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Leaning into the Center
...Consider the mechanics of a pendulum. In our spiritual lives, we constantly strive for the center. We seek to “center ourselves” before prayer and throughout our busy days to maintain balance and peace. We treat the middle as the ultimate destination or state of being, but a pendulum at a dead stop in the middle is motionless; it represents lifelessness, no progress and no joy. Sister Paula Modaff at prayer Nothing works correctly if the pendulum does not move. The...
Event spaces
...equipment available for your next business seminar or conference. Accommodates: up to 500 The Lobby The bright and airy lobby in Providence Spirituality & Conference Center connects directly to O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall. It’s an excellent location for small wedding ceremonies or cocktail parties. The lobby is included when you rent O’Shaughnessy Hall. Accommodates: 15–45 (depending on seating arrangement) The Grotto at the Lodge If you’ve always dreamed of an outdoor ceremony, why not exchange vows at the Our Lady of...
History Timeline 1966–Today
...created from wood of linden tree planted by Mother Theodore A spirituality of love, mercy and justice Sisters keep finding new ways to be closer to God. In 1990 they build Providence Center to welcome visitors to Saint Mary’s. Later they build a labyrinth at the Woods too. Sisters are involved in parish ministry, diocesan work, spiritual direction and retreats. They devote themselves to works of love, mercy and justice in service among God’s people. Learn more about our spiritual...
Sister Dorothy Gartland (formerly Sister Margaret Eugene)
...not suddenly acquire all that is necessary to be part of a project like 8th Day Center. Sister Dorothy’s apprenticeship began, I believe, in her home with a loving, giving family. The spiritual base was there when she entered community, and she built a strong, spiritual structure on that base. “ After leaving 8th Day, Dorothy spent the next 22 years in the ministries that had shaped her life – education and social justice advocacy. Some examples are: ESL teacher;...
Saint Mother Theodore’s Legacy Lives: Giving Day 2023
Become a Legacy Giving Day donor – give a gift in October! This giving day (officially Oct. 18) celebrates Mother Theodore’s milestones (birthday (10/2), Feast Day (10/3) and Foundation Day (10/22)), and how Saint Mother Theodore Guerin ministered to those needing education, medicine, prayers, spiritual hope, free schooling and more. It also highlights the way the Sisters of Providence move her legacy forward today. GIVE THE GIFT OF HOPE TODAY! Your gift honors the strong foundation that Mother Theodore built...
Who are the Providence Associates?
...us have known the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for many years. Others have more recently come to know the sisters. We all share a common desire for something more. A deeper spirituality or a united sense of mission. A community for support or a spiritual place to call home. A Providence Associate spends a year getting to know the community better as a candidate-associate. We then make commitments for one, three or five years at a time, and...
How we serve
Sisters in ministry If you think about it, being Sisters of Providence isn’t just a ministry, it’s who we are. Individual sisters serve as teachers, parish life coordinators, nurses and advocates for people who are poor, elderly or ill. Sisters also serve in formal, Congregation-sponsored ministries like providing spiritual programs, events and retreats at the Woods or encouraging women to become new Catholic sisters with the SPs. When we aren’t at “work,” you may find us in personal or group...
Sisters to host Pilgrims of Hope for Creation
Join the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, on Sunday, September 28, for the Pilgrimage of Hope for Creation, a spiritually journey blending prayer, reflection and a deep commitment to caring for God’s creation. Check in time is 10-11 a.m., in the Foley Room at Providence Spirituality & Conference. Mass starts at 11 a.m., in the Church of the Immaculate Conception and lunch will follow in the Providence Hall Community Room. The pilgrimage begins at 1 p.m., and ends...
Sister Denise Wilkinson: A Reflection
...she really said hours later or maybe the next day, if you’re lucky! As Sister Denise ends this portion of her journey, we hope she takes with her the profound gratitude and prayerful support of sisters, Providence Associates, staff, colleagues, all partners in our mission and her many friends. May all the blessings that Providence can bestow find their way to her, wherever she may be, on her much-deserved sabbatical journey next year! Below is a video celebrating Sister Denise!...
What brought you here?
Sister Rosemary Nudd with Amy Penne, the Providence Associate candidate she will companion over the next year. Twenty-nine individuals recently began their year-long journey toward becoming Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. On Saturday, Nov. 12, many of these candidates attended an orientation at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. These candidates will spend the next year meeting with a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate companion and delving deeper into Providence spirituality and what it means to live out...
The surprising life of Sister Paula Damiano
...“People can come and just be quiet in the Woods.” Expanding views Sister Paula Damiano in 2013 in her role as co-director of Providence Spirituality & Conference Center, answers questions about the new shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin during a construction blessing and press conference. What other surprises have sprung from her work at Providence Spirituality & Conference Center? Sister Paula grew up immersed in traditional Catholicism. But as she participated in the Inter-Faith Council of the Wabash Valley,...
Go out and make a difference
...world that expects just the opposite. Spiritual life among the SPs I can honestly say that I have witnessed, felt and experienced this “spiritual life” being lived out among the Sisters of Providence. If you have spent any time at Saint Mary of-the-Woods among the Sisters of Providence, I am certain you know exactly what I am talking about. I am blessed to live with women who walk this journey with me, soul companions as I like to call them....