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Fair Trade: products that improve the lives of people on the margins

Published on January 11, 2017

Linden Leaf Gifts is a store that worries less about keeping the lights on and more about how to bring light into the lives of marginalized people. As a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, Linden Leaf Gifts measures success a little differently than most retail stores. Success is derived also from the difference it can make in the lives of people that provide the unique products sold there.

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Justice advocates and Providence Associates

Published on January 11, 2017

Providence Associates Jeanne Rewa and Ben Kite’s work for justice has been multifaceted. Racial justice, civil rights, gender equality, LGBT rights, School of Americas, criminal justice reform, animal rights, and environment, including climate change, are only some of the issues addressed. In working for social justice, their strategies model just and nonviolent relationships with persons of very different perspectives.

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Justice commission focuses on eco-justice

Published on January 11, 2017

The word “eco-justice” has its roots in the Latin word oikos, the home or household. Thus, eco-justice refers to caring for and attending to the “household of creation,” including people, creatures, ecosystems, economy, environment, food, water, air, and rules that facilitate the well-being of all in the home.)

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Ministry of prayer and smiles offer light

Published on January 11, 2017

We Sisters of Providence rely on our “powerhouse of prayer” as some call our sisters who reside in our health care facilities. These sisters receive a “ministry assignment” each year to pray for particular intentions. These intentions may be as specific as an individual’s name or more general, such as “for all addicted to alcohol or drugs” or “for those affected by divorce.”

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A safe home community for those who lost everything

Published on January 11, 2017

“I wanted to work with God’s working poor, who lost all of their belongings during the hurricane. They were living in broken down trailers with two or three families in each,” Sister Cathy Buster said. The end result was the new community in Arcadia, Florida. Casa San Juan Bosco I is a 53-home complex for migrant farmworkers.

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Newsnotes

Published on January 11, 2017

The latest news and tidbits from the Sisters of Providence!

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Building and healing: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin moment

Published on January 11, 2017

When Sister Mary asked if they had seen the Log Cabin Chapel yet, three of the men responded in unison, proudly and humbly, “We helped build it.” This was a reunion of sorts for the three men who were inmates in 2012 at the Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute. Before their release, they vowed to return to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for a visit, and this weekend was that moment.

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What does Providence look like? You

Published on January 11, 2017

We invite you to be part of God’s mission for the Sisters of Providence. To collaborate with us by supporting that mission with your donation of time, talent or treasure. We are blessed that our invitation to support our mission of outreach is providentially answered through you.

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Obituary

Sister Caroline Hatch

Published on January 9, 2017

To say she was an excellent and creative first grade teacher probably does not do her justice

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Nature is a powerful healing source

Published on January 7, 2017

The notion of the healing power of nature is something I feel I have always been inherently aware of; however, hearing the quote from John Muir brought this idea to the surface of my thoughts and since then, I have found myself observing nature through this lens. Josh Price shares why he thinks White Violet Center is a magical place.

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Remembering Sister Marie Brendan Harvey

Published on January 6, 2017

Many will also remember Sister Marie Brendan’s voice

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Sisters to host public ‘Gathering in Solidarity’ event

Published on January 3, 2017

Gathering to begin at 10 a.m.

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