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Ashes from the pandemic fire: a reflection for Ash Wednesday 2021

By Sister Marsha Speth | February 18, 2021 |

So here we are today with no ashes for our foreheads. Yet it does feel like we are holding a handful of ashes from this past year. We are holding what is left of our lives from this transformation by a pandemic fire. So, I’d like to have us take a moment of quiet to hold in our imaginations these ashes … the experiences of loss, of change, of challenge, of purification, whatever this year has been for you.

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February 21, 2021: First Sunday of Lent

By Helen Flavin | February 18, 2021 |

“Let us spend some time this week in thinking about how we can more quickly and effectively walk away from situations that present that temptation.”

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Sigh … it’s Lent again

By Sister Ann Casper | February 17, 2021 |

I usually don’t mind the Lenten season; it’s just that I feel as if we’ve been “doing Lent” for the past year! Sigh!

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Against gray February skies

By Sister Mary Catherine Keene | February 16, 2021 |

You are the branches …

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February 17, 2021: Ash Wednesday

By Helen Flavin | February 15, 2021 |

“Explore a new Lenten tradition that calls to your heart.”

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February 14, 2021: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Helen Flavin | February 11, 2021 |

“This week, let us all catch ourselves as we notice a need. Instead of responding in duty, let us freely choose to respond in love.”

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Our Letter to President Biden

By Sisters of Providence | February 7, 2021 |

‘We stand with you especially in your commitment to prioritize climate change solutions.’

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From us to you: Blessings to you for giving

By Diane Weidenbenner | February 5, 2021 |

Words cannot express how grateful we are for those who faithfully supported us in whatever ways they could.

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February 7, 2021: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Helen Flavin | February 4, 2021 |

“This week, let each of us choose to be a conduit of God’s love to a neighbor.”

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Guerin property demolition moving forward

By Sisters of Providence | February 1, 2021 |

Let us commit to “keeping Guerin alive” through our continued relationships with one another and through living the values of love, mercy and justice that were the foundation of a Guerin education

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Patience: a poem

By Marci Alvis-Slinski | January 31, 2021 |

To practice Patience is to quiet the mind and the soul.
If Yoga and Tai Chi are meditations in motion,
then Fiber Art is minuscule movements and
tiny meditations in patience.

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January 31, 2021: Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Marilyn Webb | January 28, 2021 |

“May we also recognize how we can be a caring presence for those in need whom we encounter in our lives?”

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“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

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