Search Results for label/spiritual journey
Getting too many results? To search for an exact phrase, try putting multiple word phrases in quotation marks (such as "Saint Mother Theodore") to narrow your results.
Valentine’s Day 2011
...of Valentine’s Day — because Jack Alfred’s heart is definitely in the right place. My cousins just experienced the illness and death of their Uncle Bob. They were wonderfully attentive to him on his journey “from death into Life.” All generations of cousins — my first cousins and spouses, their children and (when applicable) their childrens’ children — took loving care of Uncle Bob, a very gentle and loving man himself. Jack Alfred had made many trips to visit Uncle...
Missionary spirit of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...five companions — Sisters Olympiade Boyer, St. Vincent Ferrer Gage, Mary Xavier Leree, Basilede Seneschal and Mary Liguori Tiercin — sailed from France in July of 1840. The pain it caused was evident in Mother Theodore’s journal, “Oh my dear friends! Oh my country! How much it costs to give you up!” They encountered several severe storms on the ocean journey, arriving at the port of New York in early September. They then traveled from New York to Philadelphia to...
Changing a life can be life changing
...peaceful and now he has hope,” Sister Joann says. “The visits have helped to reinforce his Catholic religion from which he had drifted away. Without our sharing, he says he would be without the reminders and passions about spirituality. They have been a positive aspect to his present life of hardships.” Although beyond retirement age, Sister Joann, like so many Sisters of Providence, continues her own journey. “As long as God gives me good health, legs, mind and body, I’ll...
Learn more about Edith Stein and Richard of St. Victor!
Note: The following blog was co-written by Sister Paula Damiano, SP, and Sister Jan Craven, SP, who will co-facilitate each of the upcoming “Mystics: a journey of discovery,” sessions, scheduled for Jan. 21 and March 3. A German Jew, Carmelite nun, atheist, philosopher, martyr and saint! Edith Stein was all of these and much more. Her writings are evidence of a woman searching deeply for the Divine in her life in ways some would not have expected. Long before “ecumenism”...
Sister Paula Modaff
...something different all the time and I just loved it. After I was in, she was nothing but supportive,” Sister Paula said. Her journey has been challenging and exciting. “My students kept asking me, ‘Don’t you ever get bored?’ Oh, please, oh, please, just five minutes of boredom. I don’t care where, any time. Just give me five minutes to be bored. My life is so full. There is never enough time to do all the things I would like...
Sister Doreen Lai
Current Ministry: Consumer service coordinator, North Los Angelas Regional Center Years in the Congregation: 17 years My grandparents and parents came from Mainland China, but I was born in Singapore. Growing up in this multicultural environment was enriching. A melange of spiritual experiences colored my earliest years. An ancestral shrine held a place of honor in our home, and I remember that each morning my grandmother would light joss-sticks and pay her respects before the shrine. I attended a Catholic...
Celebrate a Majestic River of Reflection and Renewal
...the People of God to “an immersive journey of synodal dialogue and conversion” beginning today in the opening of the Synod on Synodality: “Another parallel perspective has to do with the Catholic Church’s commitment to synodality. This year, the closing of the Season of Creation on Oct. 4, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, will coincide with the opening of the Synod on Synodality. Like rivers in nature, fed by myriad tiny brooks and larger streams and rivulets, the...
SoulCollage® Workshop: Sacred Journey
July 22, 2023 at 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT Providence Hall 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 Sisters of Providence Sister Su-Hsin Huang, SP $60 This workshop features the creative method of SoulCollage. It is an easy, enjoyable intuitive process for self-discovery, self-acceptance and personal empowerment. No art skill is required — you need only know how to use scissors! Cost is $60, which includes materials, snacks and lunch. The workshop is limited to 12 participants and...
Mother Theodore dioramas
...France “Farewell to France”. After: additional color and landscape added. Six sisters, including their leader Sister St. Theodore Guerin, bid farewell to their dear Providence of Ruille and begin the missionary trip to America. Before. Original title/caption: Mother Theodore and Sister Companions Have First Glimpse of America From the Deck of the Cincinnati. Before. Original title/caption: Mother Theodore Leads Her Mission Band Through the Dense Woods To the Feet of the Master. Journey’s End! Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, October 22, 1840. The...
A beacon of hope
...Sister Betty Hopf, the cancer center’s chaplain. Before Shannon exited the cancer center’s doors to continue her journey of healing, she stopped by Sister Betty’s office because she had asked the Sister of Providence to pray for her. Sister Betty placed her left hand on Shannon’s shoulder, her right hand held Shannon’s and, as Sister Betty has done for thousands of others, she asked for God’s blessing. It was a beautiful tribute to hope. Hope is what Sister Betty brings...
Mother, grandmother and sister?
...of time focusing on spiritual growth and studying Congregation history, while living at the motherhouse). Sister Marilú and her son had a heart-to-heart conversation. “I would ask every time we talked how he felt about me being a sister and he would say, ‘It’s OK, Mom. I want you to be happy.’ He didn’t want to hurt my feelings, even though we both knew there was much more that could be said. But that night, it was a Providential moment....
Debbie Dillow ‘excited & humbled’ by new position
...Marilyn Webb, who suggested to Debbie that the Sisters of Providence might be able to help her on her spiritual journey. “Since I did not know much about the Sisters of Providence I drove down to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on a hot July Friday to see the campus and pray about becoming a Providence Associate. As soon as I crossed the main gate I felt an immense feeling of welcome — as if Saint Mother Theodore herself had welcomed me home....