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Newsnotes HOPE summer 2017
...expressing appreciation for the sisters’ many years of ministry there. Retired St. Jude principal Sister James Michael Kesterson, shown here, and Sister Ann Matilda Holloran represented the SPs in receiving the award. Sister Barbara on Mary’s Pence Board of Directors In October 2016, Sister Barbara Battista began a term on the board of directors for Mary’s Pence. The organization has been in existence for more than 25 years and has supported women’s organizations with grants tallying more than...
Providence Associates photo highlights 2011
...touched their lives and their new relationship during the retreat on April 2, 2011. Melissa Pasko, a Providence Associate from Terre Haute, Ind., makes a point at her table during the Deepening the Providence Story retreat on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Each table at the retreat features one of these beautiful centerpieces. Sister Pat Linehan created these centerpieces for the Deepening the Providence Story retreat April 1-3, 2011, Spring retreat: Gathered Providence Associates bless the new director of Providence Associates...
A ‘Golden Jubilee’ Reflection
...and directors – directors of religious education, of hostels, of formation and vocations, of archives, of places where miracles happen. Each of you and all of you sharing in the common journey to honor Divine Providence, to be God’s loving care through your works of love, mercy and justice and through the eloquence of your lives. You done good! But as the local jubilarians may have told you about my message to them – God isn’t finished with you yet,...
New postulant Leslie Dao enters the Sisters of Providence
...knocks on the door of Providence Hall seeking entrance with the Sisters of Providence Congregation as Sister Joni Luna looks on. Leslie knocks on the door as part of the entrance ceremony Leslie is welcomed by the General Superior in the name of the Congregation General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski leads the entrance ceremony for Leslie, presented by new membership director Sister Joni Luna and her discernment guide Sister My Huong Pham Sister Dawn begins the blessing ritual, blessing Leslie’s...
Sister Martha Ann Rifner
...grades which she taught for 22 years, not venturing beyond the states of Indiana and Illinois. Of those 32 years in the classroom, Martha Ann said in an interview, “I loved my teaching. It was the biggest thrill to be able to see those children learn. … Reading was one thing I really pushed. … to see them so proud of what they had accomplished was reward in and of itself.” In 1987, she accepted an offer to be Director...
Leadership statement on recent federal executions
...Lee was strapped to a gurney for more than four hours and was finally executed and pronounced dead at 8:07 a.m. This social media screen capture is the full statement by Ruth Friedman, Lee’s attorney and director of the Federal Capital Habeas Project, which brings the ordeal in focus and presents the final hours of Daniel Lewis Lee’s life. After reading this statement, we were horrified for Mr. Lee and all who witnessed this tragic taking of a life. Without...
Sister Jessica Vitente enters novitiate with Sisters of Providence
...both women and men religious. Prior to this year, novices and directors from the Sisters of Providence traveled weekly to St. Louis for the ICN program. “This is so we can be in closer proximity with the ICN,” Sister Jessica said. “The ICN allows various women and men communities of novices along with their respective novice director to attend workshops on many topics that will help form and shape our development as aspiring religious sisters and brothers.” Sister Janice said...
Dioramas receive ‘makeover’
...Twitter Sisters of Providence on Instagram Sisters of Providence YouTube channel About Providence Spirituality & Conference Center Providence Spirituality & Conference Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., serves as a welcoming center for the Sisters of Providence motherhouse and offers outreach to the community through tours, facility rentals, spiritual programs and retreats, and Sunday Brunch. It exists to provide people of all faith traditions, diverse cultures and ages an invitation to gather, to learn, to meet and to share in a...
Making sense of the present moment
...says she has fused ideas from many SPs who have influenced her, like Sister Barbara Doherty. “I learned from them that Providence is that name and face of God that enables you in the swirl of life to make sense of the present moment. I try to be a reflective person that looks for the face of God amid the chaos in various moments of life,” said Sister Cathy. She has many spiritual practices including prayer, spiritual reading and participating...
Sister has life changing trip to Standing Rock Sioux Nation
...so the results shocked her. “I’ve always been attracted to Native American spirituality. In my head I didn’t know, but I believe my soul has always known and yearned for that which was lost,” she said. During the four days camping in a tent on the reservation, Sister Joni participated in an anti-racism class, some blessings and other spiritual ceremonies. One morning she attended a sunrise prayer ceremony. “We asked for guidance from the four winds, Mother Earth, Father Sky,...
Cherishing creation
...foundress, was there any other choice but for the Sisters of Providence to establish a center for eco-justice? White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, begun in 1996, also seeks to foster right relationship with all creation through advocacy, educational programming, spiritual growth experiences and ecological activities, such as organic gardening and management of alpacas. White Violet Center seeks to serve as a model of sustainability — economically, socially, spiritually and environmentally. Perhaps most importantly, the center’s vision is rooted in an...
Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: Systemic racism leads to discriminatory practices and policies
...racially diverse Catholic schools and traveling and performing musically both solo and in groups across the globe, Sister Kate’s concentration and determination were fed by an African American spirituality that kept her focused forward. When Sister Kate was asked about how the Sisters of Providence community is combatting racism, she said “Racism will not change if we are not spiritually strong … if there is not a strong spirituality, racism and all sorts of malice will creep around and be...