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Providence Family Services

Counseling brings Providence Family Services client from darkness to light

By Amy Miranda | July 9, 2013 |

Help through counseling brings one woman’s life from darkness to light. Sister Patty Fillenwarth and her ministry at Providence Family Services in Chicago help real people who have nowhere else to turn to transform themselves.

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Sister Patty Fillenwarth

By Amy Miranda | June 21, 2013 |

“To me it was sort of like coming home or something. It was not a scary thing, it just felt right,” Sister Patty Fillenwarth said of her call to religious life.

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Sister Patty pens a poem for Providence Family Services

By Sister Patricia Fillenwarth | October 29, 2012 |

  Providence Family Services (PFS) in Chicago held its annual rummage sale Oct. 6 and 7. Sister Patty Fillenwarth, director of Providence Family Services and rummage sale coordinator, penned the…

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First-generation American gives back at Providence Family Services in Chicago

By Amy Miranda | June 16, 2012 |

Carla Hernandez is a first-generation American and a first generation college student. Growing up in a family that emigrated from Mexico and as a child of a single parent, Carla…

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Sister Dorothy Gartland receives Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award

By Amy Miranda | October 27, 2011 |

Congratulations to Sister Dorothy Gartland for receiving the third annual Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award. “If you live long enough and continue to work, somebody will eventually give…

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Organizations find something to believe in at Providence Family Services

By Amy Miranda | September 6, 2011 |

To know Providence Family Services (PFS) is to believe in the work it does; or so seem to attest two recent grants awarded the not-for-profit charity. From its beginnings in…

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PFS volunteer brings love for justice, education to her work

By Amy Miranda | September 6, 2011 |

Students and volunteer tutors who come to Providence Family Services in Chicago may recognize Sister Dorothy Gartland as the no-nonsense supervisor of the afterschool homework program. They are directly impacted…

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Banco Popular supports local mental health with Providence Family Services grant

By Sisters of Providence | January 6, 2010 | Comments Off on Banco Popular supports local mental health with Providence Family Services grant

Banco Popular recently brought to life their motto ‘Together we can make it happen’ by donating $3000 to Providence Family Services’ counseling program. Providence Family Services (PFS) of Chicago is…

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