Sisters of Divine Providence
Elsa Medina Rivera Named 2018 Woman of Providence
The award is given annually at La Roche College's spring Commencement.
LCWR book, "However Long the Night: Making Meaning in a Time of Crisis"
The book chronicles what LCWR learned as it navigated the six-year investigation by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2009-2015.
Live to Serve
Saint Clare’s Villa resident, Sister Celine Maasen, found a way to help others and the environment in living a life of service.
Invitation to incredible visitation
In the middle of winter, with snow and very cold temperatures at home, I find myself in an oasis: a beautiful small garden with blooming and colorful flowers and trees. I am in the convent of the Hermanas Franciscanas Misioneras de Jesús (HFMJ)* in El Salvador.
Sisters stand with March for Our Lives
Sisters joined the march in downtown Pittsburgh to protest the gun violence plaguing American schools.
Associate Dorothy Webb
Quietly on, Friday, March 16, 2018, 2018, Dorothy Donnelly Webb of Swissvale went home to the Father.
On the Air: The history and work of Catholic Sisters in the St. Louis region
On-air with Don Marsh of KWMU 90.7 FM, Sister Barbara McMullen discusses the history and work of the 15 orders of Catholic Sisters in the St. Louis region and an exhibit about them at the St. Louis Public Library.
"Joyous Spirit" Now Available on iTunes
The album, by Rosemonde Deck, CDP, contains 16 original piano compositions.
From corn-husk shoes to old-time habits
By the time of the St. Louis Public Library's founding in 1865, Catholic sisters had already been at work for nearly a half-century in St. Louis.
Dick's Sporting Goods' gun policy change followed sister talks
A group of sisters that pushes for corporate responsibility played an apparent role in the Feb. 28 announcement by Dick's Sporting Goods that it would stop selling assault rifles and raise the minimum purchase age for firearms to 21.
McCandless council adopts statement on diversity, hears complaints on shooting range
Sister Mary Traupman of the Sisters of Divine Providence, a lawyer by training, read a letter detailing her concern over the spring opening of a shooting range, the INPAX Academy of Personal Protection, in an office building in McCandless Crossing.
Sister acts: 200 years ago, nuns became St. Louis pioneers
There was the Spirit of St. Louis. But before that, there were the spirits of St. Louis.
Sisters Celebrate 25 Years of Ministry in Dominican Republic
The Sisters of Divine Providence in Las Cañitas have embodied the spirit of the Congregation’s founders to help the poor by committing to live among them.
"Soul Stretching, The Inner Landscape of an Ordinary Life" Now Available on Amazon
The book, by Barbara McMullen, CDP, is about ordinary life and the way it unpacks itself in each of us.
Six Billboards in Western Pennsylvania - Catholic Sisters Act to Inspire Change
Beginning February 12, billboards will feature the Sisters that invite us all to “Pray. Act. Be the Change.”
September 25, 2017
We are surviving. No light, water or internet.
—Sister Elizabeth
October 2, 2017
We are now able to connect by cell phone with our Sisters in Bayamon.
—Sister Elsa
October 7, 2017
Today was a new day with its own challenges.
—Sister Elsa
October 19, 2017
Water with Blessings is sending water filters, training materials and water storage containers to our Sisters in Puerto Rico so they can help others who are suffering.
—Sister Ana Lydia
October 29, 2017
No light, no water, no rest, no progress.
—Sister Elsa
November 3, 2017
We appreciate everyone interested in our well-being and all the supplies everyone is sending.
—Sister Elizabeth
November 6, 2017
We still do not have electricity in our Arecibo convent.
—Sister Veronica
November 16, 2017
There is electricity in our Arecibo convent tonight!
—Sr. Juanita
Associate Peggy Hensel Michaels
Peggy passed away January 27, 2018, following a brief illness.