One Busy Bea
One of the first ministers parishioners at St. Joseph’s meet every week when they come to Mass is Sr. Bea LaFramboise, SP. As a hospitality minister, her job…
One of the first ministers parishioners at St. Joseph’s meet every week when they come to Mass is Sr. Bea LaFramboise, SP. As a hospitality minister, her job…
Sr. Lynn Chappell, SP, first contributed to the Chronicles in 1966. She has been involved with them, in one way or another, ever since. Today, Sr. Lynn is…
Sr. Judith Desmaris, SP, first learned to sign for the deaf when some volunteers at the Washington School for the Deaf said they needed help to teach religion…
Sr. Pat Eley, SP, (right) needs to be meticulous. First, she searches through a book more than a century old for French names. The handwriting is penned in…
The island of La Pirraya is a twenty-minute boat ride from Puerta Parada through the Jiquilisco Bay in El Salvador. Boats motor past fishing villages and mangrove wetlands.…
While in Vietnam to care for her ill parents, Sr. Rosa Nguyen, SP, received an invitation to go to Hue, Vietnam, to visit Arpan Global Charities (AGC). “It…
The beauty of the Congregation’s mission was brought to India recently when formation leaders visited Hyderabad, India. Providence St. Joseph Health System offers a variety of formation programs…
Reflection by Sister Susanne Hartung, SP After 20 years in secondary education: teaching and administration, the leadership of our community asked me to consider going into health care…
By Sr. Marie-Thérèse Gnamazo We recently participated in an event in Yakima, Washington, called Congreso Católico de Evangelización Familiar (Catholic Family Evangelization Congress). It is one of the…
By Sister Rosa Nguyen I have been blessed to be a part of the Mission Leadership Institute, sponsored by Providence St. Joseph Health and Providence University. This program…
Joan Gallagher, SP Over the years I have enjoyed volunteering in parish ministry as a Eucharistic Minister, serving on Liturgy committees, facilitating a Single Mom’s Spirituality group, working…
The Sisters of Providence expand a scholarship program for Salvadoran students with a soon to be opened second facility.