Features

Welcome to our features page. Here, we will share with you updates on what is currently happening within our Congregation. Feel free to take time to explore the area.

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Fuqua Park evolves

Sister Jean Fuqua's decades-long task of revisioning the area around St. Joseph's Lake at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and calling others forward to help has resulted in restoration of the habitat and a beautiful space for the sisters to enjoy.

Sister Cathy Campbell
April 20, 2015
As seen in HOPE, Sisters in Ministry, Volunteering, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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Spirituality, justice, love of fresh food fuel Providence Associate’s sustainable lifestyle.

“Living sustainably has always been a way for me to live out my spiritual life. I feel it has helped me connect the way I live day in and day out, hour to hour to the meaning of my life.”

Amy Miranda
April 20, 2015
As seen in HOPE, Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Meet a Providence Associate, Peace & Justice

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Sister Ruth Johnson: kinship with creation

"We have forced the planet to supply all our needs and given nothing in return — thus alienating our very life source and now the earth cries out in pain. How can we abandon that cry?"

Sisters of Providence
April 20, 2015
Art & Music, As seen in HOPE, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry, Volunteering, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

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Care of Earth attracts new members

The Sisters of Providence ministry educating toward care for creation at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice is attracting young women to joining the Congregation.

Diane Weidenbenner
April 20, 2015
As seen in HOPE, Become a Sister, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

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Remembering Sister Helen Vinton: nature walks and care for the environment

When I had Sister Helen Jean for biology I enjoyed class, but the nature walks were the best!

Amy Miranda
April 20, 2015
Alumni, As seen in HOPE, Environmental Justice

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Sister Helen Jean Vinton: a woman for all time

Sister Helen Jean instilled in me the sense that God’s creation given to us must be protected. Her quiet way, her love for God’s creation and her passion for teaching influenced so many young minds.

Sister Ann Casper
April 20, 2015
Alumni, As seen in HOPE, Environmental Justice

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A Reflection on Sister Helen Jean Vinton

I cannot recall if Sister Helen ever used the words “social justice” she just lived it as an example to her students. So perhaps that is the greatest gift I received from the time spent with Sister Helen. To create a life of purpose and a way of thinking that is bigger than you in a world that needs our care.

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Ecological pioneer teacher leaves lasting impression

“[Sister Helen Jean] taught all of us … a way of thinking and living in a much bigger world than most of us had experienced before. Caring for each other, the earth and people we would never know was as normal as breathing to Sister Helen.” — Julia Boarini Conaghan, ’73

Sister Ann Casper
April 20, 2015
Alumni, As seen in HOPE, Education, Environmental Justice, Sisters in Ministry

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The original Earth Mother

Sister Helen was the original Earth Mother.

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Of liverwort and shaved eyebrows: Anne Healey remembers Sister Helen Vinton the scientist

I took Biology from Sister Helen [Vinton] as a sophomore at Ladywood-St. Agnes High School [in Indianapolis] and the most memorable lesson I learned from her was a curiosity and appreciation for the minute miracles that occur in nature. For…

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Sustainability midst the bustle

How does one fit living an ecologically friendly lifestyle into the busyness of life? For Providence Associates Jennifer and Duane Drake, it’s about being gentle with themselves in the process.

Amy Miranda
April 18, 2015
As seen in HOPE, Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Meet a Providence Associate, Peace & Justice, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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Cherishing creation

"Our promise in this time is to be God’s loving care for all creation, to be one of the ways God sustains life. We desire to live in right relationship with our Earth and with all that dwells on Earth."

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