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Foundation Day and our French connection
Note: The following are the reflections offered by General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, Vicar Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp and General Councilor Sister Carole Kimes during our Foundation Day Mass, which took place on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. Introduction — Sister Dawn Tomaszewski Peace be to this house on this our 182nd Foundation Day! General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski reflecting during the 2022 Foundation Day Mass as Father Terry Johnson listens. I don’t know how it is for you, but for me...
Honoring you
...improvement and is a sign of hope. The award recipients are honored at the annual Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Evening. See all recipients by clicking here. Times to Remember program You are invited to enroll in the Times to Remember program established to show our gratitude for friends and benefactors by remembering your special days. You and your loved ones are prayerfully remembered on those days and you will receive a card on your birthday and wedding anniversary assuring you...
Remembering who we are and why we are here!
Note: The following is the reflection our General Superior, Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, provided during the 2023 Foundation Day Mass. The author Sue Monk Kidd has written, “Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” We are here today because the story of our foundation is alive and well. We have been telling and retelling that story for 183 years now. How on Oct. 22, 1840, six...
Mass schedule
...11 a.m. Saturday, June 27 – Jubilee Mass, 2 p.m. Sunday, June 28 – 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11 a.m. (First Profession) Sunday, July 5 – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11 a.m. Sunday, July 12 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11 a.m. Sunday, July 19 – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11 a.m. Sunday, July 26 – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11 a.m. Sunday, August 2 – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 11 a.m. Saturday, August...
Saint Mother Theodore’s Legacy Lives: Giving Day 2023
Become a Legacy Giving Day donor – give a gift in October! This giving day (officially Oct. 18) celebrates Mother Theodore’s milestones (birthday (10/2), Feast Day (10/3) and Foundation Day (10/22)), and how Saint Mother Theodore Guerin ministered to those needing education, medicine, prayers, spiritual hope, free schooling and more. It also highlights the way the Sisters of Providence move her legacy forward today. GIVE THE GIFT OF HOPE TODAY! Your gift honors the strong foundation that Mother Theodore built...
A Reflection for the 2024 Foundation Day Mass
The readings that were just proclaimed are beautiful reminders of what is foundational to our lives and the life of this Providence Community as we celebrate this 184th Foundation Day. But none of these words captured my imagination or my heart like the reading Sister Jean Fuqua asked me to deliver at our prayer service out at the Log Cabin Chapel this Foundation Day morning. It fell to me to read the story of the four-mile trip of our foundresses...
Our Earth Day Festival Origins
...alpacas, hawks, goats, and … an armadillo??? We hope you will join us for a day of celebration the weekend before Earth Day, on Saturday, April 18, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. near the Lodge at the O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall as well as on Earth Day itself, April 22, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on the campus of Indiana State University. Take action with us as we continue this legacy and keep the movement alive! A brief history of Earth Day Sept....
Earth Day Every Day
...educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day in 1970, EARTHDAY.ORG is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 75,000 partners in over 190 countries to drive positive action for our planet. Earthday.org Interfaith Power & Light “Faith Climate Action Week” April 16-25 The annual program will include climate-themed worship services and sermons, spanning 10 days of activities around Earth Day in celebration of Earth Month. The theme of...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2019
The following are the reflections offered by Sisters of Providence General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, Dr. Dottie King, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College President, Mandy Lynch, administrator and CEO of Providence Health Care, and Dr. Margie Crooks, president of Providence Cristo Rey High School, for the Congregation’s 2019 Foundation Day, which took place on Tuesday, Oct. 22: From Sister Dawn Tomaszewski: For the better part of a month now, I have been carrying around a page from the Terre Haute Tribune-Star. It...
2025 Reflection for Foundation Day
Note: The following reflection was given by General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski during the October 22, 2025, Foundation Day. “Remember that this union, this charity, this love was also founded here 185 years ago today.“ On October 22, 1855, the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Mother Theodore Guerin is said to have passed a significant portion of the day in her room. She had been ill much of that summer and fall....
General Superiors
Nineteen Sisters of Providence have served as General Superior of the Congregation since its foundation in 1840. Each of these Sisters brought a unique skill-set to the position. Below, you will see the entire list of these 19 women religious who have led the Congregation through this year. including their achievements during their administration. Contents Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly Mother Anastasie Brown Mother Mary Ephrem Glenn Mother Euphrasie Hinkle Mother Mary Cleophas Foley Mother Mary Raphael...
Celebrating our many foundations this Foundation Day
...mission was necessary. And now, three sisters are in the process of establishing a mission in Arizona near the border. Yes, we continue the ministry of the first Foundation Day in 1840. We stand in humble gratitude for all that our sisters, associates and benefactors who continue to honor Divine Providence through works of love, mercy and justice as we bring our gifts to the needs of the world. Let us celebrate all our foundations on this Happy Foundation Day! ...