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Sisters to host Gentle Yoga program
Join the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, for the upcoming Gentle Yoga program, scheduled for 9-10 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 21, in the O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall located in Providence Spirituality & Conference Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Explore a new kind of Yoga Studio in O’Shaughnessy Hall on the campus of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Built in 1921, the historic room served as the main dining room for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College until 2021. Today, it is a popular wedding and event venue....
Scenes from the 2026 Providence Associates’ Spring Retreat
...ever-changing world. Mother Theodore’s words remind us that, at times, the way is not always clear, and we must grope along slowly. Faithfulness often comes one step at a time. Her steady trust in Providence and her sisters, despite uncertainty and limitations, showed how God works through imperfect progress and always remains faithful. Mother Theodore’s spirituality was one of courageous tenderness. Each day, we are invited to follow her example by acting with honesty, leading with strength and kindness, holding...
Moving forward with the Legacy of Care for Creation
...climate change and more. Through this task force, the Congregation reached out to everyone within the Providence Community and committed to a “seven-year journey toward sustainability and integral ecology by developing a Laudato Si’ Action Platform Plan.” The platform names seven goals, including: Response to the cry of the Earth, Response to the cry of the Poor, Ecological Economics, Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles, Ecological Education, Ecological Spirituality, and Community Resilience and Empowerment. As it turns out, seven years was too...
August 27, 2023: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
...will have complete and free access to God’s kingdom, keys to open any and every door: no more barriers between heaven and earth, earth and heaven.” Keys have significance in my spiritual journey. In recent years, I have found and kept a number of unusual keys. I am a “notice” of doors and windows. I encounter them in my prayer life, writing and drawing. I have particular interest in very old ones. At times, I have awareness that doors or...
Care of Earth: an ascetical practice for our times?
...as exercises leading people to spiritual growth and maturity. Although many of the former legislated practices were dropped from Catholic practice, the bishops reaffirmed the importance of practices of penance in the spiritual life. They recommended that each Catholic freely choose to engage in certain practices of penance which would best help him/her overcome, with God’s grace, all that stands in the way of one’s becoming the person God created one to be. Authentic asceticism does not depend on any...
Four women profess perpetual vows as Sisters of Providence
...wasn’t something that I actually lacked, but my spiritual life became richer and deeper. And I realized that all these material things are not what you are aching for in life. My material needs for my ministry was not all I was being called to. I wanted to have that experience be enriched and satisfying and the only thing that fulfilled that was life within the Sisters of Providence and my call to grow spiritually and with God,” Sister Laura...
Sister Carole Kimes
...a companion to women just entering the Sisters of Providence. She meets with two such women about once a month, offering spiritual support and discernment help. “It certainly gives me life. It gives me hope. Whether someone discerns to come or to stay or to leave or whatever, it gives me hope in the younger generation that they are on a journey seeking God and wanting to bring the world to a better place,” Sister Carole said. Loving life “I...
Reaching out as mercy
...of ministry as a priest, Father Dan says he has always felt a special draw to ministering with the sick and grieving. At one time he worked as a police chaplain where he was called to accidents and other tragedies. He has ministered in parishes with people hospitalized or in nursing facilities. We invite you to become a Providence Associate Looking for a next step in your spiritual journey? Walk with the Sisters of Providence. We invite you to apply...
Sister Carolyn Glynn (formerly Sister John Michael)
...Carolyn Glynn. Her band member and dear friend Sister Jeanette Lucinio shed some light on Carolyn’s spirituality, calling it “Advent spirituality.” She said that Carolyn had “a joyful longing in her heart and she lived in that space. Carolyn had a contemplative spirit about her. She liked quiet, silence and being alone. Even through the years, Carolyn would call Jeanette as Advent was beginning and ask, ‘Are you ready?’” Jeanette and Carolyn taught together at St. Therese in Alhambra, California....
Preparing the next generation of Sisters of Providence
...through time — prayer, studies in Scripture, Church History, Community History, spirituality and the special traditions of this Congregation. These areas are entered into very intensely during the canonical year. During this special year, the woman receives the title of “Sister.” She begins to go deeper into understanding what the day-to-day life of a sister in community really means. She also participates in extended time for daily prayer, both personal and communal, in spiritual direction, in volunteer ministry, and especially...
Exploring religious life today: one discerner’s story
...true vocation. I had to really be serious about my faith. During spiritual direction, I reflected on where I find the most peace and on the Discernment of Spirits that had happened in my life. It was hard but uplifting. Most of the hard and uplifting moments happened during my work in serving kids and adults and accompanying them along their journey. It was something I would always come back to. I just started my third year of service as...
Sisters and interns: becoming a little bit of each other
...us. We carry that with us throughout life. Our friendships and our theories and our spirituality merge, so from that we have an evolution.” Sister Ruth believes once an intern’s experience at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods comes to a close and they continue on their life journey beyond the Sisters of Providence ministry, it represents a form of the Sisters of Providence going out into the world. “Along this course, somehow or another, your values are going to shift, your thoughts are...