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Clelia Cecchetti
...Mary-of-the-Woods (2021-24). In Maryland: Teacher, St. Clement, Lansdowne (1967-68); Teacher, Holy Redeemer, College Park (1975-87); Coordinator of Eucharistic Ministry to the Sick, St. Mary of the Mills Parish, Laurel (2013-15); Volunteer, Eucharistic Ministry to the Sick, St. Mary of the Mills Parish, Laurel (2015-16); Parish Visitor/clerical assistant, St. Mary of the Mills Parish, Laurel, LCWR, Silver Spring (2016-18); Eucharistic Ministry to the Sick, St. Mary of the Mills Parish, Laurel (2018-19); Volunteer Coordinator, Eucharistic Ministry to the Sick, St. Mary...
West Terre Haute, Indiana
...the board president. In addition, many area residents volunteer for the organization. Though The Helping Hands is not a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, a number of individual sisters are involved with the non-profit in various ways. Learn more about the history of The Helping Hands: “The Helping Hands thrift store: making a difference a quarter at a time” (from HOPE Magazine Spring 2014) Donate to The Helping Hands Donations are accepted at the following hours: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,...
The process of becoming a Providence Associate
...community building. Providence Associates are always welcome at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, and we have several gatherings a year specifically for Providence Community members able to attend, including a yearly spring retreat, an annual summer meeting and the October commitment ceremony. Virtual alternatives are available. Opportunities for service: From volunteering at an SP ministry such as Miracle Place in Indianapolis, visiting Sisters in health care at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, writing for the Sisters of Providence blog or magazine, volunteering to coordinate or bake...
Providential Connections: Sisters Abroad
...Jessica will be doing an immersion experience in Taiwan, where several of our sisters currently minister. Next spring, she will make her 30-day retreat in preparation for perpetual vows. The Taiwan Miracle One of our ministries in Taiwan is Miracle Home. Begun in 2000 by Sister Delan Ma, SP, Miracle Home provides care for the elderly and disabled in Taishan. Through the years, and more recently under the leadership of Sister Rose Chiu, SP, their services have continued to expand...
Is God calling you to be a Sister of Providence?
Are you being called to be a Catholic Sister? Single Catholic women ages 18-42 are invited to come and see how the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, live out their lives of authentic meaning – centered on God and serving others – during the Congregation’s spring “Come and See” retreat. The weekend retreat will begin at 4 p.m., Friday, March 27, and conclude at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 29. During the retreat, attendees will have the opportunity to...
ICE and Immigration
Note: The following newsletter was co-authored by Providence Associates Dr. Pearlette Springer and Jane Fischer as part of the JUSTus Episode 23 Podcast. As of the writing of this newsletter, the situation between immigrants, protestors, and immigration and customs enforcement agents (ICE) in our country continues to be volatile. Sister Marilu Covani at an immigration rally in Terre Haute. As we know, our current president campaigned on ridding the United States of people who entered this country illegally and removing...
March 8, 2026: Third Sunday of Lent
...living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this cistern and drank from it himself with his children and his flocks?” Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so...
What are You seeking?
...through the process of discerning religious life. Perhaps even toward the lovely state of Indiana with these Sisters of Providence! So, for my vocational discernment, I will remain patient and prayerful, trusting in the hands of God. Come and See Spring Retreat Is God calling you to be a Sister of Providence? Come and see how the Sisters of Providence are living out their lives of authentic meaning — centered on God and serving others. All single, Catholic women ages...
Moving from Bystanding to Upstanding
Note: The following newsletter was co-authored by Providence Associates Dr. Pearlette Springer and Jane Fischer as part of the JUSTus Episode 24 Podcast. Moving from bystanding to upstanding is simple, yet complex and complicated. As Cardinal Joseph Tobin stated several weeks ago, “Just say no.” Cardinal Joseph Tobin Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. They said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in...
Sister Jessica Vitente and the ‘School of the Heart’
...by Divine Providence, and I plan to follow it forever when I profess perpetual vows this summer. Sister Jessica (from left) enjoying meal in the Miracle Home Convent kitchen with Sister Delan Ma, Sister Anna Fan and Sister Rose Chiu. Spring Come and See Retreat Is God calling you to be a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana? Come and see how the Sisters of Providence are living out their lives of authentic meaning — centered on God and...
Our Earth Day Festival Origins
...27, 1962: Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring Release Date (after a 3 part series appeared in the New Yorker starting in June of 1962). January 1969: Massive Oil Spill in Santa Barbara, California inspired Junior Senator Gaylord Nelson to recruit Congressman Pete McCloskey and 25 year old graduate student activist from Harvard Kennedy School Denis Hayes to organize campus teach-ins around the country. January 1970: Denis Hayes is selected to be the first Earth Day organizer after Nelson and Hayes...
Sister Mary Lois Hennel
...Becky how Adelyn was doing … because she had prayed for her for all these years! Sister Mary Lois Hennel (right) with Sister Noralee Keefe. Sister Mary Ann Phelan relates that in the spring of 2022, she and Mary Lois were in the Second Floor Tile Hall kitchenette where someone had just put up the 11-by-17 poster of pictures of the sisters 90-and-older. Mary Ann said that Mary Lois, looking at the spread, said with some shock, “Oh, I’ve moved...