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 [...]
For 25 years, the Sisters of Divine Providence in Las Cañitas—an impoverished neighborhood along the Ozama River in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic—have embodied the spirit of the Congregation’s founders to help the poor by committing to live among them. Pictured above: Sister Myriam Colón Cruz and one of the children. In February 1993, the late Sister Mary Providence Kriley, CDP, [...]
In concert with the Sisters of Providence, Marie de la Roche Province congregation’s concerns for global non-violence and its mission of co-creating a world of compassion, justice and peace, the Leadership team of Marie de la Roche Province sent the following letter of commendation and support to Edward Stack, Chief Executive Office of Dick’s Sporting Goods, for his significant steps [...]
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 [...]
The St. Louis Public Library celebrates religious sisters’ history and impact on St. Louis with an exhibit at the library’s central branch from March 3 to April 28, 2018. The exhibit in the Carnegie Room, “Catholic Sisters: The Spirit of St. Louis,” was planned to mark National Catholic Sisters Week. The exhibition was an outgrowth of the Sisters’ Communicators group [...]
For nearly 10 years, the Sisters in general prayer and service ministry at Providence Heights have volunteered their time by making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Dr. Jim Withers’ Operation Safety Net—a program that provides medical treatment to the homeless in Pittsburgh. On the third Tuesday of every month, Sisters gather in an “assembly line” and make and individually [...]
In 1998, the Sisters of Divine Providence instituted the Ketteler Award to honor individuals who demonstrate a strong commitment to social justice. The award, named for Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Bishop of Mainz, Germany, and co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence, is presented annually. Bishop Ketteler, honored in Germany as the “social justice bishop,” was a [...]
Sister Barbara McMullen entered religious life from St. Mary's parish in Madison, Illinois. She credits the Sisters of Divine Providence who taught her in grade school, especially Sr. Leona Zimmerman and Sr. Mary Ann Haug, for influencing her decision to enter religious life. Both these women demonstrated happiness, peace, a loving and caring spirit and a giving nature of service [...]
