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Providence Spirituality

“The God of Providence carries the entire mystery of the divine, ever trustworthy, never failing. The God of Providence offers all the possibilities for ourselves and the world, including both what God wants to happen and what God is willing to let happen because God honors the gift of human freedom. The choices are ours — truly free, but ever grounded in the grace of God, the Holy Mystery of Providence, about which there is ever more to be discovered.” – Sister Ruth Eileen Dwyer

Reflections

Spirituality of Acceptance: Accepting Diminishment, Illness and Loss

This article is reprinted from the fall 2011 issue of HOPE. “You just get up and go and keep living. … It’s the best thing to do!” “There’s only one way: take each day as it comes!” One might think…

News Releases

Sister of Providence authors new book on healing touch therapy

Sister Betty Hopf’s new book is only a little larger than the palm of a hand. It’s about as thick as a fast-food hamburger. It retails for $4.95. It can be read in just a few minutes. But it packs…

Sisters of Providence
May 4, 2011
Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry

Blog

Letter from a saint: to Sister Gabriella

Portions of a letter to Sister Gabriella of Fort Wayne, Ind. (Sister Gabriella O’Neill was Mother Theodore’s first postulant of 1841. She was born in 1804 and died in 1875. The letter was dated Sept. 23, 1855.) “It is with…

Sisters of Providence
October 20, 2010
Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Stories from the Archives

Reflections

Shouldn’t all sisters wear habits?

This article is reprinted from the fall 2010 issue of HOPE. We can guess that some long-time Catholics, feeling great fondness in their hearts for the women religious who have graced their lives as teachers and friends, will respond to…

Features

Q and A: The new cosmology: a Providence perspective

This article is reprinted from the fall 2009 issue of HOPE. Editor’s note: In the previous article, “The new cosmology: an evolving universe,” Sister Jeanne Knoerle provides an overview of the new cosmology. In the following article, Sister Jeanne explores…

Sisters of Providence
August 27, 2009
Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Providence Spirituality

Reflections

The new cosmology: an evolving universe

This article is reprinted from the fall 2009 issue of HOPE. How do you picture God? Pray to God? Understand God? Most of us move from childhood to adulthood thinking about God in ways appropriate to our age; yet there…

Sister Jeanne Knoerle
August 27, 2009
Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Providence Spirituality

Reflections

Theology: faith seeking connection

How do you picture God? Pray to God? Understand God? Throughout the centuries, theologians have tried to help us grasp the idea of God. As our knowledge of the world around us changes, so, then, does our way of thinking…

Features, Reflections

Missionary spirit of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Just as the little community was settling in, a devastating fire destroyed all of their provisions for the winter ahead. They lost 150 bushels of wheat and 150 bushels of oats, hay and corn shocks to feed the animals. The barn also contained bacon, suet and extra beds. It was once again a time of throwing themselves with complete abandon into the hands of Providence.

Sister Nancy Nolan
May 5, 2009
Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Features, Reflections

The charism of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

When asked to give her impressions of Mother Theodore, Susanna Alvey, who grew up as a neighbor in the then-thriving village of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, responded, “Her success was due more to prayer than to human efficiency, I think.” Through her…

Sister Maureen Abbott
May 5, 2009
Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Features, Reflections

The spirituality of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Spirituality, the fundamental, underlying way in which a person relates to God, to other people and to oneself, is not merely an attitude toward God, an acceptable way to worship God, or a certain set of beliefs about God. Spirituality…

Sister Jeanne Knoerle
May 5, 2009
Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Reflections

Our special practices

The Sisters of Providence have published a book about the fundamental practices that have shaped their lives and the life of the congregation since its beginning in France in 1806 and its establishment in Indiana in 1840. The book, Love,…

Reflections

Forgiveness and reconciliation

A reflection by Sister Ruth Eileen Dwyer As we go through the day with its news of events in which one person or group has deliberately threatened, endangered, offended or injured another, we respond in different ways. Often the response…

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