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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In this month when we celebrate Consecrated Life, the Sisters of Providence from St. Mary of the Woods, IN have recently welcomed a new postulant to their community. In the photo, Sr. Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, General Superior, welcomes Leslie. Jason Moon, who works for the Sisters, tells her story as follows: "Leslie Dao felt something missing in her life. After [...]
This article is reprinted from The Catholic Spirit, newspaper of the Charleston, West Virginia diocese. It is written by Joyce Bibey, and speaks about Sr. Carole Riley, CDP and her ministry at the West Virginia Institute for Spirituality. As she stands in the parlor of a retreat house which graces Virginia Street in Charleston, Sister Carole Riley bids farewell to folks she [...]
We just celebrated the feast of Epiphany...the revelation of Jesus, the Son of God, to the Gentiles. This year, because of the way the days fell, Christmas, the feast of the Holy Family, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and Epiphany were all squeezed together in a little over just one week! We hardly had time to savor the [...]
Sr. Yvette Demers, SP, Vice-postulator of the Emilie Tavernier Gamelin Cause write about the 170th Anniversary of the Death of Mother Emilie Tavernier Gamelin and the 20th anniversary of her beaitification 1851-2021. "History tells us that at the end of August 1851, there were reports of an outbreak of cholera in Montreal. Even though this made it risky to undertake [...]
On December 17 the gospel for the day tells the genealogy of Jesus...a long list of names going back 42 generations. There were all kinds of characters along the way in Jesus' family history, and some of them weren't the best people. Nonetheless, they were part of Jesus' story. And through him part of ours, too. It seems that whenever [...]
The Sisters of Divine Providence from San Antonio, Texas have adopted the Laudato Si Resolution at their General Assembly. Read here all the ways they hope to impact our environment and create a legacy for the future. The Sisters of Divine Providence gathered for their annual General Assembly, which serves as an opportunity for the Sisters to engage in community [...]
This is a reflection by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP, who willingly let me share it with all of you. For more of Leslie's reflections you can go to: GodSpaceCommunity.com In these chaotic times, I think it is a wonderful message to ponder! "I love this reading from Philippians, (3rd week of Advent reading) that tells me to have no anxiety [...]
