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Providence Associates celebrate first commitments 2018
...Sharon Woods visits with two Providence Associate friends Diane Gardner carries in the book of readings Pearlette Springer, right, with her companion Providence Associate Lynda Parker Richard Kennel during the commitment litrugy. The new Providence Associates make their first commitment Providence Associate Co-Directors Debbie Dillow and Sister Sue Paweski call the new Providence Associates forward New Providence Associates make their commitments. Providence Associate advisory board member Mel Marino Wolff passes out the Providence Associate pins New Providence Associates are pinned...
Being ‘Stickered’
...have a special message on the back of a label; my label last Saturday was the word ‘GORGEOUS,’ so I looked out at the autumn colored trees and whispered: ‘You are gorgeous; thank you for being you.’” On the opposite end of the question is Sister Janice Smith, “NO! I don’t look forward to being stickered. I am always so afraid that I will forget to go get them that it generally is another stressor to me. But it does help...
White Violet Center earns ‘Real Organic Project’ designation
...of enforcement of some vital USDA Organic standards to protect soil health and animal welfare, organic farmers rallied together to fight to protect the integrity of the organic label. This is what originally motivated WVC Farm Manager John-Michael Elmore to apply for this certification. “We (WVC) are already certified organic, so this became an extension of that. USDA organic certification is getting manipulated by large agri-businesses, and doesn’t fully represent the original intent of the organic movement,” John-Michael said. “While it’s still an important regulatory standard,...
Season of Creation 2022: Fair Trade and Climate Change
...Industry Consider buying second hand clothing, repairing and repurposing clothing, participating in a clothing swap, etc. Some stores that sell Fair Trade clothing include Athleta, Linden Leaf Gifts, Mata Traders, and MarketPlace: Handwork of India, Patagonia. Some brands such as Patagonia have a second-hand label – theirs is Worn Well. Check other stores and buy second hand through them. For tips on being fashionable inexpensively, click here. Read The Conscious Closet: A Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good...
Providence Associate first commitment 2015
...a banner in the entrance procession. Provildence Associate Barbara Linton and her companion Sister Kathleen Desautels embrace after the pinning. Sisters Denise Wilkinson and Dawn Tomaszewski receive written commitments from the new Providence Associates, escorted by their companions. In the foreground are Providence Associate Barbara Linton and her companion Sister Kathleen Desautels. Cathleen Flynn and Arthur Snyder sign their commitment cards as Providence Associates. New Providence Associate Arthur Snyder during the entrance procession. From left, new Providence Associate Jeanie Fentz...
21 new Providence Associates! Rite of first commitment 2022
We offer a joyful, heartfelt welcome to our 21 new Providence Associates who made their first commitments as Providence Associates of the Sisters of Providence on Saturday, Oct. 8., 2022, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Twenty-three other associates renewed their commitments during the ceremony. We are so blessed to have these companions living out the mission of love, mercy and justice with us. Joining us as new associates are, in group photo (front row, from left) Susan Yochum, Theresa Stinson, Kara Wilson,...
Senior jubilarians – 80 years and counting
...to be part of this effort in a special way, in a unique manner. You are at that time of life that social psychologists label “generative” – that is, it is your special gift to encourage and bring forth the gifts of others. Your gift to offer is that of wisdom, wisdom acquired by your having met life’s challenges, by years of fidelity to prayer and fidelity to the responsibilities of membership, to communal living, to lives of meaningful ministry....
Remembering who we are and why we are here!
...the community started a renewal team and I was chosen to be part of the team! I was not expecting that at all. I felt like Mother Theodore, but at least I didn’t have to go to another country – just to St. Louis with the other five women.” That experience, said Grace Marie, pushed her beyond her wildest imagination, until finally she was able to say of it: “This is our future; either I’m going to go along with...
Sister Marie Kevin Tighe
...being part of a six-member Corporate Renewal Team of Sisters of Providence, called Cor Unum. In 1980, her ministry changed. She found herself in the shadow and light of the twin steeples of St. Meinrad Archabbey Church. She spent the next four years as spiritual director and instructor in the seminary, thus again influencing the Church after Vatican Council II. In 1984, she accepted a position as director of the Office of Pastoral Councils for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, which...
My most challenging and most transformative years
...those who had been living religious life for many years. Change is never easy and change during those years was constant and profound. Along with adaptation there was another Council challenge to each congregation: to engage its members in the interior spiritual renewal of its commitment to God and in service to God’s people within our vowed life. The final words of Vatican Council II were: “The Council is over; the Council is beginning.” The work of answering the call...