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Sisters to participate in panel discussion of documentary

By Jason Moon | April 7, 2017 |

Director of ‘Life After Life’ to present free screening of film on Sunday, April 9

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Week 6: Walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore

By Sister Emily TeKolste | April 2, 2017 |

We invite you to continue to walk through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and with us with these short daily reflections for the coming week.
Sunday, April 2
“O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land.” – Ezekiel 37:14

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Week 5: Daily reflections with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

By Sister Emily TeKolste | March 26, 2017 |

“I turned to my God and felt my confidence reanimated. If He takes away our last support, is it not because He wishes to be the sole support of His Daughters of the Woods?” – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
• When has God remained faithful to me, even when all seemed hopeless?

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Another definition of Providence: ‘Don’t worry, Sister. We will send something.’

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | March 24, 2017 |

We have already received donations from 1,104 donors

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Week 4: Daily Lenten reflections with Saint Mother Theodore

By Sister Emily TeKolste | March 19, 2017 |

“Continue to be faithful yourself, my dear child.” – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
Week four daily Lenten reflections with Saint Mother Theodore

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Week 3: Walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore

By Sister Emily TeKolste | March 12, 2017 |

Join us for week 3 of walking through Lent with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin with these short daily reflections.
“Do your utmost to be recollected at the time of prayer. There you will obtain all the graces you need … You will also obtain humility to see your faults without being vexed and discouraged. With a little good will you will become perfect at last.” – Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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‘In the Footsteps of a Saint’

By Jason Moon | March 9, 2017 |

Jasper church to recognize Sisters of Providence on Saturday, March 18

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Going the extra mile this Lent

By Cathy Lamperski Dearing | March 7, 2017 |

It was clear to me that ‘going the extra mile’ would become my guiding principle and spiritual practice for Lent 2017. This is the Lent I believe I am being called to so that I can encounter Christ on the journey.

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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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“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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