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Our ministry is inspired, strengthened, and completed by those Sisters among us who minister through prayer and suffering.
In them we see the mystery of a provident God who is with us always, creating life from death.
(CDP Constitution, # 55)
Members in Ministry
John Martin Moye, a parish priest in Metz, Lorraine, France, founded the
Sisters of Divine Providence to serve the people whose needs he saw were being
neglected in his time and place. Education of the rural poor was to be their
primary work, but he placed that work within a broad vision of ministry: he
sent the Sisters not only to teach but to renew the people's faith and to
serve them constantly through works of mercy.
(CDP Constitution, # 50).
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Because Jesus' mission is to the whole world for all time, we are always being
called through the signs of the times to reach out to the people whose needs
are not being met. Our ministry is therefore characterized by diversity and
by responsible change; true to our charism, a complete trust in Divine Providence,
we continue to find creative ways to educate,
to evangelize, to carry out the works of mercy.
(CDP Constitution, # 51).
We are teachers...spiritual directors...administrators... counselors...hospital chaplains... finance directors...social workers...pastoral ministers... advocacy agents...nurses... vocation ministers...health care ministers... international missioners...community organizers... — Educators All
In various parts of the United States and in Mexico, we Sisters of Divine Providence
serve in close partnership with other individuals and groups and among diverse
groups in "expression of our mission to help re-create the world"
(CDP Constitution, # 54).
Our Sisters ministering to those in need in the United States and Mexico have served in elementary schools, high schools, colleges, hospitals, clinics, hospices, parishes, diocesan centers, homes, offices, retreat and renewal centers, formation houses, music studios, military bases, nursing homes, counseling centers, rehabilitation centers, social service agencies, civic communities, and missions in foreign lands.
General Council
The Congregation has been blessed by a succession of strong leaders, who,
in the spirit of the founder, have seen the creative hand of Providence in
the evolving needs of the time and have courageously initiated programs to
meet these new challenges.
Elected in 2005, the General Council includes (photo, back row, left to right) Dianne Heinrich, Rosalie Karstedt, Marlene Quesenberry, (front row) Jane Ann Slater (Superior General), and Imelda González.
