The following statement comes from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious regarding the events at the Capitol building yesterday, Jan. 6. The Women of Providence in Collaboration join other religious Sisters and organizations across the world in this statement. "The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) joins with the world in praying for peace after witnessing the violence and lawlessness [...]
Much has been written about these challenging days of 2020. It will no doubt be remembered as the year when the world was brought to its knees; when in some ways, darkness overshadowed the earth. Some might even say when the world stood still. Our lives were certainly changed. A global pandemic was upon us. We were scared. We were [...]
As Advent ends and Christmas is nearly here, the simple joys of children come to mind. Sometimes you never know what will come out of their little mouths or heads. I was talking with my friend Carol last night and she shared with me two little "stories" of one of her nieces. Both of them made me laugh out loud! [...]
“If only” is one of the saddest expressions in the English language, expressing the mind’s regret, says Angel Chernoff. “It is the lament of a broken heart over an opportunity lost, the moaning of a soul now aware of what could have been.” “If only.” A priest friend used this in a recent homily and it started me thinking. Thanks [...]
It's always difficult to say goodbye to a ministry to which you have given many years of your life, but that is exactly what these two Divine Providence Sisters had to do. In San Benito, Texas for a little more than three decades, Sister Margaret Mertens and Sister Zita Telkamp have called the Valley their home as they opened their [...]
In these times of confusion, anxiety, and worry during the pandemic I came across this reflection today on HOPE. As many of you know it is my word for the year 2020. Little did I know that on January 1 when this word came to me in prayer as my word for the year, that I would so desperately need [...]
Most of the time the stories on the WPC website revolve around the Sisters. This one though is about Associates from the Holyoke, MA area and the new leadership taking place among them. Prior to the annual Missioning Day ceremony on September 27, 2020, there was a special ritual to recognize the change in leadership for the Sisters of [...]
The Sisters of Providence, Mother Joseph Province in Seattle, have been very busy these days. In this strange new world we’re navigating, we have no choice but to break out of our established patterns and look at what we do – how we connect, how we work, how we live – in different ways. It seems like forever since we [...]
We are now in the middle of the first week of Advent. It feels like it came too soon and I wasn’t ready, though it is my favorite liturgical season! It is a time that calls each of us to open our eyes to see new things, new faces, new situations in a different way. It is a time that [...]
Advent, the season of waiting, expectation, and hope is upon us. This Advent the WPC office offers you Two Prayer Experiences. The Scriptures often ask us to be alert and watchful so that we may discover all the ways that Emmanuel, God-with-us, is present in our ordinary lives. However, in these days of the pandemic, watching and waiting have taken [...]
