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So far Barb McMullen has created 358 blog entries.

Bridges of Hope

A Sister of Divine Providence, originally from Peru, now a member of the Marie de la Roche province in Allison Park, Pa has begun a new ministry to the poor.  Just another witness of consecrated life in action! Bridges of Providence, a ministry developed to financially support entrepreneurship projects of poor women in underdeveloped countries, was realized in 2021.  Sponsored [...]

By |2022-02-08T09:41:45-06:00April 5, 2022|*CDP Marie de la Roche*, Be Inspired, Social Justice, WPC news|Comments Off on Bridges of Hope

The Little Red Hut

The Sisters of Providence from Mother Joseph Province have found a unique way to help with homelessness in the Seattle area.  Sisters Joan Gallagher and Maureen Newman lend their hands to help. "Homelessness is hard to "solve" because there are so many different causes.  People face so many different circumstances--some are alone, other have children.  Shelters may accept only families [...]

By |2022-02-07T11:41:51-06:00March 29, 2022|*SP Mother Joseph*, Be Inspired, What's New|Comments Off on The Little Red Hut

Paying It Forward

This story is about Linda Hoefflin, the Director of Associates for the Marie de la Roche province and how, in her own words she came to be the Director.   My connection with the Sisters of Divine Providence began more than 40 years ago as I worked in their sponsored hospital, St. Elizabeth in Granite City, IL. Within a little more [...]

By |2022-02-07T13:05:41-06:00March 24, 2022|*CDP Marie de la Roche*, Be Inspired, Providence, What's New|Comments Off on Paying It Forward

A Lenten Blessing

Although we are already in Lent, celebrating the second Sunday, a friend sent me this blessing from an author I didn’t know but felt it was worth sharing.  The blessing is from Kate Bowler. A Blessing As Lent Begins (the saddest time of the Christian calendar and I'm not unhappy about it) "Blessed are you, ready to open yourself to a [...]

By |2022-03-13T09:37:02-05:00March 13, 2022|Be Inspired, Prayer, What's New|Comments Off on A Lenten Blessing

Welcoming a New Associate Director

Since we finished the month of February celebrating consecrated life, I thought I would use the month of March to focus on the Associates of Providence from our various WPC congregations. “The Sisters of Providence welcomed a new Associate Director, Aida Gaouette, over the past few months. She had served Associate co-director and now has taken on full responsibilities as [...]

By |2022-02-07T12:47:22-06:00March 10, 2022|*SP Holyoke*, Associates, What's New|Comments Off on Welcoming a New Associate Director

In a Heartbeat: Yes!

The Sisters of Divine Providence from Kentucky answered the call to help a refugee family from Afghanistan.  Though it was a whirlwind of preparation, they succeeded!  Here is their story.  With training sessions and background checks recently completed, all that was lacking was the phone call, and it came quickly: a family of five from Afghanistan would be arriving at the [...]

By |2022-02-07T11:22:52-06:00March 8, 2022|*CDP Kentucky*, Be Inspired, Providence, What's New|Comments Off on In a Heartbeat: Yes!

An Historic First

The Sisters of Divine Providence in Melbourne, KY experienced an historic first in their worldwide congregation recently.  To celebrate their 260th anniversary they had a virtual event gathering all the entities that was met with worldwide enthusiasm! Sisters of Providence, today passionately embrace our Providence spirituality, the source of our unity…” (from 2018 General Chapter Orientation) The excitement was palpable [...]

By |2022-02-07T11:13:57-06:00February 27, 2022|*CDP Kentucky*, Be Inspired, What's New|Comments Off on An Historic First

Pandemic Learnings and Challenges

We all know how much the pandemic has affected our lives, both individually, communally and globally.  In this article, Sr. Donna Burkhart, a Sister of Providence from Mother Joseph Province in Seattle, WA shares with us the lessons she has learned.   "The pandemic has certainly disrupted all our lives.  Before the pandemic, we walked around with a sense of security [...]

By |2022-02-07T11:10:15-06:00February 22, 2022|*SP Mother Joseph*, Be Inspired, Providence, What's New|Comments Off on Pandemic Learnings and Challenges

WPC Winter 2022 Newsletter

Our Winter 2022 Newsletter is now available with many stories from our congregations. In August, Sister Barbara McMullen will leave her post as Executive Director of Women of Providence. A search is underway for a Sister or Associate who can take the reins and lead us into the future. See the job description at https://www.wpcweb.org/executive-director/

By |2022-02-09T07:51:31-06:00February 9, 2022|What's New, WPC news|Comments Off on WPC Winter 2022 Newsletter

WPC Justice Virtual Workshop

WPC - Providence Justice Collective invites you to a one-hour virtual workshop on the Doctrine of Discovery: Doctrine of Domination? The Doctrine of Discovery was and continues to this day to be foundational for legal and cultural racism.  It gave the Church’s blessing to settler-colonialism that ultimately wreaked havoc on existing (non-European) communities in the Caribbean and North America. Dates [...]

By |2022-02-08T11:20:36-06:00February 8, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on WPC Justice Virtual Workshop
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