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10 ways to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life!

By Sister Editha Ben | March 2, 2015 |

The Sisters of Providence suggest 10 ways for you to participate in the Year of Consecrated Life, named by Pope Francis, beginning Nov. 30, 2014 to Feb. 2, 2016.

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Sisters of Providence invited to Vietnamese New Year Mass

By Sister Editha Ben | February 18, 2015 |

Sisters Editha Ben and Mary Beth Klingel are invited by Sister Anna Ho to a Vietnamese Lunar New Year Mass and celebration in Indianapolis on Feb. 15.

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Simbang Gabi novena full of music and hospitality

By Sister Editha Ben | December 24, 2014 |

Sister Editha Ben, vocation director for the Sisters of Providence, attends Simbang Gabi novena during Christmas holiday, and shares her experience.

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A visible transformation

By Amy Miranda | December 21, 2014 |

The video interview with Sister Regina Gallo left me excited about the future. Congregation numbers may be smaller, but that spiritual depth is still being passed on. It will still be here for generations to come.

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Sister Regina Gallo: on the vows, becoming a sister and journeying with the dying

By Amy Miranda | November 24, 2014 |

“Looking at the things I closed the door on entering religious life — that was very difficult.” Sister Regina Gallo talks about giving up her dreams of becoming a wife and mother in order to become a Sisters of Providence.

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Anna Fan enters Sisters of Providence as postulant

By Jason Moon | November 20, 2014 | Comments Off on Anna Fan enters Sisters of Providence as postulant

On Thursday, Nov. 13, Anna Fan, a native of Taiwan, was received into the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, as a postulant. According to Director of Postulants Sister…

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Warm hearts welcome postulant Anna Fan

By Diane Weidenbenner | November 15, 2014 |

The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods welcome postulant Anna Fan in a heart-warming entrance ceremony on Nov. 13.

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Anna Fan entrance

By Paul Beel | November 14, 2014 |

Anna Fan entered the postulancy during a ceremony on Nov. 13 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. After a short prayer service with Sister Editha Ben, vocation director, the two practiced singing…

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Toward the future: young sisters look forward

By Diane Weidenbenner | October 17, 2014 |

“The Congregation members support each other through difficult challenges and situations. No one works through the difficulties alone. Through several sisters, I see a passion for mission, ministry, prayer, and community, which is contagious,” Sister Dina said.
Three of our newest Sisters of Providence recently shared their thoughts about the future. Sisters Arrianne Whittaker and Dina Bato are temporarily professed and Sister Joni Luna is a novice in her second year of formation.

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Tracey Horan begins an exciting new journey with the SPs

By Diane Weidenbenner | October 16, 2014 |

Tracey Horan enters the postulancy of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Sept. 8, 2014. Sisters welcome her with open hearts and arms during a short ritual filled…

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Lessons from an Ant

By Sister Carol Nolan | September 24, 2014 |

Surely, as becomes increasingly clear, if everything in the universe emerged from one burst of energy, our connectedness is truly radical.

The ants and the elephants, the trees and the mountains, the first person stepping off the Mayflower and the latest undocumented immigrant: we are all intrinsically part of one another.

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New postulant enters Sisters of Providence

By Jason Moon | September 11, 2014 | Comments Off on New postulant enters Sisters of Providence

On Monday, Sept. 8, Tracey Horan, a native of Indianapolis, was welcomed into the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods as a postulant. Director of Postulants Sister Marsha Speth recently…

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