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2025 Summer Used Book Sale
...inside the Providence Spirituality & Conference Center. Many different categories of hardback and paperback books will be available for purchase. Genres range from gardening, spirituality, fiction, non-fiction, autobiographies, history, health and wellness, crafting, biographies, children’s books, Bibles and more. There is a little something for everyone! Items are not pre-priced. Pricing is by free will donation. All funds raised directly support the Sisters of Providence and their ministries. Those interested in volunteering to help with the Book Sale may do...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...(1978-86); General Council, Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1991-96); Vicar, Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1996-2001); General Superior, Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2001-06); Executive Director, Women of Providence in Collaboration, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2007-12); Consultant, National Religious Retirement Organization (2007-13); Volunteer, Providence Center, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2012-13); General Treasurer, Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2013-16); Prayer and Physical Therapy, Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2016-18); Volunteer, Providence Spirituality & Conference Center, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2018-20); Residential Services, Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods...
A Reflection for the 2025 Senior Jubilee
...years in parish schools, Sisters Ann Matilda Holloran, Eileen Rose Bonner, and Dorothy Wolsiffer, soon were pastoral associates in parishes, chaplains in hospitals and hospice settings, spiritual supporters in cancer centers. Sister Martha Rojo, whose educational ministry morphed into work as a director of religious education, eventually turned to hospital chaplaincy as well, and more recently, to the Spanish Bereavement Ministry. Vicar/General Treasurer Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp (left) pinning a corsage on Sister Claire Hanson. Sister Betty Paul brought her high...
Get to know Providence Associate Beverly Adams
...for church, I didn’t feel well enough to go out and play. Needless to say, I felt well each week😊. I was a junior usher. And I sang in the children’s choir. My mom so wanted God and church to be a pertinent part of my life. While in high school, I became a teenage mother. This did not waiver my spiritual upbringing. After becoming independent, I could not afford to purchase the extra clothing needed to attend church. But...
The Practice of Homemaking and Community Shaping
...us has known profound experiences of being-at-home, of having others make a home for us, and of making a home for others. We have learned to create, not just physical space, but emotional and spiritual space where another’s heart and soul can be held. Mother Theodore, herself, openly and unabashedly loved Sister St. Francis, finding in her a soul mate. And in an era when the ethos and spirituality of the time made friendship suspect, she gave us, through her...
What is White Violet Center all about?
...land, air, water, plants, and animals. “We’ve also made a commitment to have environment be a focus of our justice efforts,” she says. “All of this work is really part of a spiritual practice for us, it’s what we call Providence Spirituality and it’s based on how we understand God and God’s relationship to all of us.” Sister Dawn shares the importance of educating ourselves and others about the environment, especially global climate change. Advocacy is important work. “We’re certainly interested...
Sister Carole: a witness of hope
...possible through the community of Providence, and my family certainly recognizes that as a pure gift,” said Sister Carole, whose mother died last June. Another part of Sister Carole’s ministry is spiritually companioning six or seven women. “I call it spiritual because it’s always centered around God. It started out with one woman saying to me, ‘I need a spiritual director.’ And I said, ‘I’m not a qualified spiritual director but I certainly am willing to talk with you about...
Sister Camille Neubauer (formerly Sister Jude)
...God through the liturgy. Those many years of interacting with persons of all ages, prepared Sister Camille for her most recent ministry; that of hospitality minister at Woods Day Care and then Providence Spirituality & Conference Center. It was in this ministry that Camille welcomed hundreds, perhaps thousands of persons to our Woods. Julia Lopez-Kaley, a friend of Camille said this, “Camille had such presence. When she asked how you were doing, you always knew that she really wanted to...
Sister Marianne (Trinita Marie) McGriffin
...Redeemer, Berwyn, Md. In the 1970s and 1980s, Sister Marianne ministered in religious education in the Diocese of South Bend-Fort Wayne, Ind.; Mother of Good Counsel Parish, Louisville, Ky.; and St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Elkhart, Ind. “Throughout the 1970s, as Sister Marianne ministered in religious education in several parishes, she began to recognize — in her own life and in the lives of others — the astounding power of art to encourage and enrich growth in the spiritual life....
November 30, 2025: First Sunday of Advent
...In this season of Advent, we are preparing to remember and to celebrate Christ’s coming among us. This preparation requires a certain spiritual readiness from us and the four weeks of Advent can be a blessed time for us to be aware of every encounter as a moment of grace to experience God’s presence with us. Advent is also about preparing for Christ’s return in glory at the end of time, and in welcoming his arrival in our hearts each...
Sister Patricia Monahan
...the gathering place for book discussions, socials and spiritual sharing sessions. It is no wonder that these special relationships have continued over the years, with colleagues often visiting Sister Pat at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods as a group or individually. “Sister Pat was also very active in her parish in DeKalb, leading small groups and serving as a catechist in the religious education program. People were drawn to her, and although she wasn’t anyone’s official ‘spiritual director,’ we suspect that she was...
Sister Rose Michele Boudreau
...instructor, and spiritual and retreat director at Mother Marie Gratia Spirituality Center, Providence College and Fu Jen University. After returning to the Woods in 1992, she ministered as the program director of creativity for self-development. “She branched out to include all sisters at the Woods who wished to experiment in any art form. This included weekly sessions in spirituality with the novices in which she gently encouraged less words, more openness and listening to the inner voice — and no...