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Thanksgiving reflection 2022: Grateful in Uncertain Times

By Diann Neu | November 24, 2022 |

Breathe in Gratitude. Breathe out thank you.

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What brought you here?

By Amy Miranda | November 20, 2022 |

We are so excited to have these Providence Associate candidate seekers on the journey with us! But what is it that brought them here? At the orientation we asked them.

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Welcome to the family of Providence! Providence Associates candidate orientation

By Amy Miranda | November 19, 2022 |

On Saturday, Nov. 12, we welcomed Providence Associate candidates for an orientation at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Over the coming year, the 29 candidates will journey with a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate companion as they reflect on Providence spirituality and the mission of love, mercy and justice.

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Providence Associate Stephen Modde on finding a safe and welcoming community

By Stephen Modde | October 26, 2022 |

Recently, I read that Catholic gays seek out communities where they can be safe and secure. That is one main reason why I like being a Providence Associate of the Sisters of Providence. Being a Providence Associate has enabled me to grow spiritually and feel more at home as a Catholic gay person.

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The Gift of Mother Theodore’s written legacy

By Alice Shelton | October 24, 2022 |

We know Mother Theodore because she wrote. The storyteller in Mother Theodore shines clearly today as so many of us make use of what she left for us. We speak of Providence in our lives with the quiet confidence of children who learned at the feet of a loving parent.

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Celebrating our many foundations this Foundation Day

By Sister Sue Paweski | October 22, 2022 |

The founding sisters arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods late in the evening on Oct. 22, 1840. They were expecting a convent and a school. Instead they found a dense woods with no buildings in sight. There had been a storm that lasted 36 hours the previous days. The sisters arrived in damp clothes, hungry and tired.

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Saint Mother Theodore: a humble servant of God

By Marilyn Rausch | October 21, 2022 |

Sister St. Theodore, her given name as a Sister of Providence, accepted with humility her assignments. Even so when they were difficult, providentially acquiring new knowledge along the way that would benefit her in God’s plans for her future.

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21 new Providence Associates! Rite of first commitment 2022

By Amy Miranda | October 12, 2022 |

We offer a joyful, heartfelt welcome to our 21 new Providence Associates who made their first commitments as Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence on Saturday, Oct. 8. 2022 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We are so blessed to have these companions living out the mission of love, mercy and justice with us.

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A reflection for the Providence Associate Commitment Ceremony

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | October 10, 2022 |

‘Go forth, Providence Associates, into the world to form community and to minister.’

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Back to school: A teacher’s perspective

By Sheila Galvin | July 28, 2022 |

Don’t believe anyone who tells you there is no prayer in public school! This teacher is praying all the time!

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Yay for community! Providence Associate Annual Meeting 2022

By Amy Miranda | June 30, 2022 |

We can meet in person again! We can hug again! The Providence Associate Annual Meeting from June 24-26, 2022 was a wonderful time for sharing prayer, ideas, thoughts, stories and laughs. Enjoy these photos of our joy-filled time together.

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A celebration of commitment

By Amy Miranda | June 30, 2022 |

The family of Providence came together June 25, 2022, to celebration time together and to be commissioned for continued service in the mission of love, mercy and justice.

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