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Newsnotes from fall 2022 HOPE magazine
...director of marketing. Prior to that, she worked at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham for more than 30 years. In her new position, Jody will help lead the strategy for the ministries of Providence Spirituality & Conference Center and White Violet Center for EcoJustice. “Everything that happens at Saint Mary-of-theWoods supports the Ministry of the Woods,” Jody said. “This is an evolving position and I’m looking forward to it. The opportunity to work with existing teams to help advance...
Saint Mother Theodore’s Legacy Lives: Giving Day 2022
...on wheels and respite care for caregivers. We provide spiritual programming through Providence Spirituality & Conference Center. A Sister of Providence doctor as well as nurses and health care ministers provide hope and healing. Spiritual directors and hospital chaplains attend to those who need spiritual guidance and comfort. Other urgent needs – Sisters work with refugees who have fled the violence in their countries and advocate for justice for the oppressed. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice provides organic food and...
Celebrating our many foundations this Foundation Day
...White Violet Center for Eco-justice, Providence Family Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Providence Spirituality & Conference Center, Providence Health Care, Miracle Place, Providence in the Desert, missions in Asia, Peru and more. The Congregation has also responded to the sign of the times when the completion of a mission was necessary. And now, three sisters are in the process of establishing a mission in Arizona near the border. Yes, we continue the ministry of the first Foundation Day in 1840. We...
What brought you here?
...and met lots of Sisters of Providence and was impressed enough to want a closer relationship. Candidates Gwenn Goebel and Genevieve Costello chat with companions Providence Associate Mel Marino Wolff and Sister Mary Montgomery during the orientation. Yet another candidate said she attends Mass with the Sisters of Providence daily and the sisters encouraged her to become a Providence Associate. One said she has a master’s degree in theology. She had searched Catholic Volunteer Network and found White Violet Center...
Newsnotes from winter 2023 HOPE magazine
...volunteered for a time with White Violet Center for Eco-Justice in 2019 after moving back to the Terre Haute area from Colorado. Sarah said she is ready to continue to foster the rich tradition of volunteering with the Sisters of Providence. “While no one could ever replace Sister Becky, I am happy to try to fill her shoes,” Sarah said. “My goal is to continue to grow our volunteer opportunities with dedicated and caring individuals who want to further the...
Ask a Sister: Spiritual help 5 cents
...discernment written by Sister Tracy Horan, SP. I also gave information about Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Saint Mother Theodore, encouraging them to pray to her for guidance. For the young women, I also included an invitation to this year’s Come and See weekend. If becoming a vowed religious did not interested them, I instead shared with them about our White Violet Center for Eco-Justice volunteer program. I gave them printed materials and pointed them to Sarah for more information. For most,...
Sister Carolyn Bouchard’s woodshop: a place of creativity and prayer
...said. What does she do with her creations? She gives them as gifts and sells some. (The Farm Store at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice currently sells some of her wooden rings.) She also takes special orders. What unexpected gifts does Sister Carolyn hope her creations bring to others? “I hope that seeing and having a little piece of The Woods helps to connect the holder to the charism of Providence and to the Providence community for a long time...
Newsnotes from HOPE summer 2023
...Dillow visits with Providence Associates, seated from left, Linda Dudkowski, Beverly Adams and Patrice LeMaire. Alpaca Manager authors book Tara Elmore with her book. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) Alpaca Manager Tara Elmore recently published her first children’s book. The book, “Herbert the Edgy Hedgie,” is available for sale at the WVC Farm Store and will soon be available at Linden Leaf Gifts, both at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The book centers around Edgy Herbert, a hedgehog who is not having...
HOPE Fall 2023 — Touched by the Woods
...at the Woods “Growing vegetables is pretty incredible,” say White Violet Intern Lily Seals. “I get to experience this from start to finish. After we harvest it really makes me proud to realize that I grew this.” Being a Providence Associate has made a difference We asked several of our Providence Associates to share how being an associate has made a difference in their lives. Read here as they share how they have been touched by the Community and the...
Crossing the bridge into community: Postulant Stephanie Rivas
...necessities and finding a richness in simplicity. “I wanted to live with others committed to community living.” Breaking boundaries Stephanie sees the Sisters of Providence making things happen, facing challenges, involved in risk-taking — in ground-breaking ministries such as White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, prison ministry, ministry to immigrants and the Providence Food Pantry. Sister Janet Gilligan, Stephanie and Sister Editha Ben laugh in September after Stephanie signed in as the newest woman to enter the Sisters of Providence Congregation....
Blessing of new ‘green space’ begins 2024 annual meeting
...The blessing began with a time of reflection followed by a discussion led by White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Farm Manager John-Michael Elmore, who talked about what is being done with the land now. During the annual meeting, Sister Barbara Battista delivered the Congregation’s “Land Acknowledgement.” This commitment sets the tone for future initiatives of the Sisters of Providence which will focus on tangible actions to support the history of indigenous peoples. Sister Jan Craven and Sister Marsha Speth (left)...
Sister of Providence Annual Meeting 2024
...for their Annual meeting. Outgoing General Secretary Vicki and incoming General Secretary Cassie. Sisters of Providence and Providence Assocaiates gather for their Annual meeting. Sisters of Providence and Providence Assocaiates gather for their Annual meeting. Sisters of Providence and Providence Assocaiates gather for their Annual meeting. Sisters Corbin Hannah and Barbara Battista, SP Sister Cynda Lynge, SP and Stephanie Rivas Providence Associate Regina Hartman and Sister Carole Kimes, SP White Violet Center’s John Michael Elmore presents at the Annual Meeting...