus feet of his journey toward the sanctuary of the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Yes, crawled; not that he couldn’t walk. He was fully capable, even after walking the greater portion of 70-plus miles on a pilgrimage of sacrifice and prayer so that he could ask for the intervention of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, foundress of the...
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods spiritual pilgrimage video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe4gh5k-meA&t=10s Take a virtual, prayerful historical pilgrimage around beautiful Saint Mary-of-the-Woods....
Being ‘Stickered’
...have a special message on the back of a label; my label last Saturday was the word ‘GORGEOUS,’ so I looked out at the autumn colored trees and whispered: ‘You are gorgeous; thank you for being you.’” On the opposite end of the question is Sister Janice Smith, “NO! I don’t look forward to being stickered. I am always so afraid that I will forget to go get them that it generally is another stressor to me. But it does help...
White Violet Center earns ‘Real Organic Project’ designation
...of enforcement of some vital USDA Organic standards to protect soil health and animal welfare, organic farmers rallied together to fight to protect the integrity of the organic label. This is what originally motivated WVC Farm Manager John-Michael Elmore to apply for this certification. “We (WVC) are already certified organic, so this became an extension of that. USDA organic certification is getting manipulated by large agri-businesses, and doesn’t fully represent the original intent of the organic movement,” John-Michael said. “While it’s still an important regulatory standard,...
Season of Creation 2022: Fair Trade and Climate Change
...Industry Consider buying second hand clothing, repairing and repurposing clothing, participating in a clothing swap, etc. Some stores that sell Fair Trade clothing include Athleta, Linden Leaf Gifts, Mata Traders, and MarketPlace: Handwork of India, Patagonia. Some brands such as Patagonia have a second-hand label – theirs is Worn Well. Check other stores and buy second hand through them. For tips on being fashionable inexpensively, click here. Read The Conscious Closet: A Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good...
What’s Coming Up!
...the Woods celebration. Celebrate the spirit of the season with the Sisters of Providence during an afternoon full of fun for the whole family. Enjoy time with crafting, alpaca visits, wagon rides, storytelling, face painting and more! As the Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope comes to a close, don’t forget that on a daily basis throughout the year, we offer self-guided and guided tours of the grounds, including pilgrimage visits to the Church of the Immaculate Conception and Shrine of...