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.
Anti-Racism: the Providence Community’s justice focus for 2021-2026
We commit to partnering with other groups in prayer, education, action and advocacy to: explore the systemic roots of racism in our countries and in our own lives; identify areas of our lives in which we may be complicit with racist attitudes and actions …
Providence Community commits to develop Laudato Si’ Action Platform
The commitment that Sister Dawn signed on behalf of the Providence Community states, among other points, that the Sisters of Providence are willing “To take up the urgent appeal of Laudato Si’ to listen and respond to the lurings of Providence to attend to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor by making it a community priority.”
Let the Sisters of Providence pray for you!
Here are some of the many ways to request prayers from the Sisters of Providence.
What’s next for O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall?
We invite you to put on your creative thinking cap and help us brainstorm! Do you have suggestions for uses of O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall that will help provide income needed to sustain the building and ministries of the Woods?
Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: love of God strengthens love of others
Kate found the “fit” she was looking for with the Sisters of Providence. She found a group of religious women whose spirituality fit with hers and who shared her love of music. For Sister Kate, both of those characteristics define much of who she is.
Oral history: Sister Joyce Brophy, inspiring confidence in others
“I think it is my Irish heritage. When I get worked up about something I go to Chapel. I say, 'Okay, Lord. You got me into this. It’s your job to help me work it out, Providence of God.'” If something bad was there, something good would always come along. Being an administrator, a supervisor, a leader in any capacity brings the challenge with the reward.
2021 90’s Party!
On Friday, December 17, 2021, the Sisters of Providence celebrated the annual 90’s party in the Providence Hall Dining Room. A total of 37 Sisters of Providence and a special friend were recognized during the gala for reaching the milestone.…
Sisters of Providence family Colts connection
What do the starting tight end for the Indianapolis Colts football team and Sister of Providence Kay Manley have in common? They are family.
A 2021 Reflection for our Senior Jubilee
Please jubilarians, keep sowing hope
Walking a labyrinth: one Providence Associate’s experience
I think walking a labyrinth can be a prayer experience in the same way that anything we do with quiet reverence and intention is prayer. I find sitting in prayer very challenging. The helpful part of labyrinth as a prayer practice is that it is an embodied experience. The path allows me to bring my whole self.
Video: Sisters of Providence share values of religious life
We invite you to take a few minutes to listen to wisdom, advice and vocation stories from eight of our Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Enjoy!
Celebrations, decisions, being community and the future: SP General Chapter 2021
The 40th General Chapter of the Sisters of Providence may have been delayed by Covid-19, but it wasn't stopped. Members of the Providence Community gathered from near and far at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Oct. 21-25. It was so good to be together again! We prayed and played, planned and listened and selected leadership for the next five years. We have so much to be thankful for!