“It’s as if Providence is there, waiting to provide. Someone comes in and says ‘I have to take care of my grandkids whose parents are now in jail. I need some beds.’ Within 24 hours, I’ll have two twin beds show up,” said Sister Dorothy Rasche, SP, director of The Connecting Link.
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Linden Leaf Gifts is a store that worries less about keeping the lights on and more about how to bring light into the lives of marginalized people. As a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, Linden Leaf Gifts measures success a little differently than most retail stores. Success is derived also from the difference it can make in the lives of people that provide the unique products sold there.
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We Sisters of Providence rely on our “powerhouse of prayer” as some call our sisters who reside in our health care facilities. These sisters receive a “ministry assignment” each year to pray for particular intentions. These intentions may be as specific as an individual’s name or more general, such as “for all addicted to alcohol or drugs” or “for those affected by divorce.”
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“I wanted to work with God’s working poor, who lost all of their belongings during the hurricane. They were living in broken down trailers with two or three families in each,” Sister Cathy Buster said. The end result was the new community in Arcadia, Florida. Casa San Juan Bosco I is a 53-home complex for migrant farmworkers.
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‘She loved life, she loved teaching, she loved the Sisters of Providence, and she loved nature. But perhaps most of all, she loved to fish with her good friend, Sister Mary Pat Peacock.’
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‘She seized challenges and new opportunities with a tenacity that sometimes inspired others and at other times, exasperated them’
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This week’s Throwback Thursday blog will take a look at the lives and ministries of Sister Mary Loyola Bender and Sister Ann Kevin O’Connor
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General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, and General Council members Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp, Sister Lisa Stallings and Sister Jenny Howard all traveled to Taiwan during the week of Thanksgiving to visit…
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I highly recommend this book to anyone involved in work for justice and particularly eco-justice
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Students at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College who had the opportunity to meet Sister Gaudentia often referred to her as ‘Sister Joy.’
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Our Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods are passionate about serving God by caring for all God’s creation, especially those most in need. We serve in many ways, from education to social justice, parish ministry, hospital ministry, serving the economically poor, advocating for immigrants and for a healthy environment. Read how some of our sisters serve God and others through their ministries.
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