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A Providence moment with Sister Camille Neubauer

August 14, 2020

I felt that both of these incidents were Camille letting me know “Donna, have no fear. Camille is here.”

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What to pack for the journey

April 19, 2020

It was a powerful reflection writing what I would take and how I would say goodbye to those I loved.

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Rising to the Occasion

April 8, 2020

I think we will be different when this crisis is over.

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Butterflies for immigrant children in detention centers

October 28, 2019

We invite you to join us in the butterfly project

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Sister Helen Vinton brings hope in an unsteady environment

May 24, 2019

“Currently, climate change is the biggest threat to many Louisiana families, changing how and where they live and make a living,” says Sister Helen Vinton. Families in coastal Louisiana have suffered greatly.

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A New Advent Symbol

December 13, 2018

I love this new symbol of Advent!

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Crossing the Borders of our Hearts

November 29, 2018

While we may not be able physically to minister to the many families at the U.S border, we are not powerless

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Art, an enduring legacy at the Woods

September 8, 2018

On this particular day it was a painting done at Saint Mary of-the-Woods in 1898 by his grandmother, Mary Ray McCoy that brought Robert Kirkpatrick Jr., his brother, Jay and sister-in-law, Carole to visit for the first time.

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A front porch reflection

August 8, 2018

She had a very small house, but an extravagant heart

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Alaska holiday honors Elizabeth Peratrovich

February 15, 2018

They experienced discrimination against native indigenous people whose ancestors had lived there for thousands of years

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Intersectionality – what is it?

January 19, 2018

Today, even as random violence seems to become the norm in our country, there are some for whom violence and discrimination are nothing new. Whole classes of people face discrimination on a daily basis because of how their realities overlap: discrimination in housing, the workplace, our churches, our criminal justice system, health care, our immigration system.

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A new perspective on assisted living

January 19, 2018

“That the question of being in assisted living took me to a more profound level. Suddenly I realized that every one of us is in assisted living,” writes Sister Donna Butler

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Sister Donna Butler has been a Sister of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for more than 60 years. Sister Donna has served in elementary education, parish ministry, diocesan social justice, as well as the Congregation’s liturgy office, archives department and social justice outreach. She also administered as the director of the Providence Volunteer Ministry. Sister Donna currently volunteers in outreach with Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College students.

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