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Celebrating Sister Joni as she professes first vows on June 26
...of vows. For me, each scripture selection – and all three together – create a vibrant mural of the lives of all followers of Jesus. The three panels of this mural could be labeled: LEAVING, LEARNING, LIBERATING. Today, we shine a light on one particular follower of Jesus – our Sister Joni Luna – as she professes first vows as a woman religious, as a Sister of Providence. Joni’s life journey has been all about leaving, learning and liberating. Like...
Quotations from reflections given at General Chapter 2016
...we begin to put aside all the divisions in our hearts and our words? Our labels: Conservative-Liberal; Democrat-Republican; Gay-Straight; Christian-Muslim; Rich-Poor. What if instead we see from that new lens: the lens of the Gospel values demanded right now. Not the least of which are Love—Justice—Mercy.” —Sister Ann Sullivan “We will wash one another’s feet. We will probably need to perform this cleansing of one another more than once. Yet we have promised one another we will.” —Sister Denise Wilkinson...
In memory of …
...informing all residents that all roads in the area had to be named and labeled in case of emergency. A photo of Sister Mary Esther Lane taken in 1979 at Yosemite National Park. In Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village, many residents who lived on one street decided they had to name it “Mary Lane.” The street was eventually changed to “Mary Lane Road.” “I understand that Mary Esther loved taking visitors over there to show them the road that is named after...
Where Your Treasure Is
...by thick concrete walls and by a system that had labeled her as less than human. As Congress begins negotiations for the 2019 budget, we know the Trump Administration has requested more resources to remove beloved residents like Sonia from our communities. The administration’s requests include: A massive increase in immigration detention – to 51,379 people in detention across the country every day Funds to recruit and hire 1,000 additional ICE officers, and Funds to compensate more local police to...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
During a recent gathering with women and men Religious, Cardinal Blaise Cupich was asked, in light of the coming elections, what resources were available to address the deep divisions within our nation as well as divisions in our Church. His immediate reply was to mention an address given by Bishop Robert W. McElroy at the University of San Diego on Feb. 6, 2020. In this talk, Bishop McElroy moves from Pope Francis’ “Evangelii Gaudium” to relevant issues of Catholic Social...
Witness
...for the federal government. Sister Barbara Battista during a visit with Keith Dwayne Nelson. The Bishops of Indiana, along with numerous other Bishops, have spoken out against the death penalty. So have religious communities across the country, including my own, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. My faith and the teachings of our Church compel me to say “No!” to the death penalty and to work to abolish it. In 2017, Pope Francis, approved the following revision to...
Visiting Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress took place on Feb. 20-23, 2020. It is the largest annual gathering of its kind in the world. The four-day event took place at the Anaheim Convocation Center and was sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Office of Religious Education. This year, we were funded by our gracious donors to attend this impressive four-day event. Sister Jessica (left) and Sister Joni (center) with a visitor at the Sisters of Providence booth during the...
Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp receives Indiana Commission for Women’s Torchbearer Award
...the current principal of Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis. She is only the 9th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award that was established in 2004. A native of Indianapolis, Sister Jeanne is known nationally as an expert in Catholic educational leadership. She served previously on the faculty at the University of San Francisco where she was director of teacher education for the entire USF system and a member of USF’s Institute for Catholic Education Leadership. Sister Jeanne helped...
10 ways to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life!
...life as religious women and men. Reconnect with a sister, or brother or a religious priest you met in the past. Organize youth/young adult small groups to visit religious ministry sites in your local area. Volunteer for few hours to serve in the ministries of religious men and women. Introduce a person who might have a vocation to religious life to meet a sister/ brother/priest. Discern what God is asking of you to support religious life. Engage conversations of how...
Exploring religious life today: one discerner’s story
...in a broad range of ministry areas. This is something I have passion for and feel that I am already doing. What have you learned about the SPs/religious life? The following are some of the ministries SPs work in: education, social work, ecology, gardening, prison ministry. The SPs are activists of community organizing, inclusivity, immigration. What has surprised you about the SPs/religious life? Stephanie with Sister Dina Bato during her first in-person meeting with a Sister of Providence I like...
Sister Marceline looks back on the richness of 84 years as a woman religious
Sister Marceline Mattingly in her classroom as she teaches anatomy at Immaculata College in Washington, DC, sometime in the early 1960s. (Sister Marceline Mattingly, at 101 years old, is the oldest living Sister of Providence. She celebrates 84 years as a Sister of Providence on February 10. Here she shares a bit of what living as a Catholic woman religious has meant for her.) Religious life has been the greatest gift God has given me. There were many opportunities of...
Four women profess perpetual vows as Sisters of Providence
...vows as an SP “is the beginning and continuing of an amazing adventure!” She thinks women religious have an important role in today’s society. “The role of women religious is to bring to light injustices where people are excluded, oppressed and treated unfairly. It’s to be a voice for the poor and for those who cannot confront others who oppress them due to lack of resources, fear, or hopelessness. The Sisters of Providence, through our mission and ministry, live this...