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Week 2: daily Lenten reflections with Saint Mother Theodore

By Sister Emily TeKolste | March 5, 2017 |

Join us this second week of Lent in daily spiritual reflections with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Check the blog each Sunday during Lent for short reflections created by Postulant Emily TeKolste for each day of the coming week.

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God’s love takes the form of tender loving care

By Sister Mary Rita Griffin | February 28, 2017 |

As a convert, I had grown to cherish Mary despite my initial unfamiliarity with her veneration. But “Providence” in particular was not a vocabulary word I would have associated with Mary. Upon reflection, I believe this is due to my Protestant background. I was only familiar with the Calvinist-influenced understanding of “Providence” as fate, predestination … a rigid notion vastly removed from Mary’s love for all people.

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Walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

By Sister Emily TeKolste | February 26, 2017 |

We invite you to spend a few minutes each day reflecting on the scripture verses and the words of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin with these daily Lenten reflections. May your Lent be a time of deepening your spirituality and growing closer to God. And may your walk be a little more meaningful by sharing it with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.

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The Fog

By Jean Brown | February 23, 2017 |

… sometimes so thick she refuses to remove

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Healing difficult relationships through writing

By Sister Emily TeKolste | February 22, 2017 |

“I’ve used writing to work through difficult situations since I was a child, but had gotten away from this in recent years,” Frost said. “I needed a way to express all of the conflicting thoughts and emotions that go along with caring for someone you love, but who views you as the cause of her unhappiness. I read the description of Liza and Norbert’s workshop and immediately knew it was what I needed.”

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The wonder of baking

By Jason Moon | February 7, 2017 |

‘You don’t turn the oven on to bake and stand around and watch it heat up’

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Being a Sister of Providence means …

By Sister Ann Casper | January 27, 2017 |

What do you know about the Sisters of Providence today? Ever wish you had a way to tell your friends and family about the SPs? In this Congregation video, you’ll…

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Blessed and encouraged to act justly, love tenderly

By Sister Rita Clare Gerardot | January 24, 2017 |

My favorite Scipture passage is Micah 6:8: “Act justly, love tenderly, walk humbly with your God.” My parents, Lillian and Henry Gerardot, exemplified this passage by the way they lived. Mom…

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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin: bearing the light still today

By Amy Miranda | January 11, 2017 |

Saint Mother Theodore’s story is still very relevant today. She was an immigrant. She came to a foreign land where she didn’t know the language and where there was a lot of prejudice and bias toward Catholics and toward women. There are just so many parallels to what she faced and what she endured that are still around today. She’s a great model and mentor.

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Ministry of prayer and smiles offer light

By Sister Ann Casper | January 11, 2017 |

We Sisters of Providence rely on our “powerhouse of prayer” as some call our sisters who reside in our health care facilities. These sisters receive a “ministry assignment” each year to pray for particular intentions. These intentions may be as specific as an individual’s name or more general, such as “for all addicted to alcohol or drugs” or “for those affected by divorce.”

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A Reflection on World Day of Peace

By Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp | December 31, 2016 |

The work begins within each one of us

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Frustration and love: unpublished Mother Theodore

By Sister Emily TeKolste | December 26, 2016 |

“Profit by the experience you have just had at your own expense and not speak to the children but with prudence and discretion. There is no way of repairing what you have done but by showing the pupils what you can do,” writes Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in this previously unpublished letter.

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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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