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Virtual visit
We know you want to visit – but maybe you can’t get here just yet. Enjoy these photos in the meantime. We hope they’ll inspire you to get here sooner. The Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Frosty morning at the Woods Fresh air for the soul Early morning sun on on a field at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Have a seat and enjoy the beauty of God’s creation. Providence Hall in the early morning mist. New walking tour signage to show up...
Get involved
...tour groups and sharing your clerical skills to assisting with activities in our health care and providing transportation for sisters. Are you a graduating college senior or perhaps you just retired? Take a break from the ordinary and become an intern at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. Spend three months to a year harvesting vegetables from the organic garden, helping shear alpacas, learning to spin fiber, weave or knit – the sky is the limit! Perhaps you’re looking for a...
Join us
...“There is value in living an intentional faith-filled and faith-driven life.” Sister Tracey Horan Get to know us better! Rooted for tomorrow Our congregation was founded in 1840, and we’re still going strong. Learn more Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Our foundress was an amazing woman who continues to inspire people around the world. Learn more Visit the Woods Schedule a tour or visit. Volunteer Be an Intern Organic gardening, fiber arts, and alpacas Justice Spirituality Walk with our Providence God...
Contact us about venue rental
Get in touch with us Let us show you what we have to offer and how The Woods can become a part of your story. We would be happy to speak with you or set up an appointment with you for a site visit and tour. Contact Emily Maxwell to discuss your next event. Contact our catering and events manager Emily Maxwell Director, Catering & Events, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 812.243.0494 EmilyMaxwell@elior-na.com Get in touch Use this form to email us about...
What’s Coming Up!
...the Woods celebration. Celebrate the spirit of the season with the Sisters of Providence during an afternoon full of fun for the whole family. Enjoy time with crafting, alpaca visits, wagon rides, storytelling, face painting and more! As the Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope comes to a close, don’t forget that on a daily basis throughout the year, we offer self-guided and guided tours of the grounds, including pilgrimage visits to the Church of the Immaculate Conception and Shrine of...
Sisters to host Christmas Fun at the Woods
...including crafts, storytelling, face painting, a bake sale, cake walk and much more. Those planning on attending are encouraged to bring their own cameras for photographic memories throughout the day. Tours of the Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Shrine and Blessed Sacrament Chapel will also be available throughout the day. We welcome a suggested donation of $5/car for this event. No pre-registration is required. For more information, click here, or call 812-535-2946 or email lrobinette@spsmw.org. The Sisters of Providence need more...
Sisters invite public to Earth Day Festival
...nature shows, earth-related craft activities for children, spinning, weaving and felting demonstrations and, of course, visits from the alpacas. Enjoy Moonglade Animal Adventures as well as Mark Booth’s program “Take Flight: Wildllife Education” and more. A DJ will be on hand as well as planned hayrides, nature trail hikes and alpaca yoga. Many exhibits, tours of the organic gardens and a face painting station will also be offered. Plan to stop by the White Violet Center Farm Store, where you can...
From us to you: Blessings to you for giving
...to people through Spiritual Direction relationships. Keep the flame of hope alive with the Light a Candle prayer ministry. Switch to a customer-friendly web platform, enabling Linden Leaf Gifts to continue offering inspirational gifts and unique Saint Mother Theodore items. Open an online presence for White Violet Center Farm Store’s fresh produce, locally made products and flowers, allowing for safe, contactless pickup. Expand the Farm Store’s community presence at the Terre Haute Farmer’s Market. Offer outdoor tours of White Violet...
Newsnotes from HOPE winter 2024
...days of service or ongoing opportunities throughout the year. Volunteers can help at the White Violet Farm with weeding, painting or cleaning out the barns. Opportunities are available at Providence Food Pantry and at Helping Hands thrift store in West Terre Haute. We welcome many volunteers at our community events like Christmas Fun at the Woods. Volunteers beautify shrines or other outdoor spaces around Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. As a volunteer, you may also choose your own adventure — work with our...
For Sister Lucy Lechner, it’s the little things
Early in the morning, Sister Lucy Lechner, SP, (formely Sister Mary Louis) sits on the porch of Providence Hall at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She is soaking up all the sights and sounds of the rain, clouds, lightning and thunder as a summer storm rolls through. Nature is her peaceful place where she communes with God. She marvels at the little things and enjoys the aliveness, music and dancing of life outdoors at the Woods. Since she stepped foot on campus for...
White Violet Center: Meet the new 2020 fall intern cohort
...interns this season! Madeleine Beck, White Plains, NY Madeline Beck Madeleine has a B.A. in Astrophysics from Wellesley College, MA. She also has a Wilderness First Responder Certification from National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and Wilderness Medicine Child/Adult CPR & Airway Management, Epinephrine Auto-Injector certifications. She also participated in a 30-day self-sufficient backpacking course in Wind River Range, WY, learning wilderness survival and first aid skills, as well as “leave no trace” practices. Madeleine also earned an Advanced Hindi Certification...
Sister Nancy Reynolds watches London Olympics with keen interest, especially swimming competition
...she became the team’s statistician. She also coached tennis and cross country for a while, but moved into the role of basketball officiating. In her officiating career, she had five sectional tournaments, five regional tournaments and three semi-states tournaments, a noteworthy achievement. She retired from that because of a broken ankle. She also keeps her high interest in women’s basketball, having attended five of the NCAA Women’s Final Four tournaments. Through the demands of training and the commitment to coaching...