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As seen in HOPE

Here you will find wonderful content from the Sisters of Providence. The articles here all appeared in HOPE magazine. The Sisters of Providence publish HOPE three times a year to share the mission, spirituality and ministries of the Sisters of Providence. Enjoy!

Features

Sisters of Providence collaboration timeline

Humans are creatures who remember. Can you remember fondly a time when you said or did something about which you feel an appropriate level of pride? How about those times that you recall with a tinge of sadness, because you acted in a way you now regret? Might it be possible to remember even those negative times with a sense of joy, because attitudes and opinions you held in the past have changed, you have grown, and now you view things anew and would behave differently? This timeline takes a look at Sisters of Providence and their journeys of collaboration through the years.

Christina Blust
April 20, 2014
As seen in HOPE, Stories from the Archives

Features, Reflections

Providence: together as one creation

Coming together has the power to change us. We form new relationships, share ideas and resources, make new friends. Along the way we are often called to change our minds and our ways of doing things, writes Sister Nancy Nolan as she reflects on collaboration and Providence spirituality.

How I came to see Providence in this light is a story in collaboration itself.

Sister Nancy Nolan
April 20, 2014
As seen in HOPE, Providence Spirituality

Features

Tried and true farming techniques benefit Earth

The best technology for the job isn’t always something from The Jetsons. Sometimes Little House on the Prairie methods still work best.

Sisters of Providence
January 15, 2014
As seen in HOPE, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

Features

Community prayer via Skype™

Sisters Brigid Ann and Eileen Bonner are in Louisville and Sister Mary Morley (formerly Sister David Mary) is in Cincinnati. The time to pray is marked on the computer monitor. They gather “face to face” by way of Skype. You’ll find them there weekdays at 4 p.m. and weekends at 10 a.m.

Sister Ann Casper
January 15, 2014
As seen in HOPE, Become a Sister, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry

Features

Virtual circles offer real relationship

Recently “Providence Circles” were formed based on geographic area. Twelve are now operating across the U.S. Because not all Associates live near to each other, two “virtual” Providence Circles were also established. These groups meet via conference call. Any associate, candidate-associate or sister is welcome to attend any of the circles.

Features

A walk through the convent

The Sisters of Providence buildings are a technological hodgepodge. New computers sit next to typewriters, old table-based sewing machines next to electronic ones, and giant dictionaries next to compact discs. This photo series shows the study in contrasts, where decades of technology sit comfortably side by side.

Features

Life-changing technology

Sisters of Providence of varying generations reflect on a most life-changing technology in each of their lives: from air conditioning to the internet.

Photo Albums

A walk through the convent — technology photo album

We walk through the convent, where decades of technology sit comfortably side by side.

Christina Blust
January 10, 2014
As seen in HOPE, Community Living, Stories from the Archives

Features

Vowed for love, mercy and justice

Four recently perpetually vowed Sisters of Providence reflect what it is to live the mission and service of a Sister of Providence in the world today.

Features

Sent to serve through the years

For the Congregation’s first 120 years in Indiana, Sisters of Providence learned of their assignments for the year by hearing the Obedience List read aloud on August 15, the day before sisters began to leave for the assigned missions.

Christina Blust
October 1, 2013
As seen in HOPE, Stories from the Archives

Features

Community from afar

Sisters living far from the SP motherhouse still feel a deep connection to the community.

Features

Meeting needs far and wide

Sister Josephine ministered as a nurse from July 1969 to August 1971 in Vietnam during the war. She served taking care of children in an orphanage. Today she accompanies sisters having with special health needs.

Diane Weidenbenner
October 1, 2013
As seen in HOPE, Sisters in Ministry, Stories from the Archives
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