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Sister Regina Ann Lynch
...of you will agree that these were rocky years in the Congregation, and many local communities, including St. John, Vincennes, struggled to live together well. Gloria remembers that some directive came from “on high” that each house should meet and that each sister should share a little something about her spirituality. When it was Sister Regina Ann’s turn to share, Sister Gloria remembers that she quoted Romans: “The love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy...
Dementia Education Series: A Positive Approach to Care
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST The Foley Room at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 Elizabeth Collins, BSN, MA Sisters of Providence Free Register online today This series is designed to help you build skills and gain confidence to care for your loved one with expertise. Intended for care partners, Sisters of Providence nurse, Beth Collins, and Thrive’s Dementia Outreach Specialist, Amy Schorr will introduce participants to Teepa...
Revisiting a Spooky Legend
...stories, “is remember.” And remember she did, with calmness and ease. She never hesitated in recalling the “secrets” of Foley. This photo, taken in 1975, shows Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp (front row, right), Sister Dawn Tomaszewski (middle, second from left), and Sister Lisa Stallings (back, second from right) as novices along with (front) Sister Sue Pietrus (RIP); (middle): Sister Kathy Scheewe, novice director Sister Rose Ann Eaton, Sister Mary Ann DeFazio and Sister Wendy Workman (RIP) (standing). Sister Esther commented that...
A look at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and Sister Ann Sullivan
Here we have a photograph of Sister Ann Sullivan (back) and Sister Jean Fuqua weaving at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. The photo was taken in 2001. During the Sisters of Providence 1991 General Chapter, the Congregation made a commitment to eco-justice and eco-spirituality. Sister Ann Sullivan offered a proposal to the Congregation to strengthen the commitment and as a result, a task force was eventually created to develop a plan of implementation to establish Saint Mary-of-the-Woods as an eco-justice...
Nurturing to renewed hope and health
...the whole package: the outside, the inside, the staff. It is all very healing, very calming, very supportive, very nurturing. “I think it was [that holistic approach] that helped mom in the overall healing process. I think it’s why she’s done so well.” “Sister Nancy [Bartasavich, from ministry of care] came and sang and prayed with her every day. She was fed spiritually. Because Providence Health Care is faith based, it helped mom draw on the strength of her spirituality....
Mary, Mother of the Church
...Church, to the universal calendar. This feast is the Monday after Pentecost. Just as Mary gave birth physically to the body of Jesus, she gives birth spiritually to His Mystical Body on earth, the Church. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church No. 843, the “Church” is the holy people of God. Mary is indeed a mother to this body. As our mother, Mary is a model and inspiration for all followers of Jesus. He acclaimed her not only...
What can these Woods offer you?
...same grounds where Saint Mother Theodore Guerin overcame personal struggles to establish the Sisters of Providence and an academy now known as Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. You’ll learn about Mother Theodore’s legacy being lived out daily by the Sisters of Providence through acts of love, mercy and justice. You can personalize your experience with spiritual reflection at many sacred spaces. The sisters offer indoor, outdoor, self-guided and guided tours during your pilgrimage. Learn more about sustainable living and being merciful to...
Sister Joan Zlogar (formerly Sister Joseph Bernard)
Today, we celebrate the life of our Sister Joan Zlogar – a woman who embodied childlike enthusiasm, a sense of wonder for the marvels of creation, openness to a wide variety of people, an ability to welcome friend or stranger, a commitment to justice and a deep, always evolving spiritual life, said Sister Denise Wilkinson in her commentary for Sister Joan Zlogar, formerly Sister Joseph Bernard, who passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. She was...
Reflecting on Saint Isidore the Farmer Feast Day
...provide optimum growing seasons and for an end to droughts. Let us pray and work for food and safe drinking water for everyone on planet Earth, especially those most in need. Let us pray and work for fair wages for all, especially farm laborers. Let us pray and work to plant and cultivate seeds of education, equality, kindness, fairness, compassion, spirituality, community, care of the sick and poor, generosity and care of Our Home: Earth. Let us pray … Amen....
Celebrating the Feast of Saint Francis
...pilgrimage to Assisi, I learned so much more about Francis (and Clare). I spent those days (and many more), integrating that experience into our Sisters of Providence spirituality. I have to say, much of what Francis believed is, indeed, part and parcel of what we espouse. Francis grew up in a family of nobility, loved the noble life, and dreamed of being a knight. Then, because of a series of dreams he had, he began to abandon the life of...
Q and A: The new cosmology: a Providence perspective
...Catechism. One of my science teachers from high school gifted me with three books that I still have in my possession and revisit quite often. Those three books really shaped my thirst and quest for learning: “The Divine Milieu” and “The Hymn of the Universe,” both by Teilhard de Chardin and “The Unexpected Universe” by Loren Eiseley. In 1977 I studied spirituality and theology at Fordham University and took as many courses as I could on Teilhard’s thinking from one...
For our Congregation, this is Eco-Justice
...to respond to the seven Goals of the Laudato Si’ platform. These goals involve responses to the cry of Earth, to the cry of the poor, to build ecological economies, to adopt simple lifestyles, to promote integral education, to interiorize ecological spirituality and to engage in community action and advocacy. These Goals incorporate the intersecting of systemic issues of injustice that disproportionately affect our brothers and sisters when we shun intimate relationship with and responsible care of our planet. For...