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...Ellen leads Bible study with graduate students from the University of Kentucky in Lexington where she has ministered for 38 years. 5 reasons to give a monthly gift Become a monthly donor through automatic deductions from your credit card or bank account and you will: Provide for the long-term care of our elder sisters and the ongoing legacy of Saint Mother Theodore through our sisters’ ministries. Feel good knowing you are doing good in the world through the Sisters of...

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...donations through automatic deductions from your credit card or bank account today! For as little as $7 per month, your commitment lets us count on your ongoing support! At this time, if you’d like to make a recurring monthly donation, please call us at 812-535-2800 to set it up, using your credit/debit card or direct debit information. We apologize for any inconvenience. Fill out my online form. Donate by phone – make sure to reference this Summer Direct email! 812-535-2800...

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Moving from Bystanding to Upstanding

Note: The following newsletter was co-authored by Providence Associates Dr. Pearlette Springer and Jane Fischer as part of the JUSTus Episode 24 Podcast. Moving from bystanding to upstanding is simple, yet complex and complicated. As Cardinal Joseph Tobin stated several weeks ago, “Just say no.” Cardinal Joseph Tobin Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in...

(Above) Sister Rosemary Smaltz enjoying lunch with DePaul University junior Isabella White.

Ready When Called: Walking with God

...to forgo cancer treatment and enter hospice. Prayer feels especially supportive right now. When asked what she hopes people are praying for, Sister Mary Lou states, “a peaceful death.”  (From left) Sisters Margaret Quinlan, Gloria Memering, Mary Lou Ruck, Ann Duong and Dorothy Ellen Wolsiffer, SP, enjoying each other’s company while playing a game of cards. Let Go and Receive Although change is an inevitable part of life, both sisters admit that aging and dying are processes of profound change. Leaning...

Farm internship details & benefits

...through February, will get to work with fiber on a regular basis when the growing season is slower. skirting (sorting and cleaning) alpaca fiber carding, spinning and dyeing knitting, weaving, crocheting and felting You’ll be part of the team Monthly enrichment like this seed saving class are part of your intern experience. As an intern you’re a part of the White Violet Center team. You will assist in events, workshops, classes and tours that we offer. Intern projects At the...

Oral History: Sister Teresa Costello

...with her Uncle Eddie and Aunt Mary, who had a successful liquor business. She attended St. Thomas Aquinas School in Jamaica Plain for the remainder of her eighth-grade year, taught by the Sisters of Saint Joseph, then went on to Cardinal Cushing High School in South Boston and was taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Put yourself gently into the hands of Providence.” Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Becoming a Sister of Providence “I planned when I was...

Firing up hope: SP prayer ministries

...someone or yourself in the association, call Sister Mary Rita at 812-535- 2927. Sister Martha Wessel prays in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. The Sisters of Providence also offer packets of remembrance cards that one can use to remember loved ones on birthdays, anniversaries, in times of illness, and with sympathy when a loved one dies. Each time you send a card, you enroll the recipient in the Blessed Sacrament Association and they are remembered in the sisters’ prayers. Each remembrance...

A reflection for Mother’s Day

...years later, my daughter. The memories of Mother’s Days flood back into my mind as I remember their beautiful handmade Mother’s Day cards, proudly given during Sunday dinner. Cards made with love and given with love. They are still in a folder I made for each child; folders full of handmade cards and pictures created with love as they grew to be wonderful, loving adults. Today, they now receive handmade cards from their children. Cards made with love and given...

Being ‘Stickered’

...have a special message on the back of a label; my label last Saturday was the word ‘GORGEOUS,’ so I looked out at the autumn colored trees and whispered: ‘You are gorgeous; thank you for being you.’” On the opposite end of the question is Sister Janice Smith, “NO! I don’t look forward to being stickered. I am always so afraid that I will forget to go get them that it generally is another stressor to me. But it does help...

November 2, 2025: The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day)

...recently or in the past. In my parish on the first Sunday in November, we have our annual Mass of Remembrance for all our parishioners and their family members who have died since last year’s commemoration. Our remembrance this year coincides with the actual date of “All Souls” and I will be sensitive to the reactions of those who participate. I wonder if it will be a source of hope and comfort for the bereaved? Or, is it a painful...

Congregation releases calls for action, days of prayer in anticipation of Inauguration Day

...in a moment of remembrance. Individuals are invited to join in this moment of remembrance as well by placing a light in window at that time. Click here to read more about this memorial and here to register for participation. Interfaith Prayer Service Sojourners will host a virtual prayer service from 7-8:30 p.m., EST. Ecumenical church leaders will offer their prayers for #PeaceWithJustice in our nation on the eve of the Inauguration. To join, click here. Wednesday, January 20 Social...

Sister Tracey Horan recognized by USCCB

...church provide a vehicle for people to claim our God-given power and human dignity despite sometimes overwhelming feelings of powerlessness. People like Cardinal Tobin, who accompanied Emilio, an undocumented grandfather, to immigration court, have underlined the significance of this work today.   – As Cardinal Tobin said, our call is to be people of faith-to “be the no” to a nation that chooses to separate families who are victims of a broken system. Cardinal Bernadin’s Common Ground Initiative states, “Each of...