Does your heart cry out to
serve the poor?
Do you long for a life in
community, sharing daily
prayer and Eucharist?
Does devotion to our Mother
of Sorrows move you?
Not every woman is called to
this life.
To explore whether you are,
“Come and See” the Sisters of
Providence.
We can help you clarify your
life choices. . .
Sisters of Providence
Vocation Office
vocations@providence.org
Seattle: (206) 923-4028
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In the Truth
we have begun.
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self-concerned values of this world.
That genuine connection with a
transcendent energy source makes
them divinely restless, unwilling to
ignore or yield to elements of human
behavior that conflict with the obvious intentions of a provident God:
exploitation, ignorance, neglect of
the marginalized, and corruption
anywhere.
Conversion needed
Accepting holiness requires, at the
very least, conversion in the sense of
transformation, coming to a halt to
ask, “is this the truth? is this where
i want to go?” fiercely refusing to
be bamboozled by mesmerizing
media that promise instant gratification but deliver ashes; rejecting
the investment of your heart and
hopes in anything that cannot defy
death; uprooting one’s soul—one’s
self—from the trivial and transitory
and engrafting it into the eternal.
it is not a static achievement but a
continued evolution of soul that in
authentic holiness becomes contagious. saint Paul suggests ordinary
holiness should be easily evident:
“The fruit of the spirit is love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” (Galatians 5: 22).
if we trim inflated notions of
heroic holiness that lead us to negate
God’s prodigal invitation, we might
