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Remembering two Providence High School sisters
...hope that our Providence alumnae will always know how beloved you are to us. You have shared your stories; walked our journeys with us; cared for us and given back in monumental ways. May you always know Saint Mary-of-the-Woods as your “home” as well! Sisters of Providence pictured second from left: Sister Louise Beverly, sisters pictured from fourth left to right: Ann Denise Reger, Ann Maureen Loaney and Edwardine McNulty. (Originally published in the Summer 2019 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
Sisters of Providence dedicate Havlik Center
...variety of engagement opportunities are already taking place there and in September, a Memory Café activity will be open to the public. A Memory Café is a welcoming place where people living with early to moderate dementia, together with their care partners or others can gather together to laugh, learn and remain socially connected with others walking the same journey. Beginning in September, the Congregation will offer the Memory Café to the public on a monthly basis from 2 to...
July 27, 2025: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’...
Sister Jessica Vitente enters the novitiate
On Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods welcomed Jessica Vitente as our newest novice. Enjoy these photos from the blessing ceremony for Sister Jessica! Jessica visits with Sisters Peggy Nau and Claire Hanson before the ceremony The entrance procession led by Sister Jenny Howard carrying the cross. Jessica listens to General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski’s reflection. Sister Dawn reflects on Jessica’s journey Jessica asks to enter the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence Jessica expresses...
Be with me in my searching: Sisters of Providence discernment prayer
...Living with women of different gifts, personalities, cultures, outlooks on life? I have so many questions and so many feelings – both pro and con. Please send me wisdom figures to help me sift through my questions and the feelings and wonderings I have. 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. Be with me in my searching. Amen...
December 24, 2023: Fourth Sunday of Advent
...we will savor that the mystery and the wonder of God with us are in the very ordinary and every day events of our lives we will be advancing the kin-dom of God of which there will be no end. Action Spend time reading and/or listening to Denise Levertov’s poem “Annunciation.” It can be accessed here. What insights did you gain from Levertov’s piece and from the commentary provided? At this point in your Advent journey, how do you respond?...
Against All Odds: Focus on Sister Winifred Patrice O’Donovan, SP
...in 1920. It was suggested that one of the ways that we could prepare for this celebration was to have the Community read and reflect/share ideas from the book, “Against All Odds,” by Sister Ann Colette Wolf. Being one of the members on the book committee, I thought it would be interesting to learn a little more about the five sisters accompanying Sister Marie Gratia on this journey in 1920. During the upcoming months, our committee will be focusing on...
Healer
...United by the wind that blows from Her breast, She renews my spirit. In this moment, we are one in Her Universe. Entwined in all that is and all that will be, we flow in harmony. Surrender, She whispers, for it is I you seek. Surrender and return to your source, which is the Alma of your essence. Surrender, for the longing of your heart is what lures and unites us. Holy and sacred we conjointly journey as one. Amen...
Come O Wisdom: a reflection on our senior jubilarians
...Everlasting One. You have been loaned to us your sisters and associates, your friends and companions on the journey. May you always know yourselves as signs, witnesses of God’s faithfulness to all of us.” General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski introduces her reflection Truly, each of you, in your own way, has been a key figure in the unfolding story of Providence in the life of this Congregation. I am always amazed when I search through the ministry records of our...
Body+Blood+Soul+Divinity
A National Eucharistic Congress Experience “The Eucharist is God’s response to the deepest hunger of the human heart, the hunger for authentic life, for in the Eucharist Christ himself is truly in our midst, to nourish, console and sustain us on our journey.” – Pope Francis Fifty-thousand people kneel on a stadium floor, music floats over the crowd, a melody of the Latin Tantum Ergo (Therefore So Great). The masses sing and pray, hands lifted to God. Jesus enters the...
Land Justice
...have influenced society over the centuries. Be prepared to explore and discuss topics related to the earth beneath our feet. As we embark on our journey to Turtle Island, also known as North America, let’s remember that this land is the ancestral home of hundreds of Indigenous nations. Recent revelations have brought to light the existence of boarding schools and institutional programs and policies that caused great harm to the homes, cultures, and lives of these nations who have been...
The Season of Creation 2022: Listen to the Voice of Creation
...Each Sunday and Wednesday, the Climate Change Task Force will provide opportunities to journey to care for all of creation. We invite each sister, associate and reader to respond as we move forward in our Laudato Si’ Action Platform commitment to climate justice. The logo for Season of Creation 2022, the burning bush, will appear on all Season of Creation 2022 communications. The bush contrasts the fire of so many unnatural fires that aggravate the climate crisis, with the sign...