Canonization of Blessed Aloysius Guanella
The miracle has been approved! Blessed Aloysius Guanella will be canonized soon! Please continue to pray for this intention.
Sisters' Retreat Schedule for 2010
Rev. James Kubicki, SJ
St. Mary of Providence, Elverson, Pennsylvania
September 19-26, 2010
XVII General Chapter in Rome
The XVII General Chapter of the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence will be held in Rome from November 12 - December 12, 2010. Members of the General Chapter will gather from around the world. Please remember the Sisters in prayer.
Guanellian Jubilee Celebrations
Sr. Savina Laskowske celebrated her 60th Anniversary of Religious Profession along with the 25th Anniversary of Religious Profession of Sr. Rita Butler and Sr. Sharon Williams at St. Mary of Providence, Chicago, on May 29, 2010.
Divine Providence Community Home will celebrate their 50th Anniversary on September 30, 2010.
Guanellian Lay Movement National Meeting
The National Meeting of the Guanellian Lay Movement will be held in Chelsea, Michigan. Dates to be announced.
From the Provincial
The Whole World is Your Country
We are all familiar with the famous quote of Blessed Guanella, "the whole world is your country". The Immaculate Conception Province has been extended to incorporate the Philippines and Mexico. It will be challenging for everyone with the different languages and cultures but where love reigns challenges can be met with optimism and success. Benedict XVI in his Encyclical Letter, "Deus Caritas Est", has put it simply: "Love grows through Love. Love is Divine because it comes from God and unites us to God: through this unifying process it makes us a "we" which transcends our divisions and makes us one, until in the end God is "all in all" (1 Cor. 15:28).
It is my hope that we will be able to accomplish all God intends us to be and to do in peace, harmony and a willingness in service to our brothers and sisters in need. For this intention I ask that you join me in prayer so that all of us feel the "we" in our will to be one in God with God and for God.