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7 Reasons to give to the Sisters of Providence this Giving Tuesday

1. We need more Love, Mercy and Justice in the world
When you support the Sisters of Providence, you are supporting each Sister of Providence as she works to educate, advocate for and care for people on the margins of society. Is it hard for you to care for all the people in need you would like to help? When you donate to the Sisters of Providence you are supporting people in need through the work of the sisters.

Amy Miranda
December 1, 2020
Community Living, Contribute, Sisters in Ministry

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‘Against All Odds’ – Sister Clare Mitchell, SP

The necrology describes Sister Clare as a “gentle devoted religious, one very faithful to all her obligations. Many of the Sisters were very devoted to her, and this affection was noticeable even in their remembrance of her.”

Sister Maureen Abbott
November 13, 2020
Community Living, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry, Stories from the Archives

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Being ‘Stickered’

I asked the sisters and staff at the Woods for their experience of “being stickered” and want to share their responses with you. Enjoy!

Sister Ann Casper
November 10, 2020
Community Living, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality
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Journals and Letters week 5: The measure of the woman

Did the woman carry a yard stick? A surveyor’s measure? A folded up paper chart that converts leagues to miles, meters to inches or feet?

Sister Denise Wilkinson
November 7, 2020
Community Living, Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study, Stories from the Archives
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Journals and Letters week 4: Arrival on U.S. soil

And then, as often happens in our darkest hours, the smallest of kindnesses can lift the spirits.

Sister Ann Casper
October 31, 2020
Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study, Stories from the Archives
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A new start in the Providence Community

So, what brought these diverse women and men to seek something more with the Sisters of Providence?

Some said that as alums of former Sisters of Providence schools they were reconnecting with their roots.

One told how he had come to the Woods for a retreat and was inspired by what he saw.

Amy Miranda
October 28, 2020
Community Living, Providence Associates, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“Journals and Letters” week 3: At sea in 1840

I love the many instances where she studies and describes an animal for the reader. She tells of the whale's massive head, as big as a house. The dark brown color of its back and how it spouts out water apparently by respiration as its jets are so regular.

Amy Miranda
October 25, 2020
Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study, Stories from the Archives
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To Mother Theodore and companions

You look on us amazed, as women will
at daughters growing generations after
them. We are all this century knows
of any value in your venturing
into a wilderness where Christ was
waiting for you …

Sister Thomas Jeanne Doriot
October 22, 2020
Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Stories from the Archives
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“Journals and Letters” week 2: The voyage begins

The sea journey seems doomed from the moment they boarded. Thieves, seasickness and bad weather with the added addition of not speaking English and being on an “American” ship, all contribute to a wretched start.

Mary Riley
October 18, 2020
Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study, Stories from the Archives
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Join us in reading the “Journals and Letters” of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

To celebrate Mother Theodore's life and many accomplishments that continue even today, we will be revisiting her own words by reading Journals and Letters over the course of a year. Each week we’ll read several pages and reacquaint ourselves with the woman who started it all. Won't you join us?

Mary Riley
October 11, 2020
Community Living, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, SMTG Book Study, Stories from the Archives
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Sisters of Providence teachers pass on a legacy of caring

At the time, Brian Eckstein was unaware of the impact having Sisters of Providence as teachers would have on him as he got older. But when he and his wife, Wendy, had their sons Collin and Trent, those memories all…

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Butterflies, prayers and poetry: celebrating our sisters ages 90+

And so, Provident God, bless these women who have done so much, been so much, are so much. Thank you for giving them the strength and the courage to be transformed in your grace.

Amy Miranda
September 26, 2020
Community Living, Providence Spirituality

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