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.
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.
Poem: Nature abounds
Oh praise to you, God beyond all mysteries. You breathed your life force into all.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Remembering Sister Barbara Doherty
Sister Barbara Doherty has been a lamp, a lifeboat and a ladder in my life at various times throughout the years. When I received the news that she had been anointed on July 25, I started to write down some of my most treasured memories of Barbara.
Ask Sister Dina: Why is the general superior no longer called “Mother”?
A shift occurred after Vatican Council II (1962-1965). Religious institutes began looking into their histories to make changes that brought them back to their founders’ intentions for their communities.
Ask Sister Dina: how long does it take to become a sister?
The process of becoming a sister can be long. A person has to dedicate themselves to listening in love to where God may be calling.
One millennial’s journey to life as a Sister of Providence
Millennial Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Sister Tracey Horan, SP, shares her story of becoming a Catholic sister in this live-recorded video from July 27, 2020.
You are invited to celebrate vows, share in a sister’s story
Join us virtually next week for two exciting opportunities celebrating some of our newer Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.
