The Women of Providence join the Social Mission Office of LCWR in supporting refugees and championing the passage of H.R. 6, the DREAM and Promise Act of 2019. "The United States has a long and proud history of welcoming immigrants and sheltering refugees. Women religious have been blessed to be able to accompany immigrant and refugee communities for almost 300 [...]
The Sisters of Divine Providence held their annual General Assembly June 25-29, 2019. During this time they had presentations on being the Incarnation of Love in our world today. One of the topics that was explored was that of the crises we are facing in our country with the new Zero Tolerance policy being implemented. They drafted and accepted unanimously [...]
Over the weekend we had another shooting at a Jewish temple and several people were killed while others were injured. While that horrible shooting was taking place, my own community of Sisters and Associates were writing letters to our senators and representatives in Congress about gun violence. As we were gathered for this justice action and prayer, a person armed [...]
The Women of Providence in Collaboration support the work of LCWR's office of Social Mission in their endeavors to shed light on various issues of social justice, such as racism, gun violence, climate change, immigration, and Earth Day to name a few. Members of the Global Concerns Committee want to examine the root causes of racism, our own complicity in [...]
The Sisters of Divine Providence, in Allison Park, PA, began a Refugee Assistance project in earnest in September 2018, as they welcomed asylum-seeking refugees from La Posada Providencia—their sponsored ministry located in San Benito, Texas—to Pittsburgh. The refugee families—mostly mothers with young children, originally from Central America and Africa—live in a fully furnished, equipped and family-friendly six-bedroom house donated to [...]
PeaceQuest wound up its formal events on November 11 with our third sold-out Remembrance Day concert at The Isabel. It was an afternoon of song and celebration. (PeaceQuest was a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent De Paul in Kingston, Ontario, Canada). The previous day we assembled 150 people at City Hall’s Memorial Room for a conference [...]
A very long time ago, some 2000 years, a couple of Hebrew parents left their homeland and immigrated to Egypt along with their young son. The child was being threatened and was in danger of being killed. The parents, Joseph and Mary, did the only thing they could do to save their child; they took whatever they could, made a [...]
The Sisters of Divine Providence sponsor La Posada Providencia, in San Benito,Texas. It is a house for those seeking asylum in our country. The clients come from many different countries and usually are fleeing from internal country wars, oppression, poverty, gangs, and looking for a better and safer life for themselves and their children. When they come to La Posada [...]
The mission statement of the Women of Providence in Collaboration promises that we will respond to the needs of our global society. The LCWR Global Concerns Committee has called upon all of us to reflect on the words of Pope Francis in his World Day of Peace message. The Women of Providence add our wholehearted support to the following words [...]
The Women of Providence in Collaboration support the LCWR’s “Resolution to Action” statement on Mid-term Elections. This is a crucial time in our country as many Americans go to vote. There are many issues such as healthcare, immigration, second amendment rights, gun violence, border protection but also separation of children from their parents, and civility in our rhetoric with others. [...]
