A note from Sister Barbara Battista, March 13, 2024
Educate yourselves against racism
Sister Barbara Battista
Sister Barbara Battista is a native of Indianapolis who currently ministers as the Congregation's Justice Promoter. She credits her social justice activism to her mother Alice's strong example. Raised in a large and extended Italian family household, Sister Barbara comes by community organizing quite naturally. She is a passionate and energetic advocate for full equity and equality for women and girls in church and society.
Breaking boundaries as Providence people
Humility calls us to embrace the entire human community without exception. Everyone deserves to be loved and respected. We are all siblings one to the other.
Witness
'I urge you to join me in working to abolish the death penalty.'
Sisters join Catholic Climate Action Projects
While no one of us is completely responsible for the climate catastrophe we are facing, each of us has a responsibility to do our part
Witness
Surely just as we know that God loves us always and is never far from us, so are we called to love one another always, no matter what.
Sister Barbara Battista: What does it mean to you to be a Catholic Sister today?
Living a common life centered in the Gospel virtues of poverty, chastity, and obedience has opened and stretched me beyond my wildest imaginings.
Grassroots, indivisible
We find in joining with others to effect real social change that we ourselves are more hopeful, more able to embrace diversity, and more willing to engage others who look, think, or act differently than ourselves. As a nation, we have experienced quite a shift these days. Contributing to our democracy by joining a local Indivisible group, I experience the deep joy of contributing to the common good.