A very good friend of mine wrote this Christmas reflection and said I could use it for the WPC website greetings to all our followers. The author is Sr. Carol Stenger, CDP--a member of the Sisters of Divine Providence from Allison Park, PA. Thank you, Carol, for this beautiful reflection. Come! Come in and rest awhile says the small [...]
A few months ago I wrote in this blog about the Jesuits final concert being a spiritual experience for me. Last night I went with a friend to see the movie, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Many of my friends had already seen it and said it was worthwhile. Indeed, they were right! Of course it is not hard [...]
Advent season—the time of waiting, anticipation, awe and joy. Each year the liturgical cycle calls us to delve deeply into the wondrous mystery of Advent. Our Provident God asks us to consider anew what the Word made flesh really means for us today. For the Sisters and Associates of the Women of Providence we know this Advent time is a [...]
The Sisters of Divine Providence from Allison Park, PA (former St. Louis province) sponsor a homeless shelter in Bridgeton, MO named Room at the Inn. It provides homeless women and families temporary shelter in what was the former province's headquarters. This ministry began in 1992 when the Salvation Army approached the Sisters for needed space and the fourth floor of [...]
The month of November holds many different themes: saints, souls, veterans, and of course, Thanksgiving. Each year as the season of autumn surrounds us with colorful leaves on trees, and farmers harvesting their crops, I am reminded of my teaching days and the reading of Winnie-the-Pooh to my second graders. There is a quote from A.A. Milne which has stuck [...]
The Sisters of Providence in Holyoke, MA are marking the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. Recently, archivists for women religious around the nation exchanged information on the impact of the vote as indicated by documentation in their archives. In some Congregations, there was no documentation about Sisters voting or interest [...]
At a special awards ceremony and reception on August 2, Sisters Hilary Hooks, CDP; Margaret Mertens, CDP; Zita Telkamp, CDP; Therese Cunningham, SHSp; and Associate Marlene McClain were presented the 2019 Ketteler Award for Social Justice for their faithful dedication to the clients of La Posada Providencia. Located in San Benito, Texas, La Posada is a ministry for people in [...]
Blessed John Martin Moye, the founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence, saw needs being neglected, especially in the exclusion of the poor girls from the educational system of his time and place. From the beginning, this story has inspired the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence to be involved with many different ministries throughout the United States and [...]
The Sisters of the American Province from Melbourne, Kentucky have always felt a kind of special connection with their Sisters from the Province of Madagascar—and the slow but sure penetration of the internet throughout that country has created new opportunities for the two groups to deepen their bonds of relationship with each other. Sisters are now connecting more and more [...]
October 28 was National Immigrants Day. The Sisters of Providence from St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN posted the following article which I think bears sharing with all Women of Providence website followers: "On this National Immigrants Day, I ask myself what if Mother Theodore Guerin and her companions, unable to speak English, had been deported back to France in 1840 when they arrived [...]
