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Sister Beth Wright
...needs now… A. Is loving and compassionate encounters among people and within creation. Q. Why did you decide to become a Sister of Providence? A. That goes into my call story. I am a Catholic convert. I was not Catholic when I felt the call. I was on a spiritual journey, but I did not participate in institutional church at that point. During that part of the process, I was journaling, living my own life, working and had my own...
The remarkable life of Mother Marie Gratia Luking
...None of the sisters wished to return to the United States and were determined to continue their mission. Sister Marie Gratia consulted with the native sisters and local clergy and made the decision to move the community to the island of Formosa (Taiwan), where she was advised the needs of the Church were great. After a miserably hazardous journey by ship and train, the 23 Sisters of Providence and Providence Sister-Catechists arrived in Taichung where they found shelter in a...
Sister Jane Marie Osterholt
...to live out your baptismal promises, that it’s about how we share God’s love and God’s life with others, and that is what religious life is about. How do we do that today? How do we do that with others in community? It’s about sharing that common journey, praying together and sharing the word of God with one another, and within our ministries. Q. What role does prayer have in your life? A. It’s essential. If I did not take...
Jeremy Hackerd’s comments
...Young Ladies, the predecessor to St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, less than one year after she arrived. This achievement is made all the more amazing considering the religious bigotry and harsh frontier conditions faced by the Sisters in Indiana. In the 1840s, anti-Catholicism was particularly virulent in the Midwest. During Guerin’s journey to Indiana, Jesuits in Philadelphia advised her to exchange her religious habit for secular dress to avoid problems as the Sisters traveled west. Mistrust for Catholics was a reality in...
Hardy harbingers of spring: Spring 2012
...Mystery designed for it. The tiny piece of beauty would sing with or without an audience for that is its destiny, its reason for being. The song of the crocus amazes and delights me and is pure blessing. Their amazing capacity to bloom in frost and snow instructs me — should I allow that. They appear in our Indiana home just as we tire of the dreariness of winter and make our Lenten journey toward Easter. They give me hope...
Sister Denise reflection: 2008 Rite of Commitment
...and men of Providence! To build this relationship, each candidate-associate receives at the beginning of her-his journey, a notebook containing Spiritual Integration Units. These units form the basis of the conversations between candidate-associates and their Sister of Providence companions. The mutual sharing has brought clarity and new depth regarding each one’s vocation not only to the candidate-associates but also to their Sister of Providence companions. I cannot tell you, candidate-associates and associates renewing your commitment, how many times I’ve listened...
Sister Paula Damiano
...it. Q:What do you value most about your ministry opportunities? A: I think what I most value has been the gift that I have received in getting to know so many people who really want to know more about spirituality, who want to know more about justice and who God is in their lives. In being on that journey with people and talking with them about it, in teaching or in parish work or even in the ministry I am...
Sister Kay Manley
...Sisters of Providence with the urgings of other SPs and the support of my family. I stay with the Sisters of Providence because they and I are one family. The SPs have supported me from the first “How” I asked to this day – 51 years later. “All things are Possible” when God and SPs accompany one on the journey. Out of God’s infinite glory, God has given me the power through the Spirit for my hidden self to grow...
HOPE Winter 2024 — Breaking Boundaries
...Earth and promotes human rights, is essential to answering our call as Sisters of Providence.” All will be well For many of us in recent years, our sense of “well-being” may feel fragile. It is exceedingly difficult to feel confident that “all will be well.” Breaking boundaries, creating miracles Mother Theodore’s journey to sainthood began with a desire to serve God and others. She was able to push past physical constraints, lack of resources, race, gender, existing systems and other...
September 22, 2024: Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Mark 9: 38-43, 45, 47,48 Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him. They...
September 17, 2023: Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...and freedom forgiveness can bring. Remember, forgiveness does not mean that you have to let an abusive or violent person back into your life. You may not even ever talk with the person you’ve received the grace to forgive. Often distance from another is an act of love for ourselves and respect for where the other is on their journey. Action What is something you may be holding on to that is holding you back from being able to forgive?...
The ‘A-ha’ Moments
...at the beginning of their educational journey is an integral part of our ministry as well. Tara about ready to field a question from a student. It is something that I have always been passionate about and I would agree with the kids when they say field trips days are the best! Getting to be a part of that experience with them is truly a highlight of what I do. Knowing that at this time of their life, they are...