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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.

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Embracing technology to further the Sisters of Providence mission

It became clear that offering “Come and See” weekends as retreats at Saint Mary-of-the Woods would not work for the time being. So Vocations Director Sister Joni Luna, SP, created “virtual” discernment opportunities.

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Newsnotes Fall 2020

Sisters profess perpetual vows We are so blessed! Sunday, July 26, was a beautiful day as Sister Corbin Hannah professed perpetual vows as a Sister of Providence. COVID-19 with its masks and physical distancing and loved ones watching from afar…

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The legacy of Providence lives on in our sisters in Taiwan

Let me tell you a little about each of our sisters currently ministering in Asia and those who have recently joined us from there.

Sister Jenny Howard
September 24, 2020
As seen in HOPE, Community Living, Mission in Asia, Sisters in Ministry

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Our sisters in Asia speak: What it means to be a Sister of Providence

“The freedom in Providence: I try to live ‘here and now,’ and put ‘tomorrow’ in God’s care. Working with God in serving others and recognizing the suffering Jesus among the people I serve is life-giving to me.”

Sister Jenny Howard
September 24, 2020
As seen in HOPE, Community Living, Mission in Asia, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry
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There is a Providence and the Sisters of Providence in Asia are truly its daughters

Throughout the 100-year history of the Sisters of Providence mission in Asia, Sisters of Providence have stayed true to the call from a Provident God to provide loving care and service to people most in need. Over the years, that passion for mission enabled them not only to teach but also to bind up wounds, hide refugees, endure separation and isolation.

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
September 24, 2020
As seen in HOPE, Community Living, Mission in Asia, Sisters in Ministry, Stories from the Archives

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Nine days of prayer with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

A novena is simply nine consecutive days of prayer. Join the Sisters of Providence as we ask Saint Mother Theodore Guerin to intercede and pray for us on the nine days leading up to her feast day.

Sisters of Providence
September 24, 2020
Community Living, Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Poem: Nature abounds

Oh praise to you, God beyond all mysteries. You breathed your life force into all.

Sister Mary Tomlinson
September 19, 2020
Community Living, Eco-Spirituality, Providence Spirituality
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Sister educators reminisce about Sisters of Providence Schools

“I hope they carried away the conviction that creating a community and working for the good of all people is possible and desired.”

Sisters of Providence
September 17, 2020
Community Living, Contribute, Stories from the Archives

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Blessed Covid-19 and a VIRTUAL Come and See weekend

Women now more than ever are sitting before God in holy silence. They are seeking truth and the real meaning of their lives.

Sister Joni Luna
September 16, 2020
Become a Sister, Community Living, Providence Spirituality

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Ask Sister Dina: Why do some sisters change their names?

After Vatican II, however, with its emphasis on the universal call to holiness of all the baptized, some Congregations allowed their members to either keep their religious name or return to their baptismal name.

Sister Dina Bato
September 15, 2020
Ask Sister Dina, Become a Sister, Community Living, Stories from the Archives
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Be here now

Seeing or even acknowledging God’s presence in each of my moments has seldom come easily for me. It’s something I have been puzzling over and praying for and doing my best to practice for my 50+ years as a Sister of Providence.

Sister Rosemary Nudd
September 5, 2020
Community Living, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Saying yes to poverty, chastity and obedience

I feel deeply that this vowed life is important. It is a witness to a different way of seeing and moving in the world. I am captured by the life and vision of Jesus.

Love, mercy, justice

Break boundaries, create hope

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