Stories about

Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

Reflections for Foundation Day 2021

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | October 29, 2021 |

With openness and audacity, let us embrace the new lights offered during these Chapter days that are now reflected in our direction statements

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‘Little Known Facts’ about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

By Jason Moon | October 26, 2021 |

‘I love, love, love discovering some little known interesting facts about Saint Mother Theodore Guerin that makes her even more real to us today.’

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Will you listen to your heart: A foundation day reflection

By Debbie Dillow | October 22, 2021 |

As we celebrate the hope-filled beginnings and sacrifices offered to create this Providence community, I ask: What about you? Will you listen to your heart? Will you answer the call?

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Reflections for Oct. 3, 2021

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | October 4, 2021 |

Saint Mother Theodore, pray for us

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Seeing Saint Mother Theodore’s writings in new lights: A feast day reflection

By Ezra (Kyle) Meadors | October 3, 2021 |

The pandemic gave new meaning to her words, “ … for you will see many things in new lights if you give the Holy Spirit free access to your minds and hearts.”

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Journals and Letters final week: Celebrate Mother Theodore

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | October 2, 2021 |

With this week’s blog, we bid adieu, goodbye to our yearlong journey with Mother Theodore Guerin. We learned so much on this journey.

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Journals and Letters week 51: Running toward Jesus

By Sister Ann Casper | September 25, 2021 |

“She heard her Jesus … calling her by name, and she ran towards Him with the greatest love and without a particle of fear.” What a beautiful image to hang on to as we reflect about the circumstances of our own death or that of a loved one!

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HOPE fall 2021 — Living the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

By Amy Miranda | September 24, 2021 |

Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, lived and led with holiness, honesty, strength and love. She leaves all of us a wonderful example for living God-centered lives of service. In this issue of HOPE, we feature some members of the Providence Community and how they are living out the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin today. We invite you to join us in living the legacy.

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Sister Marilyn Baker: living the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore as an international teacher

By Sister Cathy Campbell | September 23, 2021 |

So, with little knowledge of the language or the culture, Sister Marilyn traveled to Taiwan. “I really had to learn how to lean on Providence as I began teaching in both the English and English as a Second Language programs there. During my 20-some years there, however, I had some of my happiest years in ministry.”

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Sisters of Providence ministry founders

By Jason Moon | September 23, 2021 |

any Sisters of Providence have followed in the footsteps of foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her early companions by establishing and founding ministries to meet the needs of those around them throughout the years. Here is a look at just a few of those ministries:

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Mother Theodore, Providence Associate Kate Childs Graham: writers encouraging goodness

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | September 23, 2021 |

It’s doubtful Mother Theodore wrote so her words would be preserved. She may have written to encourage others to persevere. Providence Associate Kate Childs Graham, speech writer for Vice President Kamala Harris, seems to have that same hope — that her writing will encourage others to persevere in living lives of faith, commitment, candor and compassion.

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A legacy of love, prayer and service

By Sister Janet Gilligan | September 23, 2021 |

When today’s Sisters of Providence describe the spirituality of Mother Theodore, they speak of her deep, joyous love of God. Of her warm affection for her sisters. Her abiding trust in Providence. Of her resilience. Her passion for the mission. And her practical piety.

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An unshakeable trust in God. It set Saint Mother Theodore Guerin apart and makes her a model for us in our daily living. Get to know our brave and inspiring foundress better through these stories.

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