Winter 2009
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~ Christmas message from the Leadership Team (Sr Margaret Botch)
~ 2009 Mother Joseph Award (Ruth Palnick, Spokane)
~ Profiles of new leadership (2010-14)
~ Hearing God’s call – Marita Capili, candidate
~ Providence Companion – JoAnn Kelly
~ The Gift of Service – WA/MT region
~ Annual appeal
~ Please Remember in Prayer
~ Briefs
- Renewal of vows (Sr Vilma Franco)
- Rosa Sen Nguyen welcomed into novitiate
- Witness for Peace (Sr Fran Stacey in Honduras)
- Provincial Penguins (Halloween)
- Provincial staff honors Blessed Emilie Gamelin
- Gift for SJR (MEG statue)
- New Providence Associates in LA
~ Vocation ad
~ Missioning ceremony for new PH&S sponsors
Fall 2009
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~ Sister Jo Ann Showalter visits UN as UNANIMA delegate to CSD-17
~ Hong Nga Nguyen enters novitiate
~ Sister Suzette Bautista tranfers vows
~ Vocation Discernment Retreat 2009
~ Sisters welcome two pre-candidates
~ Vocation ad
~ 2010-2014 Provincial Council elected
~ Chapter of Affairs 2009: Engaged in Our Deep Story
~ Briefs
- Walk of the Heroines (Portland)
- Organ pipes from Providence Heights find new home
- Sister Karen Hawkins completes master’s in transforming spirituality
- Providence Ministries missioning of sponsors scheduled
- A Cause to Dine For
- Portland library named for Sister Pauline Lemaire
- Women & Spirit exhibit schedule
~ Marita Capili accepted as candidate
~ Obits
- Annette Parent, SP
- Nellie “Marguerite” O’Connor, SP
- Jeanne Parent, SP
~ Please Remember in Prayer
~ Providence Women Reunion 2009
Summer 2009
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~ Sisters of Providence invite lay people to ministry sponsorship
~ Providence Ministries sponsors? profiles and photos
~ Sister Lucille Dean named new chair for PH&S board
~ 2009 Jubilarians (14)
~ Sisters makes return visit to El Salvador with Spokane parish delegation
~ Portland Providence Associates make tradition of giving to El Salvador
~ Apostolic Visitation process begins
~ Come & See vocation discernment retreat ad
~ Briefs
- Sisters of Providence inducted into Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame
- Blessings for new babies (Greater Seattle PAs event)
- Staffer Jaime Beytebiere bakes at Sojourner Place
- Sr. Jane Dufault celebrates 104 years
- Northwest Women’s Conference
- Third-floor remodel of St. Joseph Residence is blessed
- Fund in Montreal (leadership meeting photo)
- Women & Spirit traveling exhibit sponsored by LCWR opens in Cincinnati
Please Remember in Prayer
~ Obits
- Adeline Johnston, PA
- Barbara Schiller, SP
- Maureen Hurley, SP
~ Providence High School honors Ray and Carmen Ferrante
Spring 2009
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~ Nurses – religious and lay – take the spotlight at legacy dinner
~ Editor’s note: Caritas goes “green”
~ Sisters launch human trafficking awareness bus ad campaign
~ Thanks to donors
~ Deling Fernando, SP, joins Vocation Team
~ Vocation ad
~ Kennedy honors – Seattle high school dedicates The Dillman Center in Sister’s honor ~ Sisters who have served at Kennedy include ~ Briefs
- Two more Daughters of Mary join the family at SJR
- Sister Anna Loan makes temporary return to Vietnam
- UNANIMA International Committee on Environment (Sr. JoAnn Showalter)
- Duwamish Tribe opens longhouse and cultural center
- Two centenarians celebrate at SJR (Srs. Eva O?Hare and Jeanne Parent)
- Three new Providence Associates in Spokane (George & Rita Waldref and Julie Wokasch, OSB)
- Friday mornings in El Salvador: Little people learn through play
- Remember to listen in (Sacred Heart Radio)
~ Emilie Gamelin Mission Fund donations 2008
~ Obits
- Nancy MacLean, SP
- Dorothy A. Warren, PA
- Eleanor McElwee, PA
- Madeleine Monica Fortier, SP
~ Please Remember in Prayer
~ Come and See ~ Introducing Huong Nguyen and Marie-Thrse Gnamazo