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Providence Spirituality

Sister Tracey decides to “roll and trust the gravity of grace” as an SP novice

By Sister Tracey Horan | August 17, 2015 |

Sister Tracey Horan shares her experience as a postulant with the Sisters of Providence formation community.

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Hospitality remains a strong charism of the SPs

By Sister Paula Damiano | August 12, 2015 |

Hospitality has always been an honored tradition and important part of the Sisters of Providence charism.

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My walk with Our Lady of Providence

By Jenny Nowalk | August 11, 2015 |

Jenny Nowalk, a Providence Associate, shares her walk with Our Lady of Providence.

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What are you reading these days?

By Sister Donna Butler | August 10, 2015 |

Check out Mary’s Pence 2015 ‘Summer Reading List’

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Blessing a summer harvest prayer ritual

By Diann Neu | August 4, 2015 |

Blessed are you, Life-giving Bread, for the wheat that we reap to make new bread. Bless the fruits of our labors. And bring us peace!

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Steeped in tradition: The Saint Anne Procession

By Jason Moon | July 25, 2015 |

‘This takes place in fulfillment of a vow.’

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Sister Connie Kramer leads retreats for homeless

By Sister Cathy Campbell | July 16, 2015 |

“It is very profound to me to watch God do for people what they cannot do for themselves,” Sister Connie Kramer says of her work offering retreats for people who are homeless in the Indianapolis area.

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A family pilgrimage to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods

By Ruby Sanju Joseph | June 30, 2015 |

“Are those violets, mama?” my son asked looking at the beautiful, violet colored blossoms in our neighbor’s garden.  This was our family’s first spring in the US and violets are quite alien…

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Pentecost 2015

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | May 22, 2015 |

I’m often asked to write a blog for feast days or holy seasons — Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Easter; and I’m okay with those. However, I’ve been asked a few times…

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Sister Ruth Johnson: kinship with creation

By Cheryl Casselman | April 20, 2015 |

“We have forced the planet to supply all our needs and given nothing in return — thus alienating our very life source and now the earth cries out in pain. How can we abandon that cry?”

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Cherishing creation

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | April 18, 2015 |

“Our promise in this time is to be God’s loving care for all creation, to be one of the ways God sustains life. We desire to live in right relationship with our Earth and with all that dwells on Earth.”

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Survivor: Sister Mary Ryan

By Jason Moon | April 18, 2015 |

Sister Mary recalls her battle with cancer

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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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