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What does it mean to actually live a Gospel of Hope? Not just think about it, but live it, in this time and in this place?
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In recent months, we have seen – in our nation – an eruption of long simmering racial tensions. We have seen, one after another, unarmed African American people being shot and killed by police, violent and non-violent protests against racial profiling and the excessive use of force by police, the failure of grand juries to…
Sister Marie has been a Sister of Providence since 1960. She has ministered as a music teacher and in pastoral theology, working as a pastoral psychotherapist. She was a member of the Sisters of Providence Leadership Team for 15 years. Sister Marie currently ministers as the program director for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.