The Executive Committee of the Women of Providence met at St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN, November 3-4 for the 2018 fall meeting. Sr. Dawn Tomaszewski was our host for the meeting. The officers reviewed data from the June Providence Event, heard and discussed all the Executive Director reports as given by Barbara McMullen, and discussed the Finance Report given by treasurer, Alice [...]
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. [...]
The Women of Providence in Collaboration are committed to the care of all creation. We are becoming ever more aware of our carbon footprint on the planet and thus support the Clean Power Plan. We join with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in opposing President Trump’s new Clean Energy Rule. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is [...]
The season of Fall calls us to yield, to surrender, to let go, like the leaves falling from the trees. For the WPC, change is definitely happening too! You will notice a new WPC logo on this page. We kept the tree concept, as our roots are the same, but the circular pattern of tree and words has a fresher [...]
Spring is in the air…but not quite so much for the WPC Governing Board who met in Kingston, Ontario, on April 4th and 5th. We were treated to the warmest hospitality and surrounded inside by beautiful yellow tulips, painted Easter eggs, flowered candles and pastel cloths in our meeting room environment. Outside, however, the wind howled, trees bent over, and [...]
Peace and all good things to you! Recently, as many of you know, I had total knee replacement surgery, so I had some extra time to read during my recuperation period. I just want to share with you some threads of that reading and my ponderings from it. Thread One: Dioum, a conservationist in Senegal, wrote: “In the end we [...]
Twenty-eight women, who are Associate leaders or potential Associate leaders in Congregations belonging to the Women of Providence in Collaboration (WPC), gathered in Westfield at Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center from September 18-20 to attend WPC’s 2017 Associate Leadership Group (ALG) Conference. Sister Pauline Lally, a Sister of Providence of Saint Vincent de Paul in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, was [...]
Sister Barbara McMullen entered religious life from St. Mary's parish in Madison, Illinois. She credits the Sisters of Divine Providence who taught her in grade school, especially Sr. Leona Zimmerman and Sr. Mary Ann Haug, for influencing her decision to enter religious life. Both these women demonstrated happiness, peace, a loving and caring spirit and a giving nature of service [...]
We have recorded our major events and publications starting with the First Providence Symposium in 1980 through the present. In addition, you can view a larger image of the Timeline of the Formation of Provide Congregations (and download it if you like), by double-clicking on the image below. CLICK THE IMAGE TO VIEW IT LARGER MAJOR EVENTS [...]
