"Have faith and trust in Divine Providence; whatever happens, happens, we have God and with God we have everything". Mother Bernarda Morin, 1921. This post comes from a pre-novice with the Sisters of Providence from the Emilie Gamelin group. I thought it had some good words to reflect upon during this pandemic time. Fabiola Reyes, SP wrote this reflection [...]
In this memorable year of 2020 the Women of Providence celebrate their 40th anniversary as an organization! The two founding members began their dreaming in the late 1970s. Sisters of Providence Michelle Holland, from Spokane, WA., and Ruth McGoldrick, from Holyoke, MA., met one another at a board meeting of the National Sisters Vocation Conference. They each remembered how thrilled [...]
It’s not often that I visit a cemetery. I’ve never really been the kind of person that goes there after the funeral and burial are over, because after all, the person isn’t really there. Physical remains, yes, but their spirit is enjoying the face of our Provident God. Why write about this? Because going to the cemetery was both a [...]
One of the bright spots in this pandemic crisis time has been the recordings of music with people participating via Zoom from all over the country and the world! Music is a universal language that crosses cultures, ages, and all types of people. It's about the emotions it creates, I think, rather than only the words or the melody. Music [...]
Last Friday we remembered the horror of September 11, 2001 and the 3000+ people who lost their lives in the attack on the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and the plane that went down in Shanksville, PA. We also remembered the heroes from that day, the fireman and first responders who ran into the burning buildings to save people’s lives, and [...]
As we prepare to celebrate this Labor Day holiday our country seems to be in crisis. We have seen wild fires raging, homes destroyed, peaceful and violent protests in our cities' streets, people being shot, a toddler the victim of a hit and run, and divisive rhetoric everywhere in tweets and news cycles. We have seen powerful images that show [...]
Two weeks ago, as I mourned the loss of my longtime friend, Mary, another friend, Jean, sent me a book by Ron Rolheiser, OMI that I didn't know about nor have. The title is: Forgotten Among the Lilies: Learning to Love Beyond Our Fears. In it were some chapters on dealing with grief that she thought might be helpful. They [...]
Some of you may have seen the Facebook post about the death of Barbara Doherty, SP this week. She was a Sister of Providence from St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN but even more, a giant among Providence Sisters everywhere. She was one of a group of women who gathered in 1984 at the first Providence Colloquium where they began to explore this [...]
The Sisters of Providence from St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN sent me this statement and article dealing with the death penalty and the recent executions. "For the first time in 17 years, the bells tolled at the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. for each of the three federal executions during the week of [...]
As the Corona virus continues to spike in certain parts of our nation I have heard it said that we are living in uncertain times; that we are in crisis. I believe on one hand that is true. Each day we hear news about more people testing positive for Covid 19, hospitals being overrun again in ICU spaces, protective gear [...]
