A Good Friday reflection from a Europe at war (again) This article appears in the War in Ukraine feature series of NCR. It gave me much to ponder. It was written by Chris Herlinger. I thank him for this most contemporary reflection on Good Friday in the year 2022. "My Good Friday experience came early this year. I can pinpoint it [...]
The Sisters of Divine Providence from Allison Park, PA saw many deaths among their Sisters and Associates, yet found a meaningful way to remember those who left this earth. As in years past, we marked the days of November as a special time for remembering and thanksgiving. Regretfully, it was necessary to alter our plans for the annual Mass of [...]
The Sisters of Providence from Mother Joseph Province have found a unique way to help with homelessness in the Seattle area. Sisters Joan Gallagher and Maureen Newman lend their hands to help. "Homelessness is hard to "solve" because there are so many different causes. People face so many different circumstances--some are alone, other have children. Shelters may accept only families [...]
This story is about Linda Hoefflin, the Director of Associates for the Marie de la Roche province and how, in her own words she came to be the Director. My connection with the Sisters of Divine Providence began more than 40 years ago as I worked in their sponsored hospital, St. Elizabeth in Granite City, IL. Within a little more [...]
Although we are already in Lent, celebrating the second Sunday, a friend sent me this blessing from an author I didn’t know but felt it was worth sharing. The blessing is from Kate Bowler. A Blessing As Lent Begins (the saddest time of the Christian calendar and I'm not unhappy about it) "Blessed are you, ready to open yourself to a [...]
Since we finished the month of February celebrating consecrated life, I thought I would use the month of March to focus on the Associates of Providence from our various WPC congregations. “The Sisters of Providence welcomed a new Associate Director, Aida Gaouette, over the past few months. She had served Associate co-director and now has taken on full responsibilities as [...]
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 [...]
Our Provident God invites each of us to listen and to be open to the invitations God will send us. For they will surely come at any moment, anywhere, anytime. If our hearts are ready for this invasion of grace we will find new seeds of life nurturing our spirit and taking us to the depths of divine mystery. May [...]
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 [...]
