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Get a feel for who the Providence Associate community is and find inspiration in these stories. Reflections, poetry, articles and more by and about Providence Associates. Are you being called to walk with the Sisters of Providence as a Providence Associate?

Blog, Features, Reflections

The Art of Isolation

Let the holy within you rise
to greet silence as a friend
and enter into prayer
that moves and lives
and has being in you
for as long as it lasts.

Lori Strawn
May 1, 2020
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Blog

Easter people in the midst of a pandemic

We have been living Lent.

Debbie Dillow
April 9, 2020
Advocacy & Action, Contribute, Eco-Spirituality, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Blog

Rising to the Occasion

I think we will be different when this crisis is over.

Sister Donna Butler
April 8, 2020
Advocacy & Action, Community Living, Contribute, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Blog

The social-distancing of an extrovert

I feel a new sense of peace. It’s something different from what I’ve felt before, just because I’ve listened more closely. This is a new peace and awareness and I do not take it lightly.

Mary Heins
April 7, 2020
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Blog, Features

BEing Providence in the World

For me, this was a providential encounter of Beginning Encounter (BE) and the Providence Associate program. After my husband died in 2010, I came to my “BE Weekend.” I joined the team in late 2011 and have been, in Henry Nouwen’s words, a “wounded healer” ever since, serving in various capacities, helping myself while helping others like me.

Michelle Barrentine
April 1, 2020
Community Living, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Features

Prayer of Reunion

Please join the Sisters of Providence and all who share in the charism of Providence by saying this prayer at 3 p.m. daily, wherever you may be.

Sisters of Providence
March 23, 2020
Community Living, Peace & Justice, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality

Features

A reflection for the week

These reflections will be encouraging and thoughtful for all who are seeking God in these difficult times.

Jason Moon
March 23, 2020
Advocacy & Action, Community Living, Peace & Justice, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality

Blog

Prayer for an unusual Lent

Amidst all the prescribed “social distancing” we are still not alone. Jesus’ message to his apostles in Gethsemane was to “watch and pray” as he went off to be alone for a while. Jesus’ message to us is also to watch and pray, particularly as we spend these days in ways we never imagined.

Marilyn Rausch
March 22, 2020
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Blog

Finally: a signature I am most proud of

Fast forward to today and a new signature style. I use it regularly now and love it when someone asks what it means. I use it when I sign in as a volunteer, when I complete a guest register, and when I share my name and contact information.

Blog

Come, take my hand …

I found myself more vulnerable, which can be unsettling for sure. But, you see, I never felt alone, which makes all the difference! I felt upheld by all the Sisters of Providence, past and present, who have been down this path. I am still in wonder and filled with gratitude by the fact that they beckon us to follow.

Jean Brown
March 7, 2020
Community Living, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality
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Features

Providence Community Cemetery blessed

In the summer issue of HOPE magazine, we Sisters of Providence laid out our plans for our newest outreach ministry: the creation of Providence Community Cemetery. Here we will receive for interment the cremains of persons other than members of…

Features

Newsnotes: the latest from the Sisters of Providence

100 years in Asia, Sister Mary Jo honored and more. Catch up on the latest news and updates from the Sisters of Providence.

Sisters of Providence
January 13, 2020
As seen in HOPE, Peace & Justice, Providence Associates

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