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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, Reflections

Advent 2019: All are welcome or How do we make room in the inn?

In a season where we sometimes can get really focused on what we are going to give, let’s become gracious receivers of God’s hospitality, receptors of the sacred

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
December 6, 2019
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality, Reflections from Sister Dawn

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Blessing the new columbarium at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

On Nov. 9, 2019, the new columbarium was blessed and the first cremains interred at Providence Community Cemetery at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Providence Associate Heather Tetzlaff Smith was the first person interred in the new columbarium. Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and members of Heather's family gathered for the blessing and iterment.

Amy Miranda
November 19, 2019
Providence Associates, Stories from the Archives
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Blog, Reflections

A community based on mutual, abiding love

Sister Dawn reflects on the Providence community as we welcome new Providence Associates. May this community be one that mirrors the community established more than 2,000 years ago by Jesus. A community based on mutual, abiding love and not, as with other human institutions, on power or fear.

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
November 11, 2019
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality, Reflections from Sister Dawn

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Providence Associate first commitment and renewal 2019

17 new Providence Associates joined the Providence community Nov. 9, 2019. We welcome these women and men as together we live out a mission of love, mercy and justice.

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Spiritual companions in the Woods: Providence Associate candidate orientation 2019

On Saturday, 24 new Providence Associate candidates gathered at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Here they met the Sisters of Providence and Providence Associate companions who will walk with them in the coming year. The Oct. 19 orientation day began a year for them to spend time reflecting on their lives and their faith and getting to better know the spirituality and mission of the Sisters of Providence. Enjoy these photos from the day.

Blog, Reflections

A Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

'Give me, give us, this heart of Mother Theodore with which to treasure the power and promise of the cross.'

Blog

Day by day with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

I feel inclined to talk with Saint Mother Theodore about what’s worrying me, or making me happy or driving me crazy. "Another means for preserving the peace is to let little things pass without noticing them," she said.

Sister Denise Wilkinson
October 3, 2019
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality, Reflections from Sister Denise, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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Sharing joy and togetherness: Providence Associate annual meeting 2019

Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence gathered from near and far to come home to the Woods for their annual meeting June 28-July 1, 2019. Enjoy these photos of the sisters and associates enjoying their time together at the Woods.

Blog

Saying yes to the vows

As I say “Yes!” to these great unknowns, I am excited to see the ways that Providence will draw these vows into my life. I’m excited to see the way they will shape me into my most authentic self. I’m excited to see what religious life will come to be as we navigate this time of transition.

Sister Emily TeKolste
June 27, 2019
Become a Sister, Community Living, Providence Associates
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Blog, Features

Grumbling with Saint Mother Theodore

Saint Mother Theodore, truly I have great need of your prayers. I am quite a grumbler.

Amy Miranda
June 11, 2019
Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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Features

Resting on holy ground: new cremains burial options at the Woods

That seed has blossomed into a new outreach ministry for the Sisters of Providence. We will now receive for interment at the Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, the cremains of persons other than members of the Congregation.

Sister Ann Casper
May 24, 2019
Alumni, As seen in HOPE, Contribute, Providence Associates, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
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The ever-expanding community of Providence

This has had profound impact on our concept of community. We now embrace an understanding of Providence — of God’s design and desire for all of us — which helps us know that we are united with all that exists. That everything is connected.

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
May 24, 2019
As seen in HOPE, Community Living, Providence Associates

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