La Posada Providencia is a refugee house in San Benito, Texas sponsored by the Sisters of Divine Providence from Allison Park, PA. It has seen an influx of immigrants even before all the public attention began with the border crisis. Just recently La Posada welcomed a mother from Peru who was pregnant, took care of her and her baby, as [...]
Today's blog message comes from Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, a Sister of Providence from St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN. She is the new board chair of the Women of Providence in Collaboration. Just when it looked like spring and Easter were actually going to converge...Just when the tulips and red bud trees had convinced me that spring and Easter were actually going to [...]
Recently I learned that St. Isidore of Seville, bishop and doctor of the Church, was the patron saint of the Internet. St. John Paul II made this declaration in 1997 over 1300 years after Isidore had died. Apparently in the 600's when St. Isidore of Seville lived, theology was mostly a monastic affair, due to the fact that many people [...]
Lent is upon us once again. We often think of it as a penitential season. But perhaps we might consider it a growing season. Lent is a journey, a process of growth, a time of entering into sacred inner space where we might assess the heights to which we've climbed, the risks we've taken, the shortcomings we've known. It is [...]
Be sure to look in the SHOP on this website for the new WPC Lenten Prayer Services. These are free downloadable prayer services beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing, one per week, throughout the six weeks of Lent. These prayer services use excerpts from the WPC latest publication: Providence and Peace: Connecting and Co-Creating for Justice as readings. Responses and [...]
The Republican premiered its newest heritage book “The Power of Women” at a festive book launch held October 18 at the Log Cabin, Holyoke, MA. Edited by regional historians Wayne Phaneuf and Joseph Carvalho III, the book showcases over 1,000 women the two regard as standouts from among the legions of women who helped shape the region’s society since the [...]
PeaceQuest wound up its formal events on November 11 with our third sold-out Remembrance Day concert at The Isabel. It was an afternoon of song and celebration. (PeaceQuest was a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent De Paul in Kingston, Ontario, Canada). The previous day we assembled 150 people at City Hall’s Memorial Room for a conference [...]
This January 6th, we celebrated the feast of Epiphany. There are many aspects in the story of the Magi and their journey to Bethlehem. The story stirs thoughts about light, gifts, manifestations and journeys. We know the story of the Magi from Scripture. But how much have we pondered different ideas within that Scripture? How are we as followers of [...]
A friend recently sent me a Christmas greeting--her reflection was her Christmas message. I asked if I could share it on this website and she said "Yes." Here is her reflection: Once long before time there was only LOVE and LOVE said, "to be truly LOVE, we must create!" And so LOVE began the journey of expanding into galaxies of [...]
Imagine my surprise, when coming to the WPC office this morning, that outside of my door I find a bag full of goodies! The attached note only had my name on it and from "St. Nick". As many know, St. Nicholas is the patron saint of children and is known the world over for his love, kindness and generosity. There [...]
