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One step at a time: Sister Dina on upcoming vows
...a prayer time reflecting on the forthcoming profession and its meaning for me at this juncture of my journey. No doubt, forever is a long time and such a declaration ought not to be taken lightly. The following resolutions I will make during the liturgy evidence the vital magnitude this perpetuity calls for. They speak to my soul through a heart-warming whisper: To persevere in following Christ as a Sister of Providence all the days of my life; To unite...
All will be well
...spiritual health, grounds what we do and how we interact in the world. It must be tended to. It must be nurtured. And it thrives in relationship with others. I asked some Sisters of Providence to weigh in on what well-being means to them. “Well-being is to be at peace with myself, where I am spiritually, physically and mentally,” Sister Barbara Reder said. “Well-being, or being well, involves all of me: body, mind and spirit. I am alive, in the...
Transformed and transferred: reflection for the transfer of vows of Sister My Huong Pham
...special way by inviting her to this Providence journey and who have accompanied her these past three years—among them her mentor, her general officer liaison, the sisters with whom she has lived and ministered. And My Huong, we thank you for listening and for allowing Providence to become engraved upon your heart. May you be blessed and be a blessing as you follow the path of Providence. And may all us as we wind our way along the path laid...
Finding joy alongside life’s difficulties: Tending to Life retreat
...with my physical and emotional life did not help. In moment after moment of surrender, I yearned for and sought after another way. Slowly, the path unfolded before me. Life in the midst of suffering Over the last few years, through Divine guidance, I have learned new approaches to life. I have picked up new practices that help me tend to my physical, emotional, mental and spiritual life. The Tending to Life retreat was born from this journey. I hope...
Reflections from the 2018 Golden/Silver Jubilee Celebration
...(middle row, left) Sister Mary Beth Klingel, and (back, from left) Sisters Jenny Howard, Lisa Stallings, Jeanne Hagelskamp and Dawn Tomaszewski. These now iconic words, captured by our foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in retelling our sisters’ arrival here at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 178 years ago, seem a fitting way to mark this celebration of our golden and silver jubilarians. Jubilarians, today you have arrived at a graced moment in your own journey. And though I doubt that you actually have...
Postulant Jessica Vitente shares of her journey to the Sisters of Providence
After almost 3½ years of building a relationship with the Sisters of Providence — with the guidance of a discernment guide and the vocation director, by attending a few “Come and See” weekends and after finalizing the application packet, I had been approved to enter. It was 3 o’clock in the afternoon on June 8. I was sitting at work and Sister Editha Ben, the vocation director, called. After I picked up the call, the first word she said was...
HOME Team: Identifying our strengths and challenges
...on this “dementia education” journey, feel qualified to teach best practices for dementia care, and love doing so! By coaching others in the very basics of communication under the auspices of “dementia education,” I am learning how and why I am more or less an effective communicator. I’m learning first hand that truly being present to another is, first of all, not easy to do or something to be taken for granted. Secondly, it is the foundation of all supportive...
The Easter Triduum: celebrating our salvation story
...by the acceptance of the holy oils for sacramental celebrations throughout the rest of the liturgical year and into the next. Oil to begin the journey toward Baptism by anointing with the Oil of Catechumens. Oil along life’s journey to sanctify in Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders by the anointing of Chrism. Oil to comfort in illness and the end of life by anointing with the Oil of the Sick. Behold the comforting hand of God in Christ to us...
Prayer before visiting a loved one with Alzheimer’s
Center me, O Provident God as I prepare to visit my loved one whom you have taken from me by luring her into the fog of Alzheimer’s. Enable me to find the energy of her spirit connecting with mine even though she can no longer call me by name. Let her smile flash to me love sparks that in a new way our imagination as we meet wherever she is at this moment in her journey. Free me from my...
Sunday, February 27, 2022: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...journey – a journey not to perfection but to falling into God’s unconditional love. “Be firm, be steadfast, always devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” Paul acknowledges we get discouraged; we can be down on ourselves because we don’t always live up to our expectations for ourselves. In those moments of disappointment, Paul’s words reassure us we do not “labor in vain” because God loves us no matter...
A Reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...see and hear what the God whom you call “Beloved,” has to teach you on your journey to discovering your truest self. And I trust, that in that waiting, like the events that took place in the Emmaus story, your eyes will be opened and you will recognize if your truest self has a home here as a Sister of Providence. Like our friends on the road to Emmaus, you do not have to travel nor wait alone during this...
HOPE fall 2019 — A matter of hope: the future of religious life
...sacred in the ordinary. She is invited into our common efforts to be Providence through sustainable living, accountability to one another and respect for differences. Prayer: Be with me in my searching Open my mind, my heart to the possibility that I am called to the life as a woman religious. Grant me courage as I continue this journey of questioning. Sister Delan Ma at ease with God and others “Just trust God. God will provide. Even tomorrow what will...