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A Sister of Providence mom reflects on Mother’s Day
Blog-post author Sister Mary Tomlinson with her son Mark at a recent wedding. (photo © Artlynn Photography) I have always believed the greatest “yes” of all time came from a 14-year-old girl long ago. Mary was visited by an angel telling her she would become a mother, have a son and she would call him Jesus. Through the centuries, women have said yes millions of times over. No matter how many children a mother has, she says yes, over and...
Caring for Those in Need: Serving God’s Children at the Border
...they have as children of God.” Sisters of Providence at the Border After two-and-a-half years serving at Kino Border Initiative in Mexico, Sister Marilú Covani, SP, spends her final day teaching women at the Mexican border how to set up a loom to weave. The women then create items that are sold to provide for their families. Maité Rodriguez-Mora volunteers at Kino as part of her postulant year as a Sister of Providence. Here she helps sort and organize clothes...
Journals and Letters week 37: Good for nothing but to love God
...is made of these small moments, but they are clues to a deep friendship between the two women — women so different from each other. What a lesson for us, an encouragement for us. Differences don’t have to divide us; differences can be the source of deep and lasting relationships. Mother Mary may have been right about Sister St. Francis Xavier. Perhaps she was “good for nothing but to love God.” Yet what a difference her love of God made...
Catholic and Gay
...let us first begin by looking at language, terminology in particular. LGBTQ, for example, means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer. The definitions and other common terms used in describing people within the LGBTQ community are: Androgynous – partly male and partly female in appearance, Bisexual – a person experiences romantic, emotional or sexual attraction to both men and women, Cisgender – a person whose internal sense of gender aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth, Dyke –...
Nolan receives alum award for purpose, devotion and leadership from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
...Mother Theodore Guerin Award is named for SMWC’s foundress, a role model for today’s women. It is in her honor, and in recognition of the value-based educational legacy she established at SMWC, that the National Alumni Association offers the award. Recipients of this award use their gifts to excel at what they do and thus reflect God’s love and abundant grace in the world. In addition, recipients possess similar purpose, devotion, community vitality and leadership as exhibited by Saint Mother...
‘The Brides of Christ’
...of the Assumption. The first received women religious into the novitiate. It was designed for women who had made the decision to enter the Congregation. At that time, the sister would be given a black habit and white veil, indicating that they were novices within the Congregation. The first photo (above) here depicts a handful of sisters receiving their white veils and habits during the Mass, having been dressed as “Brides of Christ.” The second reception on the Feast of...
Schoolmates, sisters and part of a leadership team
...them about entering the Congregation “I don’t know that I’d say there was a pact as such,” Sister Lisa said. “But I do remember a conversation with Sue Pietrus during which she said something like, ‘We don’t want to get to be old women saying maybe we should have tried it.’” “In fact, I had no idea that Dawn and Lisa were entering in 1975 until after I had been accepted into the postulancy,” Sister Jeanne added. In college they...
Mother Theodore Moment: a history of collaborating in leadership
...pious women united in a common life . . . under the protection of the laws and authority of the Monsignor (Bishop) of LeMans, whom they recognize as their Superior to whom they will remain submissive as the representative of Jesus Christ on earth . . .They took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and a special vow to educate young women . . . the Congregation is governed by a superior-general assisted by a particular council (today’s general council)...
Life on the farm at White Violet Center: Meet our summer crop of interns
...wildlife biology and minors in chemistry and professional writing. “I am intrigued with learning more about sustainability as it pertains to agriculture… Having taken many trips and volunteering at White Violet Center, I would like to learn and grow closer with the community that calls it their home.” Sarah Jesse, Cleveland, Ohio Sarah Jesse Sarah has her B.A, in Theology and Psychology and an M.A. in Theology from Notre Dame University. She currently works with Residential Life as rector for a women’s...
Go out and make a difference
...world that expects just the opposite. Spiritual life among the SPs I can honestly say that I have witnessed, felt and experienced this “spiritual life” being lived out among the Sisters of Providence. If you have spent any time at Saint Mary of-the-Woods among the Sisters of Providence, I am certain you know exactly what I am talking about. I am blessed to live with women who walk this journey with me, soul companions as I like to call them....
In Service to Life, All Life
...ecology, that calls us to use the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization as an opportunity to reflect on just what it means to stand in support of all life and all lives. As a nation, we are sorely in need of dialogue and action toward creating conditions under which all life can flourish. This requires a comprehensive view of supporting life: Sound economic, political and social policies that address systemic racism and implement...
A ‘Golden Jubilee’ Reflection
...you my child shall be called the Prophet of the Most High because you will go before the Lord to prepare his way.” Sister Dawn Tomaszewski Now here are the words of Pope Francis to women religious at the outset of the year of Consecrated life: “I am counting on you ‘to wake up the world,’ since the distinctive sign of consecrated life is prophecy. … This is the priority that is needed right now: To be prophets who witness...