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Sister Marsha Speth
...human limitations, amazing works of love, mercy, and justice being done. – Sister Marsha Eventually the Congregation asked me to bring my gifts and skills, along with my limitations, to the ministry of Congregation leadership. Here, too, I have been challenged, stretched, and gifted in new ways. It has tested and taught me more than any other ministry. It is humbling to be among so many generous and talented women. It is awe inspiring to see, with all our individual...
Sister Charles Van Hoy helps children find success at EFS
...students at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and other members of the community volunteer as tutors. Guerin Outreach Ministries exists to extend God’s loving Providence to those most in need by providing programs and services to enhance the quality of life and the well being of individuals, families, and communities through performing works of love, mercy, and justice. Last year Educational/Family Services provided tutoring for 84 children and adults. The not-for-profit ministry, located at 3850 Highway 150 in West Terre Haute, is...
Sister Ann Margaret O’Hara
...civil rights movement, all of the justice movements, the boycotting, and I did my share of boycotting,” she said. Sister Ann Margaret was in Washington D.C. when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. “There were fires in the city. We had infantry guarding our college. We had seminarians with baseball bats come to protect us. We stayed up all night feeding the guys who were protecting us and we worked all day in the emergency shelters helping people...
Still rooted in Christ’s love
...we believe, is what keeps faith vibrantly alive in a continuingly changing and challenging world. One recommendation I might make is to read the book, “Love, Mercy and Justice: A Book of Practices of the Sisters of Providence,” available through our Web site (www.ProvCenter.org) or in The Gift Shop. The book may give you a much more expansive understanding of the fundamental beliefs upon which our contemporary practices are based. The Gift Shop may be contacted at giftshop@spsmw.org or 812-535-2947....
Oral history: Sister Cathy Campbell the storyteller
...day.” From ‘Guide Me, Oh God’, 9-8-2022 “I wanted to be adventure bound in You, O God, wherever that might lead.” From Sister Cathy Campbell: ‘What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?’ 3-15-2020 “Clearly I cannot be a bystander. I have to act for justice.” ‘Immigration injustice: what can I do?’, 1-13-2020 The prayers that Sister Cathy has shared on the Sisters of Providence website are outstanding and written from the heart. “In Time of...
Guerin Outreach Ministries: Catholic religious sisters offer English classes, friendship to residents of St. Anthy Trailer Park in rural Mecca, Calif.
...Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. Sister Loretta Picucci, Martha’s teacher at St. Anthony’s, is at 71 the youngest of the three Sisters of Providence from Indiana who have traveled out to California over the past nine years. With a mission of love, mercy and justice and backgrounds in education, they come to teach English to some of the poorest residents in the United States. “I know there are poor all over the country, but these people are really very poor. And they are...
Sister Ann Jeanette Gootee
...the love of her life ministry. Sister Ann Jeanette began social work with Catholic Social Services in Evansville. In this ministry, it was particularly a joy for her to relate to parents who were adopting babies. After earning a master’s degree in social work from St. Louis University in 1976, she was a social worker and then a Coordinator at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. Beginning in June 1980, Sister Ann Jeanette served two terms as a Provincial Councilor...
Parish and senior ministry during a pandemic
...humbling. And our discussion is freeing for those who have carried a burden for too long. A safe place in the face of injustice With all the awareness of racial injustice, there has been plenty of opportunity to engage in conversation and ongoing learning about systemic racism. At this point in time, it seems the best way is to engage one-on-one in my ministry. And I become more and more aware that I am a safe place for people to...
Sisters profess first, perpetual vows
...religious profession, their love of God and commitment to the mission and community of the Sisters of Providence. Sister Dina also received a ring to wear as a sign of her perpetual consecration to God and as a sign of her faith. Sister Jenny said “the purpose of this Congregation of Sisters of Providence is to honor Divine Providence and to further God’s loving plans by devoting ourselves to works of love, mercy and justice in service among God’s people....
The Sacred Right to Vote
Note: The following was a joint message provided by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), and the National Black Sisters’ Conference, which appeared online on Sunday, January 16, 2022. “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by human beings for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison people because they are different from others.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. United in the struggle to end all forms of systemic injustice, we the members...
HOPE winter 2022 — Creating space for new light
...figure out how to do an even better job of reaching out to students here and elsewhere to encourage them to practice their faith and to help them know and understand how to live a spiritual life. Anti-Racism: the Providence Community’s justice focus for 2021-2026 We commit to partnering with other groups in prayer, education, action and advocacy to: – explore the systemic roots of racism in our countries and in our own lives; – identify areas of our lives...
The Practice of Homemaking and Community Shaping
...of your experience both of making a home, finding a home, or shaping a community. 4. What are some of the healthiest and most nourishing ways in which the art of homemaking is practiced within our community? 5. Are there ways in which we need to renew the practice of homemaking within our communities? “Love, Mercy, Justice: A Book of Practices of the Sisters of Providence” is available for purchase in the Gift Shop at Providence Center at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods....