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The ever-expanding community of Providence
...about the community of the Sisters of Providence, another movement in the life of the Congregation was taking place at this same time … this being the development of what we have come to know as Providence Spirituality. This would further expand our understanding of community. In 1980, religious congregations of women with the name and charism of Providence formed the Women of Providence in Collaboration. Part of the mission of that group, which now numbers 13 communities, is “to...
Sisters celebrate 25-, 50-year Jubilarians
...Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. These last 25 years, the learnings and life experiences still continue. I now serve as a spiritual guide at the federal prison, where I have had for the past few years the opportunity to walk with men whose lives are lived behind locked doors. To be gifted to walk with them as they relearn how to live their lives and to see the gift that they are from God is very humbling especially as they share...
Sister Susan Paweski
...was going to Guerin and that I would enroll in the college prep program. That was that … and that was Providence! During the 1960s and 1970s, I worked for women’s rights. I met women of courage and deep conviction who introduced me to the richness of feminist spirituality. I studied in Europe for a year and then tried to begin an import export company in Mozambique. (One does not begin a company in one of the most economically depressed...
Sister Mary Jo Piccione honored by Diocese
...themselves by providing compassionate and dedicated spiritual care to the dying. She received the award at the celebration of the Diocese of San Bernardino’s White Mass Awards Reception on Oct. 13, 2019, with Bishop Gerald Barnes celebrating the Mass and presenting the awards to the nominated. “Bishop Gerald Barnes is our compassionate spiritual leader,” Sister Mary Jo said. “God has surrounded me in a very special way with a loving family, friends and Community of the Sisters of Providence.” As...
A visit to the Woods
...newly found spiritual advisor, Connie Schnapf, is a Providence Associate. The four years spent under Providence tutelage at St. Agnes proved beneficial, not only to my academic success in college and later life, but also to my spiritual and social wellbeing. To this day, I remain close friends with Theresa (Reidy) Stinson, Nancy (Pogue) Kitchin, Barb (Daeger) Tillman, and Joni (Schoettle) Grande, while occasionally seeing others from our class as well. Theresa became the unofficial “eighth” child in our family,...
Virtual spiritual pilgrimage of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Take a spiritual and historic walk around some of the sacred spaces at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods from the comfort of your armchair. This video pilgrimage was created by Sister Connie Kramer, SP, and Providence Associate Marilyn Rausch, with help from Sisters of Providence staff member Pam Lynch, for the Providence Associate 10-year anniversary celebration in November. We hope you also enjoy reflecting on these sacred Woods. Learn more about Providence Associates here....
Preparing for perpetual vows: Sister Janice Smith finds wholeness
...as a sponsor for a person in the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). “That was a real awakening because the way Sister Barbara presented that program was an adult look at your faith expression,” said Sister Janice, who was quickly learning that the faith of her childhood was no longer nurturing to her. That awakening gained even further rooting through a spiritual director and a year-long study of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. While she couldn’t verbalize...
Bold strokes
This article is reprinted from summer 2007 issue of HOPE. Paint more! Sister Jody O’Neil would love to follow the advice of her long-time spiritual adviser. “That’s his consistent message for me. He said, ‘I wish you didn’t have to worry so much about marketing. Your painting is a gift to the world.” Like many self-employed artists, Sister Jody creates artwork for show and sale. She searches for places to display her creations; she does the pricing, hauling and promoting....
Oral history: Sister Joann Quinkert the justice advocate
...companion and chose Sister Joann. They made a pilgrimage to Fatima, Lourdes and Rome; a 10-day trip that encompassed Portugal, France, Spain and Italy. She also traveled to Ghana with her good friend Sister Laurene. They were invited to come visit by another Sister who was working in Ghana, so they made a sabbatical for eight weeks at the Spiritual Life Center. She tutored a laundress in literacy, they both tutored English and math. It was a wonderful time. Sister...
My most challenging and most transformative years
...gifted with a spiritual director, a woman ahead of her time, who encouraged me to develop a devotion to the Holy Spirit, recognizing God’s presence within me, within others and in all of creation. She encouraged me to look for signs of God’s presence in the circumstances of my daily life. She encouraged me to begin each day by acknowledging God’s presence within me and around me and asking God to use me, that through my own words and actions...
September 21, 2025: Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...you what is yours? No servant can serve two masters. (attachment to material wealth and spiritual goods) He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon.” Reflection Jesus tells us that how we handle mammon — material wealth, temporal goods, or the gifts of the Earth — shows others and God how we might handle true wealth or spiritual goods. If we waste, pollute,...
Providence Associates Saint Mother Theodore Guerin retreat 2014
“It has been more than I expected. I am just blown away,” said Tara Lane of her first Providence Associate retreat at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Since October, Tara has been studying elements of the spirituality of the Sisters of Providence as a candidate-associate. She joined 47 other Providence Associates, candidate-associates and Sisters of Providence in attending the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin spring retreat from March 7-9, 2014. Participants learned about Mother Theodore’s life and virtues and spent time in prayer. “Just...