
Education

Education in everyday caring makes a difference
Staff members who participated in dementia care training share how it makes a difference in their everyday care giving: Don’t take any behaviors personally.** Build trust by spending time with each person.** Learn to read the cues of a person. A non-verbal person may ordinarily smile as a greeting; but if there’s no smile, she’s having a bad time of it.

Sisters and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College: planting seeds of hope in a new generation
A volunteer Sister of Providence companion is embedded with each group of students. The course takes students on tours of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and more.

Weekly Intentions for Persons who are trafficked
'Using people for profit' slowly degrades their sense of self-worth.'

What is your word for 2019?
I want to pass on the gift of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

A look into our prison ministry
There are many myths surrounding the death penalty

Who do you want to be now?
I would like to offer hospitality to those seeking asylum in our country. I would like to provide shelter for the innocent in war-torn places and in the violent places in our own U.S. cities. I would like to be a better keeper of the planet.

A New Advent Symbol
I love this new symbol of Advent!

A reflection for the 2018 Senior Jubilee Celebration
It is toward Love incarnate that we move during this Advent Season

Advent 2018: So many possibilities in the waiting
The days of Advent, the Church’s season of waiting, holds so many possibilities for us

‘Walking Toward Hope’
This year, you are invited to join the spiritual journey of “Walking Toward Hope,” by participating in the eight-part series

‘Green’ Investments
Will you join in with your investment choices? Will you sign on to the Providence Climate Agreement if you haven’t done so?

A historical look at The Church of the Immaculate Conception
With the upcoming Fall Architectural Tour at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods coming soon, we thought it might be of interest to take a look at some of the buildings that contributed to the National Register of Historic Places. Among those buildings is…
