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Sister Mary Catherine Guiler
...weekends, I love to… Correct papers. Maybe do some shopping, take a walk, or catch up on correspondence. I am passionate about… Religious life. I really am. Religious life as I have known it. What is your biggest pet peeve? People using cell phones while driving. Q. Why did you choose to become a Sister of Providence? A. The grade school I attended in Washington, D.C., was staffed by the Holy Cross Sisters and from the moment I laid eyes...
Sister Paula Damiano
...think a whole lot about religious life. The 1960s also brought with it that movement toward service. President Kennedy had talked about the Peace Corps. There was that whole emphasis on giving to other people. By the time my senior year rolled around, people were talking about what colleges they would go to, et cetera, et cetera. As I thought about my future, that whole notion of religious life came back to me. The sisters who taught me in high...
Preparing the next generation of Sisters of Providence
...woman participates in several intercommunity gatherings with other women and men in initial formation. This gives her a chance to observe the charisms operative in different communities and to further appreciate the SP charism. These gatherings offer an opportunity to explore not only how religious communities differ, but also what we share in common. Values such as prayer, vowed life, community building and intercultural living are common ground for religious life today. Then-postulant Jessica Vitente at prayer in the Blessed...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2021
...weeks at sea. However, as Sister Mary Borromeo points out, “At every turn, friends appeared who vied with one another to serve them.” From Le Havre, France, to New York and beyond, people like Madame Sylvie Parmentier and Mr. Samuel Byerley attached themselves to our foundresses. A number of these friends continued their assistance to the mission of Providence throughout their lifetimes. And though there was no Leadership Conference of Women Religious in 1840, even then, religious communities were collaborating....
Experiencing a deep and authentic unity
...way we live as apostolic women religious. During the days of the assembly, all five of us experienced a deep and authentic unity among the more than 900 women religious present. Sitting at different tables, we each experienced prayer and table conversations marked by a deep level of trust and openness. None of us experienced any sense of fear or, on the other hand, bravado among table members or in the assembly as a whole. Sharing at microphones was candid,...
Sisters of Providence, Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters enter covenant relationship
...be in relationship with other religious communities. It is the future of religious life. It is a wonderful model of collaboration and working together for the sake of our respective missions. “The Sisters of Providence have been collaborating with other religious communities in a variety of ways for many years, and this is just a new way for us to be in relationship with the Victory Noll Sisters. This summer, at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious National Assembly, there...
Sister Corbin Hannah’s ‘The Season of Religious Life’ featured in Global Sisters Report
“So, as fall has gently given way to winter, I reflect on the current state of religious life and religious communities, especially in the United States. For many years, there have been endless conversations about the future of religious life.” — Sister Corbin Hannah, SP. Sister Corbin Hannah Take some time to read “The Season of Religious Life,” by Sister Corbin, which was recently featured in Global Sisters Report....
Sister Mary Maxine Teipen
When she was in eighth grade, young Mary Maxine Teipen asked how much it would cost to be a nun. But although she spent a good part of her religious life calculating finances, she never counted the cost of following where God called her. Instead, she was always profoundly grateful for the “ample abundance of God’s graces” that she received in her 74 years as a Sister of Providence, said Sister Janet Gilligan in her commentary for Sister Mary Maxine...
A call to discernment
...beyond. There are fewer than 56,000 women religious living in the United States at this time, according to The New York Times, a number that has steadily declined since the 1960s and the conclusion of Vatican II. But Tracey and the other younger women religious with the Sisters of Providence liken these statistics back to when Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her five companion sisters traveled from France to Indiana in 1840. “Sometimes, among the newer members, we joke that...
A Reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...Marilu Covani (left) smiling with Sister Maité Rodriguez-Mora. Both of you have participated in the larger WE of the inter-community postulancy program, during which you joined men and women of various religious communities on a regular basis to explore contemporary issues of religious life. An inter-community novitiate is also part of the larger WE in which you will participate in the coming year. And I feel certain, other opportunities will unfold not only for Ann and Maité but for all...
Ask Sister Dina: Why do some sisters change their names?
Sister, What’s the reason behind the changing of names of some of the sisters? I’ve been seeing pictures of a sister with a name by which she was formerly called? Does that former name refer to her religious/profession name? – Lucas Verano via the Sisters of Providence website Dear Lucas, Thank you for your email. In many religious and cultural traditions, including Catholicism, taking on a new name is symbolic, like a rite of passage in someone’s life. In this case, it signifies a...
Paula Damiano
...served as a teacher, director of vocations, pastoral associate and was also a General Councilor for the Sisters of Providence. She celebrated her 50 year jubilee in 2017. Sister Paula said that for many years, she enjoyed camping and visited many state and national parks. She also likes many types of music, but prefers classical, folk and religious, and likes crafting greeting cards and jewelry. Sister Paula has a special interest in combining art and music in retreat work and...