One of my close friends shared her poem with me..."A Covid Eastering." While we are still in the Easter season, and still in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, I thought it a poignant piece to share with all of you. We do indeed continue to rise...and to witness the sheer sacrifice of first responders, health care workers, grocery [...]
One day long ago, maybe 20 years ago, during a guided tour of the Sainte-Anne de Beaupré Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, a Sister of Providence exclaimed: “But, Mother Gamelin is not here among the Founders of the Church of Quebec!" and the guide replied: "Well, it is up to you to submit a request.” This is how, more than [...]
Sisters of Providence Transfer Their Home and Property to Catholic Health Sponsors of Ontario Pictured Above: Sister Sandra Shannon provided a brief history of the property and welcomed everyone for joining in the ceremony. For 89 of their 157 years of service, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Vincent de Paul have lived and worked from their Motherhouse and grounds [...]
The other day I was out for a walk and happened to see a rainbow. It made me think about God's love for us and the faithfulness of God's covenant with us. It made me think about something I had written some years back in my book, Soul Stretching: The Inner Landscape of an Ordinary Life. In these days of [...]
The Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence Texas (CDPs) are collaborating with the Interfaith Welcome Coalition of San Antonio (IWC) and the CDP Associates to provide backpacks of supplies to refugee families crossing through San Antonio, Texas. This initiative began in May 2019, with the intention to not only do, but learn about those we are helping. The Backpack [...]
The Providence Event, entitled “Providence ~ Where Justice and Radical Hope Meet!” originally planned by the Women of Providence in Collaboration to take place June 12-14, 2020 at the Kearns Spirituality Center in Allison Park, Pennsylvania, has been rescheduled for February of 2021. The members of the WPC Governing Board also have decided to recreate the event in a new [...]
The first time Sister Carole Riley (pictured above) laid eyes on Charleston, she was driving a truck that rolled into town from Pittsburgh in 1977, carrying nuns from the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle and items needed to set up housekeeping at a new Cenacle Retreat House. “I had never been here before, [...]
Four Sisters of Providence began a five-year term of leadership and service for Mother Joseph Province on Jan. 1, 2020: Sister Barbara Schamber, provincial leader, and Sisters Jacqueline Fernandes, Karen Hawkins and Margarita Hernandez as provincial councilors. In addition, two laypeople have been appointed to serve on the Leadership Team: David Neisius, provincial treasurer and Elinor Alexander, provincial secretary. The [...]
In these times of the corona virus people are experiencing grief in many forms. Social distancing has kept us from loved ones and social circles. Life has changed on all levels and people are searching for meaning. You hear more timeless questions being asked, especially as we experience Holy Week this year as never before. There seems to be a [...]
Before the politicians arrived, before residence hall volunteers passed around the red, white and blue Jell-O parfaits, and before dozens of nuns filled the convent meeting room with verses of “America the Beautiful,” Sister Melanie Kambic looked around and saw “a lot of to do about nothing.” “I’m grateful for all the attention I’m getting, but I think there’s a [...]
