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Oral history: Sister Joann Quinkert the justice advocate
...— by people who had been trained by the SOA. I was anticipating prison time, but Sister Rita Clare asked for community service and probation to continue service, and I got the same.” Friend on death row Since 2006, Sister Joann has lived at the Woods. Right away when she arrived, sisters asked if she would visit an inmate at the United States Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute. She said yes. For 17 years she has visited a man on...
Crossing the bridge into community: Postulant Stephanie Rivas
...necessities and finding a richness in simplicity. “I wanted to live with others committed to community living.” Breaking boundaries Stephanie sees the Sisters of Providence making things happen, facing challenges, involved in risk-taking — in ground-breaking ministries such as White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, prison ministry, ministry to immigrants and the Providence Food Pantry. Sister Janet Gilligan, Stephanie and Sister Editha Ben laugh in September after Stephanie signed in as the newest woman to enter the Sisters of Providence Congregation....
Honoring the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi
...had in his purse. He was astonished by his own behavior, mocked by his friends and scolded by his father. When he was in his early twenties, he was taken prisoner in one of Italy’s many wars and held captive for about a year. It was during that time that Francis lost interest in his former life and began praying for guidance. Drawn to Spirituality When released, he adopted a very ascetic lifestyle. He became a manual laborer working on...
Days of Serving
...Woods and Earth Day. For more information on volunteering for the Sisters of Providence or support finding another charitable organization, contact Volunteer Services at volunteer@spsmw.org or call 812-535-2878. The Summons Hymn, verse 3 Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name? Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same? Will you kiss the leper clean and do such as this unseen, and admit to what I mean in you and you in Me?...
December 25, 2024: The Nativity of the Lord
...shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers (and sisters), To make music in the heart.” Action The Word with God was and always will be. Light doesn’t extinguish the darkness as God enters the darkness with us as witness, advocate and presence. How will we live the Word made flesh in...
Sisters of Providence share LCWR statement on the death of Pope Francis
...to remote areas of many nations; visiting migrant camps, hospitals, prisons, and shelters; and more recently, maintaining daily contact with a parish in Gaza. He generously carried in his heart and prayer every bit of the suffering to which he was exposed. He gave to the world a public face of a church that was welcoming and inclusive – a church that strove to be a true “field hospital.” Pope Francis embraced his role as a global leader and used...
Immigration in the United States
...there are 47,928 immigrants in custody as of April 6, 2025. Of those individuals, 46.4% have no criminal record. Just alone in March 2025, there were 22,927 immigrants booked into a detention facility by ICE. Texas has the most number of detainees 12,224, followed by Louisiana with 7,090. ICE has removed 238 Venezuelan immigrants from Texas to a maximum security prison called Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) in El Salvador. The country’s president offered to take them for a...
Sisters celebrate 25-, 50-year Jubilarians
...Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. These last 25 years, the learnings and life experiences still continue. I now serve as a spiritual guide at the federal prison, where I have had for the past few years the opportunity to walk with men whose lives are lived behind locked doors. To be gifted to walk with them as they relearn how to live their lives and to see the gift that they are from God is very humbling especially as they share...
A Reflection for the 2025 Silver and Golden Jubilee
...East Coast, and lots of places in between. We’ve ministered in grade schools, high schools, colleges and lately, the federal prison. I have heard my sister jubilarians’ stories and know that on some days, ministry wasn’t about teaching as much as it was about loving the students who showed up in their classrooms and in their lives – some homeless, others lonely, some abused, others grieving and most of them just typical young (and old) people – looking for acceptance...
Caring for Those in Need: Serving God’s Children at the Border
...says. Caring for Those in Need Sister Tracey lives a mission of caring for people the United States has discarded or turned a back on. “As Catholics, as people of faith, we say we believe in the dignity of each person. For me when we put someone in prison because they are trying to reunite with their family, we’re not honoring that person’s dignity and need for connection, for belonging,” she admitted. “So, for me the work that we do...
November 16, 2025: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...the sky. Before all this happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name. It will lead to your giving testimony. Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed...
December 14, 2025: Third Sunday of Advent
Gospel: Matthew 11:2-11 When John the Baptist heard in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples to Jesus with this question: “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” Jesus said to them in reply, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed...