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.
Golden Jubilee 2017
Nine Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods celebrated their Golden Jubilees on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Celebrating 50 years in religious life were: Sisters Editha Ben, Paula Damiano, Jean Kenny, Delan Ma, Marianne Mader, Barbara McClelland, Mary…
Singing for the sisters
The most touching duet was that of Rod and Sister Terese Marie Havlik, Rod’s 8th grade teacher, whom he hadn’t seen in almost 49 years. Sister Terese Marie knew every word, sang and moved gently to the music.
The wonder of baking
'You don’t turn the oven on to bake and stand around and watch it heat up'
Sister Marceline looks back on the richness of 84 years as a woman religious
I am mostly pre-Vatican II but I was excited to enter the modern world. I didn’t sit back. I was open to the evolving religious life and because of openness I was able to do many new things.
Peaceful, uplifting Gathering in Solidarity event at the Woods
“Encouraging”, “uplifting” and “positive” were words used to describe the Gathering in Solidarity event held on Saturday, Jan. 21, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The event, coordinated by the women in initial formation with the Congregation, included song, prayer and personal reflections…
Visiting Taiwan
General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, and General Council members Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp, Sister Lisa Stallings and Sister Jenny Howard all traveled to Taiwan during the week of Thanksgiving to visit ministries there, including Providence University, which is celebrating 60th anniversary…
God’s call is finding a place where we can thrive and be our fullest selves
"When we talk about vocation, when we talk about a call, it's not that God is asking us to fit into some box that doesn't fit us. It's about finding a place where we can really thrive and be our fullest selves."
Strength from being ordinary this Foundation Day
What matters is what is in our hearts and souls. It’s the warmth, respect and love that we have for others — that same love and respect Saint Mother Theodore modeled to all with whom she came in contact. It was her ordinary, her natural response that came from deep within her heart. It was a response borne of deep prayer and of complete trust in her Provident God.
Meet Emily TeKolste, new Sisters of Providence postulant
The Sisters of Providence are excited to welcome Emily TeKolste of Carmel, Indiana, as the newest postulant to join the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. On Wednesday, September 7, 2016, she officially entered the Congregation during a meaningful tradition…
Mission novice blessing 2016
A blessing ceremony July 30, 2016, marked the transition for Sisters Tracey Horan and Anna Fan from their canonical novice year to their mission novice year, their third year with the Congregation. Local sisters gathered to bless them going forward…
90s Party 2016
On Tuesday, Aug. 2, Sisters of Providence celebrated their annual “90s Party!”
