In a previous post I wrote about the keynote address at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) held in Arizona by Sr. Pat Murray, IBVM. In that address she listed six images, the second of them is: Be present at the borderlands. There are many people today who want to help those fleeing their country’s borders for a safe…
Most of us are familiar with the crisis at our southern border. It’s in the news everyday and the rhetoric surrounding it grows more hateful. It might be difficult for some people to believe everything they hear, but when photos of kids in cages and adults packed in like sardines in a wire-fenced can are shown on our TV screens,…
In 1988 the Salvation Army began a program to provide homeless women and families temporary shelter in St. Louis County. The Sisters of Divine Providence, whose provincial house was in Normandy, MO made a corporate commitment to the homeless in 1990. These two organizations would meet “providentially” a couple of years later. In 1992 the Salvation Army obtained a grant…
In preparation for their final vows, Sister Thomas (left) and Sister Paul, (right) Sisters of Divine Providence from the St. Joseph Province in Korea, spent time this spring with the Sisters of Marie de la Roche Province at Providence Heights in Pittsburgh. While in the U.S., the Sisters also traveled to San Benito, Texas, to visit La Posada Providencia, a…
La Roche College announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Education approved its application to become La Roche University effective March 26, 2019. Sister Candace Introcaso, CDP, Ph.D., president of La Roche, announced the transition during a celebration for students, faculty and staff. Alumni and friends from across the country and world joined the president for the announcement via Facebook Live.…
La Posada Providencia is a refugee house in San Benito, Texas sponsored by the Sisters of Divine Providence of Allison Park, PA. This ministry was started by the former province in St. Louis, MO. For many years now Sisters and staff have “welcomed the stranger” to our country. With the immigration crisis at our borders, La Posada has been overwhelmed…
Sister Veronica Kim loves the La Roche College community so much that she refers to herself as the campus mom. But Kim admitted that she never would have imagined she would one day work in the education field in America. Kim was born and raised in South Korea—a place she credits for profoundly impacting her life. She said that Korean…
The Women of Providence in Collaboration met for their annual board meeting on April 10-11, 2019 at the Genesis Spirituality and Life Center in Westfield, MA. The following Sisters are the new officers for the Executive Committee of the Board: Front row sitting: Kathleen Popko, SP–Vice-Chair, Alice Marie Lyon, CDP-Treasurer Back row: standing: Dawn Tomaszewski, SP–Chair, Barbara McMullen, CDP–Executive Director,…
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…
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…