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  • Sr. Susanne Hartung hands out fruit at a food bank.
    Sr. Susanne Hartung leads the Mission Service Opportunities program, connecting Providence St. Joseph Health caregivers with service opportunities in their communities.
  • Sr. Vilma Franco repairs a house.
    Sr. Vilma Franco, who ministers in the mountainous Arcatao region of El Salvador, helps to repair a house.
  • Sr. Charlene Hudon participates in a roadside protest.
    Sr. Charlene Hudon (right), Chair of the Sisters of Providence Earth Committee, participates in a roadside demonstration in Seattle.
  • Chaplain Sr. Phuong Ha Nguyen poses for a portrait in front of the hospital she serves.
    Sr. Phuong Ha Nguyen ministers as the chaplain at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Los Angeles.
  • Sr. Judith Desmarais interprets a Mass using American Sign Language.
    Sr. Judith Desmarais has long been involved in ministry in service of those that are deaf.
  • Sr. Chloe Keitges packs a grocery bag with supplies.
    Sr. Chloe Keitges participates in the “My Grocery Bag” ministry project at St. Joseph Residence in Seattle.
  • Sr. Marita Capili ministers to children in El Salvador.
    Sr. Marita Capili ministers to children in the Beca scholarship program, in El Salvador.
  • Sr. Marisol Avila speaks to the crowd at a vocations gathering.
    Sr. Marisol Avila, Vocations Director for the Sisters of Providence, speaks to a formation gathering that brought hundreds of young people together in central Washington.
  • Sr. Rosa Nguyen supports a young girl at a health clinic in Vietnam.
    Sr. Rosa Sen Nguyen assists a girl at a Vietnamese health clinic.
  • Sr. Bea LaFramboise leads groups of students through the streets of downtown Seattle for the “Sacred Encounters” ministry, where they provide food and other necessities for people experiencing homelessness.
  • Sr. Paula Cosko teaches in a college classroom.
    Sr. Paula Cosko has taught English as a second language for more than three decades on faculty at North Seattle College.
  • Sr. Marie-Thérèse Gnamazo ministers at a food bank.
    Sr. Marie-Thérèse Gnamazo ministers at the West Seattle Food Bank.
  • Three Sisters of Providence pose for a group portrait next to a flower-adorned podium.
    The Mother Joseph Core Group: (from left) Srs. Josefina Lerios, Marcia Gatica, and Hong Nga Nguyen.
  • Nine Sisters of Providence pose for a group portrait at the 2026 Jubilee Mass.
    The 2026 Sisters of Providence, Mother Joseph Jubilarians (first row) pose with the community’s Congregational Leadership Team.

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As Sisters of Providence we give a human face to Providence and testify to the love of God. We do this by engaging compassionately with people who are poor and vulnerable – those whose basic needs are not met, the victims of injustice, the rejected, the marginalized and the voiceless.

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We are all part of a great whole: the sacredness and interconnectedness of our Provident God, neighbors and Earth. What we do for one, we do for the other.

a group of high school students with bags of food
Pope Francis has asked the faithful to reach out to the margins. Students accompany Sr. Bea on one of her “Sacred Encounter” on the streets of Seattle.

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Mountains surrounding the town of Aracatao where Sr. Vilma ministers in the local parish.

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People who are deaf and blind have unique needs so interpreting must be customized for everyone.

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