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Providence Spirituality

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Frustration and love: unpublished Mother Theodore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what you have done but by showing the pupils what you can do,” writes Saint Mother Theodore Guerin in this previously unpublished letter.

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Pouring out your heart in prayer

By Sister Jan Craven | December 23, 2016 |

Remember our friend Jonah from the Jewish scriptures? He poured out his heart in prayer, saying, “In my distress I called to my God, and God answered me. From deep…

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A Christmas Reflection

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | December 20, 2016 |

God comes to me like this all the time

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Past the “need-to’s” to the stable, to the crib, to our hearts

By Sister Diane Mason | December 17, 2016 |

The true meaning of Christmas is the birth of the Christ child. Jesus being born in a simple stable can get lost in all of the “need to’s”.

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How Taizé changed my life

By Beth Duley | December 11, 2016 |

I’ve spent the last two years teaching at Ben Davis High School, commuting from the east side of Terre Haute to the west side of Indianapolis — an hour and…

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Immaculate Conception, patroness of our country, pray for us

By Theresa Tighe | December 7, 2016 |

Maybe with prayer, we can listen to each other and together find a way to life, liberty from want, and the pursuit of happiness for all.

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December 10, Human Rights Day and This Little Light

By Sister Donna Butler | December 6, 2016 |

It seems harder to let my light shine, wondering what difference it makes

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Trust and work

By Sister Emily TeKolste | November 30, 2016 |

“God’s work gets done by people ready to take risks and to work hard.” Postulant Emily TeKolste reflects on the life of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.

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A review of ‘Active Hope’

By Sister Ellen Cunningham | November 28, 2016 |

I highly recommend this book to anyone involved in work for justice and particularly eco-justice

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What has happened to us since that first Thanksgiving?

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | November 22, 2016 |

It helped me to return to the original story to remind myself that right relationship is possible

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What has happened to us since that first Thanksgiving?

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | November 16, 2016 |

It helped me to return to the original story to remind myself that right relationship is possible

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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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