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Providence Associates: addressing the needs in our backyards
...to their healthcare. Providence Associate Judy Barad speaks with Sister Rita Claire Gerardot during a meeting. Judy Barad Terre Haute, Indiana “I am passionate about animals. Other mammals and birds are thinking, feeling creatures, just as we are. Few people respect other animals, often killing them for enjoyment. I feed birds in my backyard, leave out nuts for squirrels and leftover cat food for possums and raccoons. In the past, I have defended deer, beavers and other animals from those who...
Sister Ellen Cunningham (formerly Sister Michael Aquinas)
...sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.’ But she came and knelt before Jesus saying, ‘Lord, help me.’ He answered, ‘It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.’ She said, ‘Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their owners’ table.’ Then Jesus answered her, ‘Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.’ And her daughter was healed instantly.” We know almost...
Joint effort response regarding coronavirus
...to make sure that you have about two weeks of shelf-stable food and about a month’s supply of any prescription medications, in addition to disinfecting materials in your home. For our staff at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, at the moment, official guidelines for most of the United States are not recommending social distancing or working from home. However, if you are feeling unwell or concerned, working from home is an option for some staff members. Please discuss with your supervisor. Travel We...
Sisters Joseph Fillenwarth and Ann Casper: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
Note: Here is the fourth blog in our series celebrating Catholic Sisters Week, which concludes on March 14, 2020. During the week, many sisters will share here on our blog what being a sister means to them. Sister Joseph Fillenwarth and Sister Ann Casper have written the fourth of such blog posts below. Sister Joseph Fillenwarth, director, Providence Food Pantry Sisters Joann Quinkert and Joseph Fillenwarth To be a Catholic sister today means I have to live my life fully...
What to pack for the journey
...all of them hurt my feet. And how was I to pack all my underwear and food for three days and blankets into one suitcase or rucksack? And I had to find room somewhere for the Bible. And if possible for Rilke’s Book of Hours and Letters to a Young Poet.” The writing prompt Jan provided was “What would you pack for such a journey? What book(s) would you take as companions on your way?” It was a powerful reflection...
Today is Monday in case you were wondering.
...National Volunteer Week and Earth Day are two that have always been very important to the Sisters of Providence of Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods and deserve recognition. Face painting is always a hit at our Earth Day Festival & Craft Fair which has always been largely staffed by volunteers. Volunteers are vital to our operations. They assist in healthcare, labor in the gardens, lead tours, answer phones, help at the food pantry and so much more. National Volunteer Week, which runs from April...
Be with your healthcare workers, oh Lord
...to find the vein that will reveal the truth. For the dietary personnel who must keep the food palatable, delicious and protected, May they taste the sweetness of appreciation. For the engineers who repair, provide and clean up faulty machinery, May they hear and see the functioning of energy working. For the physical therapists who walk with the unstable to recovery, May they always walk with their Creator. For the doctors birthing, removing, repairing and studying, May they listen to...
Musings on wearing and making masks
...masks at the grocery store, pumping gas, delivering mail or takeout orders, working at food banks, going for a run or taking a walk. It seems we still believe masks help to drive away sickness and suffering! Donning of masks may be our version of using masks for religious purposes. What could be a more visible way of loving than my wearing masks for the sake of protecting not me but the other, the neighbor? It took a long time...
HOPE summer 2020 — The circle of giving
...emotional support to neighbors Now she spends her retirement years preparing food for shut-ins, working with the parish bereavement committee and tutoring students in English as a second language. Sister Donna Marie Fu: Called by God to serve a global church Sister Donna Marie feels she experienced such a fulfilling life in answering her own call to offer her life to God. She continues to encourage that call in other young women. She regrets that political circumstances have prevented others...
Sister Eileen Rose Bonner: A spiritual and emotional support to neighbors
...to be available to listen,” she says. “God puts you where He wants you.” Ministry to neighbors After more than 20 years of sharing her gifts in hospital work, Sister Eileen Rose was ready for some rest. Now she spends her retirement years preparing food for shut-ins (that time as a cook in the infirmary paid off at last), working with the parish bereavement committee and tutoring students in English as a second language. She is also helping an immigrant...
Sister Donna Marie Fu: Called by God to serve a global church
...Chicago. After staying overnight with the sisters at Providence High School, a sister accompanied her by train to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. It had been 25 years since a woman from China had entered the Congregation. She was greeted warmly as a Christmas gift. Becoming a sister Adapting to American food and to what she regarded as strange novitiate practices was not easy. But she recalls: “I always thought, one more thing to offer.” During her time of formation as a sister...
Sister Joan Zlogar (formerly Sister Joseph Bernard)
...her to pick up the phone at that time and call me, I never thought to ask.” Sandy describes what so many of us know about Joan. Once you were a friend of Joan’s, you were a friend for life. Joan’s love for people also manifested itself in an array of social justice issues. She helped operate a parish food pantry, served on the board of a credit union offering low-interest loans for persons with limited incomes, was a member...