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Ask a Sister: Spiritual help 5 cents
...“office” to the sisters living in my house asking them to “please pray to the Holy Spirit and Saint Mother Theodore!” Conference attendees line up to visit Sister Marilyn’s booth. Basically, when persons came to my booth, we introduced ourselves. I asked what inspired them to come to the conference and whether they felt God was calling them to a religious or priestly vocation. If they were not sure or hadn’t thought about it, I gave them a prayer of...
Teen volunteer excited to share experience with others
Hello! I’m Katie Henthorn. I’m 14 years old and a freshman at Terre Haute North High School. I’d like to share how the volunteer teen ministry at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods has helped me to see my faith in a whole new light. Teen volunteer and blog post author Katie Henthorn, second from left standing, in June with some Sisters of Providence and other teen volunteers. Though I am Catholic, I was worried for the nonreligious volunteers in my group. After all,...
Sisters of Providence Leadership Team calls for an end to gun violence
...guns each year, 12,830 are homicides – a total of 35 percent. We are joining the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) to ask all legislative bodies across the country to begin working together to pass laws that ban all assault weapons, require universal background checks for all sales of weapons, make trafficking in weapons a federal crime, and provide more funding for research on gun violence prevention. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once stated “Hate begets hate; violence begets...
Sister Antonia Marie Zick: A Providential Dream
...to become a woman religious. She just didn’t know any sisters or any congregations. But during confession, she expressed her desire to become a woman religious. After a year of waiting, Josepha began a Novena in honor of the Blessed Mother. Growing frustrated, she prayed her waiting would come to an end. And it did. On the first Saturday in the month of May in 1909, Josepha – while dreaming – found herself standing in front of a large church....
Life in the Weihsien internment camp, 1943
...bombed Pearl Harbor and war was declared with the U.S. in 1941, Japanese soldiers had rounded up all the American-born sisters and shipped them away to various bouts of house arrests and exile. Now it’s 1943 and the sisters are being taken to an internment camp called Weihsien, in a former Presbyterian mission compound. They arrive at the Weihsien compound at 4:30 p.m. on March 23, 1943, and are put in a wing with other religious types who had been...
Sisters of Providence welcome new postulant
“I knew when I came here for a month’s stay in 2022 and I didn’t want to leave Providence Hall.” Stephanie Rivas finally felt like she was home at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, when she came to visit with the Sisters of Providence. After a four-year investigating religious life, Stephanie found herself in front of the entrance to historic Providence Hall on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2023. She knocked on the door and was greeted by the Sisters of Providence General Superior,...
Sister Denise Wilkinson’s Gospel reflection on the life of Sister Jeanne Knoerle
...when Vatican Council II asked women religious to return to our founders and the study our charisms in order to reform and renew ourselves for service in the church in the modern world. This reform and renewal came at the price of great personal pain and a patient working through of profound differences in spirituality, theology, and an understanding of the nature of religious life and the meaning of the vows we profess. I carry a memory of Jeanne Knoerle...
Saying yes to poverty, chastity and obedience
Sister Corbin Hannah on the day she professed perpetual vows as a Sister of Providence On July 26, 2020, I professed perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience as a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. This completes an almost 11-year journey of initial transformation within the Providence Community. It truly has been a transformational journey. I entered the Sisters of Providence with a desire to serve others, a connection with Saint Mother Theodore and a curiosity about religious life....
March 7, 2021: Third Sunday of Lent
...profit. Things done under the umbrella of religion and faith should be done for good and not for gain. By putting a stop to what he discovered in the temple area, Jesus angered the religious and political leaders who already considered him dangerous. When they challenge him, Jesus tells them to destroy the temple and in three days he will raise it up. At this time, no one understands that Jesus is speaking not of a building but of his...
Throwback Thursday: Pray the Novena of Our Lady of Providence
...together. By praying the Novena, we believe you will find yourself more at peace with yourself, your work life, your family life, among your friends and most especially, your God life. Day 1 Our Lady of Providence, Mother of the Church, pray for our Holy Father, Pope Francis, our bishops and all other clergy, religious, the laity and for vocations to the priesthood or religious life. After each daily intention , pray the Novena Prayer: Remember, O most faithful Lady of...
Reflections for Foundation Day — Oct. 22, 2018
...relating a matter vital to the interest of religion and religious education. Father Quinn was desperate for teachers for his school. In July, he had lost the services of the religious community running the high school located in his parish. He asked Mother Mary Cleophas Foley for Sisters of Providence to move that mission forward. And, oh, by the way, could they be there by Sept. 14 for the opening of the school. Mother Mary Cleophas Foley Here are Mother...
A change of habit for Sister Marilyn Baker
In this video clip Sister Marilyn Baker shares her story of transitioning from the religious habit to common clothes. “I loved my habit,” she shares. But she transitioned with the community as they were asked to be more a part of the modern world. Even without an outward garment, there is just something different about women religious, Sister Marilyn says. Hear more in the video clip below. http://www.youtube.com/embed/feOUDsU1odc?list=UU_kKwKp5iS2tb75ujZN8cVQ...