Sister Mary Montgomery
Sister Mary Montgomery, SP, ministers in retreats and in minister of presence. She also offers spiritual direction and workshops. She has a deep appreciation of nature in every season, the Sacred in the Ordinary, and the arts.
Prayer for Saint Isidore’s Feast Day
Let us pray for all farmers, laborers and gardeners who grow food for their families and for the peoples of the world. Let us pray for favorable weather conditions that will provide optimum growing seasons and for an end to…
On healing touch and the wall at the border
During the walk we also encountered the memorial site of a teenager, José Antonio Elena Rodriguez, who had been shot 13 times at the wall by a U.S. Border Patrol Agent. His death occurred 10 years ago. The memorial for his anniversary of death took place a few days before I arrived.
Education, advocacy and service with immigrants part of sister’s border experience
My first week of a month-long immersion experience for Catholic Sisters in Nogales Sonora, Mexico — my eyes and heart have been drawn to the people and the artistry around the center. I see depictions of joy, community, compassion, hospitality, generosity, service, justice, education and team work.
Welcoming our 2021 WVC Summer Interns!
I hope you have an opportunity to meet some of them!
Reflecting on Saint Isidore the Farmer Feast Day
Let us pray for all farmers, laborers and gardeners who grow food for their families and for the peoples of the world
White Violet Center interns: Meet the fabulous four!
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice recently welcomed two new interns to our program. Meet them and our two seasoned interns.
White Violet Center: Meet the new 2020 fall intern cohort
A popular refrain within the Community of Providence is “Sacred Creation” by Rufino Zaragoza, OFM. “Sacred the land, sacred the water, sacred the sky, holy and true. Sacred all life, sacred each other; all reflect God who is good.” We…
Life on the farm at White Violet Center: Meet our summer crop of interns
It is the fifth Anniversary of Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, the second encyclical of Pope Francis. It is the beginning of the Year of Laudato Si recently proclaimed. Pope Francis says, “It is no longer enough…
Christmas Prayer
Cure our blindness so that we may see your beauty and your radiant light within all our sisters and brothers.
Advent/Christmas Prayer
O Come, O Come, long-awaited Saviorand ever-present Emmanuel!We rejoice in your living among us and within us.At the same time we ask that you … Cure our blindness so that we may see your beautyand your radiant light within all…