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A mother’s prayer
...her daughter was being called to religious life. As she relates this story she says she never told it to Dina. She didn’t want it to put pressure on her or influence her decisions. But several years later when Dina told her mother she was considering entering religious life, “At that moment I said ‘Dina, you have my blessing. One hundred percent.’ No qualms about it, no second thoughts, because I knew in my heart she was going,” her mother...
Explore religious life with the Sisters of Providence
...those who attend the retreat find the Congregation inviting. “I want women to know that religious life with the Sisters of Providence is a spiritual pathway to living, serving and walking with those in need,” Sister Joni said. “We use our God-given gifts and talents in service to others.” During the retreat, participants will experience the mission of love, mercy and justice first-hand in the lives of the Sisters of Providence. They will see how the sisters live the mission...
Leadership Team shares LCWR refugee resettlement statement
Editor’s Note: The Congregation’s Leadership Team wanted to share this statement from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR): LCWR calls on President Biden to resettle 62,500 refugees The Leadership Conference of Women Religious calls on President Biden to keep his promise to increase the 2021 Presidential Determination to better address the current need. We are facing a global refugee crisis. At least 79 million people have been forced to flee their homes; 29 million are refugees; most are children....
Behind the peaceful vigil
...attended feel that they belonged there and had a right to speak. We saw that some public statements by religious leaders around the country had included statements like “Only the light of Christ can quench the torches of hatred and violence.” We asked ourselves, “How would it feel to Muslims, Jews, and people of other faiths to hear that only Jesus is the answer,” and “How can we be more inclusive in our event?” We made sure that our outreach...
Sister Patricia Linehan
Sister Patricia Linehan passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was 87-years-old and was a Sister of Providence for 32 years. Commentary By Sister Paula Damiano, SP Sister Pat Linehan, in describing her journey into religious life, wrote this: “My father leaned down to me, a toddler in the Church pew, pointed to the host in the monstrance and said, ‘That is Jesus,’ and that was the beginning. Years later, my father’s job moved us...
Sister Terri Boland
...the garden. I do read the Scriptures of the day but I find I am most reflective and closer to the Creator in the natural world. Q. How much influence does Saint Mother Theodore Guerin have in your life? A. Initially, it was her story. I read a story in sixth grade of these woman religious who were coming to America. In this particular story religious sisters were on a ship coming across the ocean. The ship hit a storm...
Celebrating Pastoral Care Week: Meet Sister My Huong Pham
...Chicago health system, which ministers to the underserved individuals from Latino and African-American communities. “Our spiritual care team consists of the chaplains of diverse religious backgrounds,” Sister My Huong said. “Our chaplains collaborate with one another to serve the pastoral needs of patients, families and professional caregivers throughout the hospital units in emergency, behavioral health, medical-surgery, intensive care and addiction care.” Sister My Huong added that the team provides pastoral and spiritual care to patients during their end-of-life journey. “Besides...
Joni has an “overwhelming feeling to serve”
Joni Luna knocks on the Providence Hall door, during her entrance ceremony Sept. 17. She recently became a postulant with the Sisters of Providence. Joni Luna, our new postulant from Texas, wanted more. She was a successful teacher/women’s athletic coordinator with a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She had a loving family, a successful volleyball coaching career, and a comfortable life (car, beach house, boat, pop-up camper), yet Joni felt that something was still missing....
What do sisters do all day?
As part of her daily responsibilities, Sister Nancy Nolan, vocation office coordinator, answers questions and inquiries from women who are interested in religious life. Sometimes Sister Nancy is asked for information from young women, especially, who have been tasked with doing research and reporting on religious life. Questions can include “What do you wear,” or “What do you do all day?” Great questions since religious life for women has changed quite a bit over the years! Sister Nancy received a...
Sisters of Providence provide leadership
...and can now bask in the goodness of our life. Rather, it is a call to live in the evolution of all life — to live in the deep change and a new consciousness of our universe, of our earth, of the world community, of our country, of our Church and of the bigger picture and reality of religious life. Our journey is a little seed of what is happening everywhere.” Prepared to lead Sister Jenny’s past experiences and her...
Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein
...a teaching position in Taiwan because I valued cultural and religious diversity, believed I could make a positive contribution to higher education there and wanted to be part of the Sister of Providence’s efforts on the Island. I was also influenced to minister abroad by Mother Theodore’s experience of ministering as an immigrant in the United States, by the example of another Sister of Providence who returned to our parish after serving in Peru when I was a preschooler and...
Sister Laura Parker: a spiritual presence in the world
...with her grown son. And she takes time daily to slow down and listen to God, fostering a two-way relationship that gives her strength to be there for others in their spiritual need. Sister Laura lives daily the unique challenges of being a vowed religious living and working among the people of today. She feels the tension of trying to bring faith into a “spiritually correct” secular workplace. She puts forth a concerted effort to not get caught up in...