- Reflection from an El Salvador Pilgrimage
- Spreading the FaithCatechists from San Bartolomé Parish in, Arcatao, El Salvador, held their annual planning retreat this past Saturday – the Feast of the Annunciation and the anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Providence. Sr. Vilma Franco ministers at…
- Other Duties as RequiredWhen your community lacks resources, housing, transportation, health care and other basic human needs, missionaries are sometimes the only source of assistance. Sr. Vilma Franco, SP, runs a thriving ministry based in Arcatao, in the Department of Chalatenango, El…
- Light That Gives HopeA Poem by Salvadoran Beca Student Daniela Serrano And that moment comes, when everything changes, when we really must think about our decisions, when life seems as if it were a dark night without the moon and stars, and…
- Sister Frances Stacey, SP (1946-2023)Sister Frances Stacey, age 76, a Sister of Providence for 57 years, died January 13, 2023 at St. Joseph Residence, Seattle. Sister Fran was born Frances Eugenia Stacey (fondly nicknamed “Geanie” by her father) on June 27, 1946 in…
- Thank you from El Salvador!This summer of 2020 our sisters in the El Salvador mission made an urgent request for funds to help individuals and families devastated by the coronavirus and tropical storms in the Chalatenango mountain region and islands of the Usulutan…
- 175th Anniversary Celebration in El Salvador with founding sisters
- Sisters of Providence in El SalvadorBy Sisters of Providence in El Salvador “The people are teaching me.” – Sister Marita Capili“We feel community with the people.” – Sister Marcia Gatica“Greetings from my beautiful country… feeling God next to me.” – Sister Vilma Franco In…
- Mission trip in Guatemala leads Sister Vilma Franco back to El SalvadorOn August 14, Sister Vilma Franco was missioned in Seattle and then flew to El Salvador on August 26 to take up ministry in Arcatao parish in the department of Chalatenango. That mountain village where she will be a…
- El Salvador scholarship program creates active, engaged citizensIf you are fortunate enough to receive a scholarship in the Sisters of Providence Beca program in El Salvador, no one hands you a check and says “Good luck! See you when you reapply next year.” This evolving program…
- Returning to El Salvador: Two Sisters of Providence look forward to Romero beatificationby Jocelyn A. Sideco Global Sisters Report May 21, 2015 in Ministry See also: Living the Legacy of Martyrs Providence Sister who knew Archbishop Romero serves in Portland Days before his murder Archbishop Óscar Romero told a reporter, “You can…
- Providence Sister Margarita Hernandez professes perpetual vows in Seattle on July 27, 2013July 15, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jennifer Roseman, Director of Communications & Development (509) 474-2395 or (509) 994-5032 For photo availability, contact Jennifer Roseman Sister Margarita Araceli Hernandez Alfaro will make profession of perpetual vows of poverty, chastity…
- Sister Vilma Franco professes perpetual vows in SpokaneIf you ever want to know what the “3 Is” – international, intercultural and intergenerational – looks like in practice, Sister Vilma Franco’s perpetual vow ceremony in Spokane on October 7 was a model. Sisters of Providence and friends…
- Women religious from El Salvador and Vietnam transfer vows to Sisters of ProvidenceAugust 7, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jennifer Roseman, Director of Communications & Development (509) 474-2395 or (509) 994-5032 For photo availability, contact Jennifer Roseman Two women religious – natives of Vietnam and El Salvador – will participate in…
- Margarita Hernandez makes first profession of vowsJune 29, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jennifer Roseman, Director of Communications & Development (509) 474-2395 or (509) 994-5032 For photo availability, contact Jennifer Roseman Margarita Hernandez, 26, a native of El Salvador, will make first profession of the…
- Novice enters community in El SalvadorSeptember 6, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jennifer Roseman, Director of Communications & Development (509) 474-2395 or (509) 994-5032 For photo availability, contact Jennifer Roseman Sister Margarita Hernandes began investigating in 2001. She has joined Vilma Franco in Santiago,…
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