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Providence Spirituality

A Haunting Desert Experience

By Sister Kathleen Desautels | October 29, 2016 |

‘To those of you who don’t vote, who don’t change these laws, you are allowing children to die here inside places like Eloy’

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A shared Reflection for Foundation Day

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | October 27, 2016 |

‘Trust in the Providence of God that so far has never failed us’

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Letter to Cardinal Elect Joseph Tobin

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | October 23, 2016 |

We have found in you an advocate for Catholic higher education, as well as religious life

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A Reflection for Foundation Day

By Sisters of Providence | October 19, 2016 |

‘A Foundation we call, Providence’

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10 years a saint! Now what?

By Sister Jan Craven | October 15, 2016 |

But I wonder: what would Mother Theodore think of being a saint? Would she be uncomfortable with all the attention? Would she feel like it was something she didn’t deserve? If given a choice would she refuse the honor? Mother Theodore once said, “What have we to do in order to become saints? Nothing extraordinary; nothing more than we do everyday. Only do it for [God’s] love.”

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New Providence Associate candidates share what brought them here

By Amy Miranda | October 14, 2016 |

“A friend told me ‘You are looking for the feminine face of God, and you’ve caught a glimpse of it in the Sisters of Providence.”
“Even as a child I was always in awe of the spiritual feeling you get here.”
Providence Associate candidates share what brought them here.

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A Reflection for the Feast of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | October 4, 2016 |

May we never forget why she came here

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Listening with the heart: Contemplative conversation

By Sister Rosemary Nudd | October 3, 2016 |

It may help to define “contemplation” as “a long loving look at the real.”
Who doesn’t ponder a problem or give deep thought to a decision, sometimes asking God’s guidance without even realizing it?

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A special family visit

By Jason Moon | September 26, 2016 |

‘Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is a place of gifts; a place of rejuvenation.’

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Called to be Peacemakers

By Sister Donna Butler | September 20, 2016 |

Steve had another kind of precious gem to offer us that morning

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Reminders of the beauty of God

By Amy Miranda | September 19, 2016 |

“The beauties of nature were continual reminders to her of the beauty of God; it was a thought she loved to put frequently before our minds. The luxuriance of the foliage suggested the bounty and infinite power of the Creator; the beauty of winter in its snowy mantle, purity of soul and the splendor of that spotlessness. ”
Mother Anastasie Brown shares her first-hand memories of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her connection to nature.

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Participate with us in Campaign Nonviolence Week

By Sisters of Providence | September 18, 2016 |

We ask all our partners in mission to join us in daily praying the Litany of Nonviolence during this campaign week

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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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