Sister Celine Maasen, found a way to help others and the environment in living a life of service. Sister Celine is a resident of Saint Clare’s Villa, located on the campus of OSF HealthCare Saint Clare’s Hospital, Alton, IL. She found many ways to serve people in her community over the years, and more recently took up crocheting—but not with [...]
In the midst of their own devastation and loss following Hurricane Maria’s destruction in Puerto Rico, the Sisters continued serving the people of the island. By working with Water with Blessings, the Sisters received hundreds of water filters and training materials, mobilized volunteers and traveled to help those in desperate need due to lack of drinking water. In Utuado, one [...]
Sister Marcelle participated in a video where she talks about Argentina and about how the sisters in the missions experienced Christmas. WATCH THE VIDEO
For many years, every Wednesday Sister Joan Marie Boberg, CDP, her brother, Jack and his wife, Gerry, and their sister Rose have volunteered at the Parish Kitchen. Gerry and Rose volunteer at “first spoon” serving guests the main dish and vegetable. Jack rolls forks with a paper napkin, and Sister Joan serves desserts. She says, “My favorite part is giving [...]
To highlight Catholic Sisters’ presence in western Pennsylvania for over a century, the Sisters of Divine Providence, in collaboration with 16 congregations of Catholic Sisters, began a month-long billboard campaign featuring Catholic Sisters in ministry, inviting all to “Pray. Act. Be the Change.” Pictured above: Sister Veronica Kim, CDP with La Roche College students. Showing glimpses of Catholic Sisters living [...]
This talk, available on video: The Christian Life in Evolution, was given at a Saturday morning retreat of Contemplative Outreach of Washington DC and Maryland in Silver Spring MD on 8.11.2012. Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University, Washington DC. She was a featured speaker at Providence Event: Birthing Providence…the [...]
Ilia Delio, OSF, was a featured speaker at Providence Event: Birthing Providence…the Universe is Pregnant with God in 2015. She has written the following books, available from Amazon: Ten Evenings with God The Unbearable Wholeness: God, Evolution and the Power of Love The Emergent Christ
Being the human face of Providence means reaching out to others and leaving the comfort of our bubble. In the case of the missionary sisters, it also meant leaving their country, their language and their customs. We invited Sister Marcelle Deschênes (Antonine) to come talk to us about her missionary years in Argentina. She comes from Quebec, Canada, and now [...]
Several years ago, a request came from the Leader-ship Conference of Women Religious for communities to help Sisters from developing countries to obtain higher education. The Congregation of Divine Providence (CDP) is blessed to be in a position to contribute to this effort by hosting Sisters from Vietnam, Tanzania, and Uganda. The CDP has also hosted Sisters from around the [...]
December 3 marked the beginning of Advent, but it also marked a new beginning for me as I was formally received into the Pre-Novitiate formation program for the Congregation of Divine Providence. Advent has always been a special liturgical season for me, so it was very meaningful that the entrance ceremony was held on that particular day. Just as Advent [...]
