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The woman behind the saint
...in her day. She … was a strong woman leader. Within a year of arriving in Indiana, she established the Academy, now known as Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She inspired women to follow her and founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, a group of vowed women who still today live out her legacy to create a more just and hope-filled world. She … experienced prejudice. Many people weren’t accepting of Catholics in the 1840s, especially Catholic women who tried...
The legacy of Providence lives on in our sisters in Taiwan
...the contact person for women exploring a vocation with the Sisters of Providence in Asia. Prior to this ministry, Sister Delan founded and directed Miracle Home, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence in Taiwan. Sister Rose Chiu Sister Rose Chiu, SP, is the current director of Miracle Home. Miracle Home, in the Taishan District of New Taipei City, was founded in 2000. It responds to the needs of the aging society of Taiwan, helping to support the elderly and...
Women’s History Month: Mother Theodore and smoking
...the house was so kind as to go and help our driver, and we were left to groan at our ease and to warm ourselves in this narrow abode. The woman, about sixty years of age, asked us who we were. As we could not answer except in French, she continued quietly smoking her pipe. (Smoking seems customary among the women in this part of the country; even young girls smoke; this seems very strange.)” To learn more about Saint...
Women’s History Month: Thank goodness she said no!
...this first question she had no answer ready; his offer of marriage she refused. But after he had gone, she began to wonder if perhaps she had been too bold in thinking she could really do something for God. She felt vaguely distressed, but she began to draw from her store of names of women who had done things for God, and this made her feel better. First of all there was Our Lady, greatly daring, greatly obedient. There was...
Sister Diane Mason
...some lay women, and it was interdenominational. These other women were longing, longing to go deeper into conversation. They had so much respect for what the sisters are able to do. One of the questions you had asked, “If you weren’t a Sister of Providence, what you would you be?” Being a sister defines who I am and where I am going. I am what I am because I am a Sister of Providence. I am a far better person,...
Sister Mary Montgomery
...a lifeguard part-time at the residential pool for enlisted men my junior summer and the next summer I worked as an ordnance learner on an assembly line. I was thrilled when I got my acceptance papers (from the Congregation). Q. Why do you think religious life would be an attractive choice for women today? A. I think it depends on what a woman is looking for. I think in all walks of life there are people looking for meaningful relationships,...
7/7 Women’s Monthly Prayer Group: Dealing with Failure
Virtual Event April 7 at 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT Virtual Sisters of Providence Sister Joni Luna, SP 361-500-9505 jluna@spsmw.org Free Single women from ages 18-42 are invited to join together in this special virtual event that takes place monthly on the 7th day of every month at 7 p.m. EDT. Each month will focus on a universal topic led by a Sister of Providence where attendees are welcomed and encouraged to bring prayer intentions and share their personal...
Joni has an “overwhelming feeling to serve”
Joni Luna knocks on the Providence Hall door, during her entrance ceremony Sept. 17. She recently became a postulant with the Sisters of Providence. Joni Luna, our new postulant from Texas, wanted more. She was a successful teacher/women’s athletic coordinator with a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She had a loving family, a successful volleyball coaching career, and a comfortable life (car, beach house, boat, pop-up camper), yet Joni felt that something was still missing....
Sister Anne Doherty (formerly Sister Dennis)
...was often sought as a speaker for workshops and retreats and through the years addressed countless groups of clergy and seminarians, mental health professionals and both women religious and lay women. (I feel as if I should give everyone a chance to stand up and stretch before I continue, because now that I have given Anne her just due in terms of her ministerial life and contributions in so many areas, I can finally get to the person behind this...
Oral history: Sister Cathy Campbell the storyteller
...for the interview unless he was going to offer her the job. As she hung up, Cathy admits she questioned her own sanity. But Bo Connor appreciated strong women on his staff. Soon thereafter, Cathy received a “start” date to begin as Teen Star Editor. One-way trip Sister Cathy lights a candle at a Sisters of Providence Chapter in 2016 She did the job for a year. And again, Providence took hold. Even though Cathy loved the Teen Star...
December 22, 2024: Fourth Sunday of Advent 6
Gospel: Luke 1:39-45 … Mary went out with haste to a Judean town … and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And why has this happened to me that the mother of my Lord comes to me? For as soon as I heard your greeting, the...
Sister Dina Bato
...I had ever considered it as a possible vocation. At the time of their inquiries, I was taking part in a full-time volunteer program at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Newport News, Virginia, where I lived in an intentional community with three other women on the parish property in between the parish school and a Dominican convent. Though my initial response was that the thought never crossed my mind, the questions would never leave me. The more I...