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Reflections for Reception into the Novitiate
...the cover of today’s program? Good actions come from good hearts. This inner work is certainly a focus of this coming canonical year as prescribed by our Constitutions: a time to internalize Gospel values, to take an extended time for prayer and spiritual direction, to give service, and to receive instruction in the religious life, scripture, theology, and the history and traditions of our Congregation. We know you as a seeker, Stephanie, someone who spent significant time before you entered...
Trust in a Provident God: Providence Associate Bill Hughes
...made frequent bird-watching trips to the Woods. I also had Sister Gloria Memering as a piano student. As a music faculty member at ISU I have known several of the faculty at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College: Sisters Laurette Bellamy and Carol Nolan and music therapist Sara Jane Stokes among others. (I experienced a course and concluding retreat on Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey with Sara Jane, and I mark it as a watershed event in my spiritual formation). In the late 80s...
Sister Carole Kimes
...Providence at the age of 20 in 1970. She left in 1974. In 1980 at age 30, Sister Carole entered the Congregation again. This time she didn’t look back. To speak with Sister Carole today at age 65 is to recognize a person grounded in spiritual wisdom. A person intent on using what she has been given for others. She will tell you that she has been given much. Sister Carole grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the third of...
Ministry helps older adults not get lost in the parish community
...to provide support to those who are aging into the second half of life by expanding, deepening and nurturing the spiritual dimensions of their lives. My hope is we can companion persons offering spiritual and grief support during various transitions in preparation for the final transition into eternal life,” Sister Carole said. “The ministry is always evolving as we learn more about those who are interested and what their needs and desires are.” Sister Carole, who served as postulant director...
HOPE summer 2017 — I’ll meet you in the field
...heat … I could go on. Virtually nothing that we know about Earth is untouched by climate change. And no one. Providence spirituality in action: Sister Kathleen Desautels and 8th Day Center for Justice I started thinking about everything I had seen from Sister Kathleen during my time at 8th Day. What I saw was Providence Spirituality in action. In our conversations over those two years, I had heard many of Sister Kathleen’s stories, her thoughts and her prayers. I...
Swope to display art by Sisters of Providence
...Nov. 14, the museum will offer “Community Conversations: Spirituality,” in which those taking part will delve into a conversation about the connection between creativity and spirituality, which inspired the exhibit. The exhibit is sponsored by the HSC Group at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m., on Saturdays. The museum is closed on Sundays and Mondays. About the Sisters of Providence The Sisters of Providence, a congregation...
August 27, 2023: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
...windows I notice are open and unlocked. At other times, they are closed and secured tightly. During periods of spiritual direction, my director has pointed to my use of door/window references as I describe my experience with God. I believe the physical keys have meaning and connection to the doors and windows. When I find an unusual, old or seemingly out-of-place key, I gather it up. I imagine I will someday come to understand the use and meaning of each...
Journals and Letters week 39: The loving guidance of a mother
(Today we are discussing “Journals and Letters” pages 346, bottom, to 356, mid-page. This is located in “Part VI: Later Letters (1846–1856)” starting with “Spiritual Counsels.” Join us in reading a portion of Saint Mother Theodore’s writings every week.) Our reading this week offers us the opportunity to situate some of Mother Theodore’s notable quotes in the context of the events in which she was living. Both editions (1999 and 2015) of the “Calendar of Daily Quotations” from Mother Theodore’s writings are...
Winter Used Book Sale
...will be held in the Foley Room located across the hall from Linden Leaf Gifts inside the Providence Spirituality & Conference Center. Many different categories of hardback and paperback books will be available for purchase. Genres range from gardening, spirituality, fiction, non-fiction, autobiographies, history, health and wellness, crafting, biographies, children’s books, Bibles and more. There is a little something for everyone! Items are not pre-priced. Pricing is by freewill donation that directly supports the Sisters of Providence and their ministries....
Sisters hosting Carrie Newcomer concert
...and is considered a time of forgiveness, reconciliation and spiritual renewal. Newcomer is well known for her musical depth and the progressive spiritual content of her songs, poetry and workshops, and for her continued work in justice, spiritual and interfaith communities, and health and hunger organizations. “Music also has held a sacred place in the life of the Sisters of Providence,” Sister Dawn added. “It seems to me that this concert with Carrie Newcomer enables people to share in that...
Welcoming our 2021 WVC Summer Interns!
Rejoice with us in welcoming 11 incredible interns for the summer! What a blessing they are in sharing their energy, creativity, hard work, team spirit and interest in learning, as well as teaching us a thing or two! Cheyenne Boon The Boston, Mass., native has bachelor’s degrees in politics and Spanish from Williamette University and is currently enrolled in the Master of Divinity program at Harvard Divinity School. Cheyenne Boon “This internship combines my passions of spirituality, community, environmental justice,...
Sisters and interns: becoming a little bit of each other
...sisters, one thing I’ve gotten and am still getting is broadening my idea of what spirituality is,” she said. “It’s really more individual. Before, I thought it was one main thing with harsh rules. But it’s more fluid and, like, a whole deeper process.” Intern Virginia Cheij, of Nashville, Tennessee, values the relationships she’s developed with the Sisters of Providence. Intern Liv prepares organic peppers for distribution. “I feel so much more connected to the environment and these woods because...