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A look into our prison ministry
...Theodore’s time. Many of our sisters, Providence Associates and friends are actively engaged with prisoners through visiting, educating, letter writing and praying. Each month, I post the scheduled executions on bulletin boards. This information also goes out to the entire Congregation through monthly newsletters. Those scheduled for execution as well as their victim(s) are remembered at our liturgies and the prayers of the sisters. Many Sisters of Providence have been actively involved in trying to abolish the death penalty in...
Sister Ann Marie Boyce
...or wear hand-me-downs. Both her sisters preceded her in death. She is survived by nieces and nephews and their descendants, extending out to great-, great-nieces and great-nephews. We offer our sympathy and prayers to those nieces and nephews who are present with us today: Pat, Linda, Maureen and her husband Tom, John, Mary Lou and Christine. The story goes that she exhibited a strong will at an early age. On one occasion when she was in preschool, her two sisters...
Sister Louise Schroeder (formerly Sister Edward Louise)
...a continuation of love and prayers for the people of God at St. John’s from the Sisters of Providence, and the Congregation responded with a standing ovation. In 1991, she realized it was time for her to retire from teaching, knowing God would provide her with a new ministry. “I left myself open to whatever jobs were available or where I was needed.” She came to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and worked in the Transportation Office, arranging transportation and companions for sisters...
Sister John Mary Rifner
...could go “play” in the snow, thinking they would be able to dispense with their cap and veil. Not so! They made snow angels anyway and sent all the sisters into such peals of laughter when they appeared in chapel for evening prayer – with such badly misshapen head gear – that they could not continue the prayers. Sister Ruth Ellen Doane, who lived with John Mary at St. Athanasius in Evanston, Illinois, shared this story: “The convent was less...
Sister Marie Paul Haas
...northwest side of Chicago and Oh! For years, she moderated the cheerleading club! Sister Marie Paul herself had this to say about her busy ministry: “Students are a channel of God’s grace for me. I’m at home with them as much as in the chapel or at prayers. They just affect me that way … (Adding) Also, it is a fitting way to practice patience.” Many sisters have memories of Marie Paul playing the bass in the Church of the...
Looking back on Good Friday
“Did my grade school self really know how to adore this covered cross?” As elementary school students at St. Monica School/Parish in Chicago, my classmates and I were expected to show up in our parish church on Good Friday morning to participate in silent adoration. This is the sixth Station of the Cross, where Veronica wipes the face of Jesus and Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus carry the cross. And it was silent. I don’t remember any prayers being said;...
The living and growing Providence Associate relationship in California and beyond
...as they are able: with their prayers, their monetary contributions, their traveling the long distances to participate in our gatherings, and with their outreach, both in California and in Indiana. They live the mission of Providence with their daily lives. In California when we were sick, some of the associates brought us food. Others came to help us with housework, ironing our clothes and doing other tasks we could not handle. April and her husband accompanied us to meet and...
The joys of music
...and spirituality. Knowing prayers can be recalled in a similar way as music sometimes (they are repeated often, spoken in a chant-like manner, and embedded in our long-term memory), I initiated the Lord’s Prayer and we spoke it together. I asked her if she had ever sung the Lord’s Prayer and she said, “Oh yes!” I started to sing it and she joined in, looking at me and holding my hands. It is difficult to explain the connection felt when...
Stepping forward to become a Sister of Providence
...chapter of my journey. I’ve stepped off the plane. Alrighty, ready … set … go! Please keep Jessica in your prayers tomorrow as she is received as a novice with the Sisters of Providence and in the years ahead as she continues her years of formation as a Sister of Providence. Do you or someone you know want to “become the best version of yourself” as a Sister of Providence? Come and See if religious life might be for you....
HOPE fall 2019 — A matter of hope: the future of religious life
...and See weekend retreats offer single, Catholic women between the ages of 18 and 42 the opportunity to come and experience life first hand with the Sisters of Providence. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin moment: a mother’s letter to new postulants Long ago we offered prayers for you, for your generous mother. When you write to her tell her that I shall try to be a mother to you, that I love you already as my beloved child, and that all...
Sister Marie Alexis Geiger
...Services for eight years. She volunteered at the Providence Food Pantry until 2012. Then, because of her failing health, she moved into Lourdes, but continued to support the pantry with her prayers and to enjoy playing cards and visiting with her friends. Sister Marie Alexis Geiger (right) with Sister Marilyn Trobough. So often when our older sisters die, we remember them as they are as they near the end of their lives. However, those of us who have known them...
Throwback Thursday: Pray the Novena of Our Lady of Providence
...friends. May we also take time to care about our health on all levels, especially physical and spiritual. One way to do that is to hold close to God and to the Mother of God, Mary, Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home. I, along with all Sisters of Providence, invite you to pray with us during the Our Lady of Providence Novena. Use these prayers in your home during these times, say them to yourself or say them...