
Community Living
Community: a place for sharing, love, acceptance, support. A place to be challenged, to be strengthened. For Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, living in community and being part of a larger spiritual community are integral to life. Are you seeking community? Become a Sister of Providence. Or join the larger community as a Providence Associate.

Photos from Jessica Sun’s entrance
On Friday, September 4, 2026, Jessica Sun knocked on the entrance door of Providence Hall to enter the Congregation as a postulant. She was swiftly welcomed as then-General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski opened the door and brought her to the…

Sisters of Providence welcome new postulant
'I love the way they love each other.'

Celebrate Foundation Day with the Sisters of Providence
Persons of all faith traditions are invited

Sisters of Providence invite teens to volunteer with elders in October
Calling all youth!

Sisters to host virtual ‘Discernment Lounge’ October 7
There is no cost to attend the virtual events

Honoring the late Sister Patty Fillenwarth
She was a much beloved member of the community

Saints Are Not Meant to Live on a Shelf
Come celebrate Mother Theodore ... Come join us in pilgrimage

Public invited to Feast Day of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
People of all faith traditions are welcome

Many Charisms, One Spirit, One Call
And, together, a new harmony for the life of the world

Sisters of Providence to host Come and See Fall 2026 Retreat
All single Catholic women ages 18-42 are invited

Sisters to host virtual ‘Discernment Lounge’ September 7
There is no cost to attend the virtual event

A Reflection for the Perpetual Profession of Vows of Sister Jessica Vitente
Let your trust in Providence continue to take you to places you never imagined
