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Another definition of Providence: ‘Don’t worry, Sister. We will send something.’
...of Providence and ask the best time I might be able to reach her. “Sister, she just started hospice care,” came his reply. It was my turn for the long pause. My moment of recollection enabled me to apologize for disturbing him. I murmured something about the phonathon being the purpose of my call, but all I cared about at that minute was his wife. In a stronger voice, I promised him prayers not only for her but also for...
Holy Week reflections with Saint Mother Theodore
...me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.” – Isaiah 50:4 “Please give me a little share in your prayers. After a life of such activity and dissipation, I need special grace in order to bring myself back to recollection of spirit and become a true Religious. Surely it is time.” – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin • How have words of others provided encouragement when I needed it?...
You asked and we’re answering!
...service and advocacy. Our ministries are primarily in the United States, where we serve in 14 states and the District of Columbia. We also have a mission in Asia where we minister in five locations. These ministries have prayer, education, service and advocacy or a combination of these at their core. Daily prayer undergirds our life and mission. Prayer is also offered in a special way for others’ requests and intentions. Multiple opportunities for requesting prayers are given online, www.spsmw.org....
HOPE summer 2017 — I’ll meet you in the field
...heat … I could go on. Virtually nothing that we know about Earth is untouched by climate change. And no one. Providence spirituality in action: Sister Kathleen Desautels and 8th Day Center for Justice I started thinking about everything I had seen from Sister Kathleen during my time at 8th Day. What I saw was Providence Spirituality in action. In our conversations over those two years, I had heard many of Sister Kathleen’s stories, her thoughts and her prayers. I...
Providence spirituality in action: Sister Kathleen Desautels and 8th Day Center for Justice
...action and then to the police again. I was comforted by her care and concern for every person taking part in this extremely tense situation. On the line for the greater good I started thinking about everything I had seen from Sister Kathleen during my time at 8th Day. What I saw was Providence Spirituality in action. In our conversations over those two years, I had heard many of Sister Kathleen’s stories, her thoughts and her prayers. I found a...
What did you do today?
...Ann Casper Executive Director, Mission Advancement Congregation Profile: Financial benefactors – 5,324 Professed Sisters – 297 Providence Associates – 223 Candidate Associates – 30 SP Volunteer Services – individuals/groups who volunteer regularly at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and in the Terre Haute area – 94/4 Board and committee lay members of the Congregation and of sponsored institutions/ministries – 160 Sisters of Providence staff members – 125 Prayer benefactors – your number is legion and we feel the power of your prayers daily!...
The joy of a religious vocation
...throughout the week, follow our social media pages, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for short video clips of sisters sharing some of the joys of their religious vocation. Keep the women considering life as a Sister of Providence in your prayers this week. Join us in praying Sister Nancy Nolan’s prayer for vocations as we continue to invite women to join us in bringing hope to a world in need through a prayer-filled life of love, mercy and justice. Thank you!...
For Sister Suzanne, prayer is life
...a nearby sun porch for communal prayer. “And I treasure that. That’s important to me,” she says. Friday mornings she spends an hour in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel praying before the Eucharist. Sister Suzanne Buthod prays with her Bible during quiet prayer time. How much time does she spend each day in prayer? “Well, the morning offering includes everything: prayers, works, joys and sufferings,” she says. In that sense, her whole day becomes prayer. “Prayer is all-permeating, inclusive. Prayer is...
Shared roots: bonds that unite beyond culture, time and place
...bloom. The vegetable garden with onions and cabbage and a variety of radishes and lettuce sown in straight rows. Artichokes too! Most often, I walked through the cemetery. Reading the sisters’ names and their birth and death dates, I gave thanks for the two centuries of religious life and service given by Sisters of Providence of Ruillé. Each day began and ended with the chanting of the Holy Office, a collection of psalms and prayers praising and petitioning the Loving...
Sister Ann Jeanette Gootee
...hearts sing in loud acclamation to the Beloved, who answers our heartfelt prayers!” — Excerpts from Psalm 20, Psalms for Praying, by Nan Merrill Sister Ann Jeanette, also known as AJ, Ann or Annie, indeed you have given much in gratitude with open hands and a heart full of love and compassion. One sister remarked that your eyes revealed a human-Divine depth of understanding; another spoke of a beautiful countenance. You have been described as a good friend, sweet, gentle,...
Bonded with the Sisters of Providence as a Providence Associate
...through the rich resources the sisters provide, I encounter ample evidence of their openness to change, their inclusiveness, and their dedication to speaking their values clearly to today’s culture. From Love, Mercy, and Justice: A Book of Practices of the Sisters of Providence: “While we are anchored in a common identity … that identity is constantly taking on the colors of the times in which we live and the contemporary work we do.” And from that same resource, these prayers:...
Sister Terese Marie Havlik
...it became an automatic that he would send Aunt Mary back to the convent with a case of her much loved Miller Lite. Our family saying became, “Auntie, don’t forget – beer for prayers!” And so, dear Aunt Mary, dear Sister Terese Marie, walk on! Enjoy your daily walks around the halls of heaven – meeting God face to face, reuniting with your beloved family members and hugging our dear Mother Theodore – for all of us! Funeral services for...