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News

Here you will find a collection of news articles that were posted to our website from 2013 to present.

Celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week 2014

Join us in celebrating the 51,000 Catholic sisters in America! We will join with thousands of others in celebrating the inaugural National Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14. St. Catherine University was awarded a three-year Hilton Foundation grant to help bring greater visibility to the contributions of women religious, as part of Women’s History Month (March). We hope to celebrate Catholic sisters, past, present and future, as well as keeping these faith-filled, courageous women’s contributions top-of-mind always.

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2014 Annual Giving Report

2014 Annual Report

Because of your generous support, faithfulness, and partnership with the Sisters of Divine Providence, we are able to continue our mission of co-creating a world of compassion, justice, and peace. Your continued kindness and charity enables us to respond to the needs of today and to advance our commitment of making God’s Providence more visible in our world.

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Sister Alice Marie Lyon and Sister Florita Rodman, enjoying Valentines from Sacred Heart School students

Sisters in Kingston Celebrate Valentine's Day

Sisters at Providence House in Kingston, Mass., had a lovely Valentine's Day week thanks to some students from Sacred Heart School, one of our sponsored ministries.

Hand-designed cards and letters from students and classes in grades 1-6 brought smiles to many Sisters' faces, especially those who have retired from their teaching ministry at Sacred Heart. The Sisters who have retired love to see the art work and the thoughtfulness of their students.

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Sister Nélida Naveros Córdova Presents at Scholarly Meeting

On February 8, 2014, Sister Nélida Naveros Córdova presented a paper at the 2014 meeting of the Midwest Society of Biblical Literature in the section of "Student Religious Studies." The meeting was at Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Ill. The topic of Sister Nélida's paper was "The City of Jerusalem as Portrayed by Luke and Philo of Alexandria." We're proud of Sister Nélida's work! 

 

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Sister Dolores Elizabeth Werling

Sister Dolores Elizabeth Werling Celebrates 100th Birthday

On February 3, Sister Dolores Elizabeth Werling celebrated her 100th birthday with a party at Providence Heights. Sisters, staff members, family members, and friends joined the celebration, which included a delicious cake, special 100th birthday decorations, and beautiful flowers. Photos from the party are available on our Flickr photostream. 

See more pictures from Sister Dolores Elizabeth Werling's 100th Birthday Celebration.

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Congratulations to La Posada Providencia on a Successful Hearts & Hands Fundraiser

Congratulations to La Posada Providencia, one of our sponsored ministries, on a very successful Hands & Hearts fundraiser! The fifth annual Hands & Hearts Brunch and Auction fundraiser set a new attendance record, with more than 340 guests attending the event, held Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Cultural Arts Center of Texas State Technical College.

Read more in the article "Hands & Hearts shows us God’s Providence on Earth" on the La Posada Providencia website. 

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Sisters Celebrate Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

On December 12, 2013, the Catholic Church throughout the world celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. The feast celebrates the appearances of Mary to Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531. This is a day of special significance to Mexican Catholics and many other people of Latino hertiage. In Pittsburgh, a special celebration, including a Mass, took place at St. Paul Cathedral. Thanks to Sisters Roberta Grzelak, Ana Lydia Sonera Matos, Wendolyn López Santos, and Karina Conrad for representing our community at the liturgy.

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Music Makers

"We exalt your Providence, O God, and we submit to all its decrees!" 

Music can be a wonderful conduit between divine presence and experience. Many believe that it is in the nature of humans to yearn for, to seek out, to communicate at some level with, the Divine, and that we are restless until we find a way to be at one with that presence. Music helps people relate to God in a very personal way. It can make one aware of the presence of God.

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Marlene McClain's Sunseeker RV

Associate Marlene McClain's Journey to La Posada Providencia

La Posada Providencia serves as a temporary home and shelter for men, women, and children who flee their countries because of religious persecution, enslavement, and other life- and limb-threatening terrors. First they are sent to detention centers (jails) operated by U.S. Border Patrol. If they are determined to be authentically fleeing horrors, they are placed on a track to receiving papers and staying in the U.S. This process takes time--a day or more; a week or more.

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