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Sister Maureen Fallon
Published on March 7, 2013
…something was up. When I began the process for entrance into the community, we were in provinces at the time, and the Chicago provincial was Sister Barbara Doherty whom I had for classes three years at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. So my questions and answers to her were very different than if she had been interviewing a stranger. Q. How did you feel when Sister Margaret told you, “You’re going to be a Sister of Providence”? (Laughs) It was fairly unnerving…
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Earth Day Festival & Craft Fair April 28 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Published on April 20, 2018
…walk the nature trail guided by Indiana Forester Stu Haney; tour the organic garden and learn about grafted cucumber research and learn what White Violet Center grows and why. The first 500 get a free tote bag and Trees, Inc. will be giving away hundreds of free saplings. Plan to spend Saturday, April 28, west of the Wabash River! The Earth Day Festival & Craft Fair is from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Also on April 28, from 9 a.m….
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Alpacas at the library, food justice and bread
Published on March 16, 2018
…branch at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 19. Candace Minster is looking forward to participating as a panelist. Climate change education Also on Monday, March 19, Lorrie Heber will give a climate change presentation to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation Youth Council. Food Summit postponed *Updated March 19: The Purdue Extension Vigo County Vigo County Food Summit that was to be from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, at the Girl Scout Center (Fairbanks Park), Terre Haute,…
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Facing institutionalized racism within myself
Published on June 16, 2020
…more black people than white people. In that moment I first recognized the deeply rooted feelings and thoughts I had, and still have, about black people. I’ve never considered myself racist, I always do my best to treat everyone fairly. But in that moment, I realized that skin color is something I notice and something that matters to me, not in conscious higher-level thought, but almost at an instinctual level. I was aware of that race barrier, and I felt…
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Sister Nancy Nolan (formerly Sister Jean Paula)
Published on December 20, 2020
…Sisters of Providence as they discerned whether or not to go to Taiwan for ministry and for those Taiwanese sisters to discern about coming to the states. … I would not trade that year for anything. Returning to the United States, Nany served a brief stint as a religion teacher at Mother Theodore Guerin High School before becoming associate administrator and director of religious education for St. Ann Parish in Terre Haute. And though she loved that ministry and the…
Gospel reflection
November 19, 2023: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Published on November 16, 2023
Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one — to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five. Likewise, the one who received two made another two. But the man who received one…
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Linden Leaf Gifts has grand opening
Published on June 23, 2014
…White Violet Center for Eco-Justice merchandise will be available, as well as Linden products, such as Linden Leaf Tea and soap. Fair-trade items are also available. The shop also includes a café, featuring coffee, tea, juices and other beverages, as well as cookies, muffins and scones. Linden Leaf Gifts hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call 812-535-2947 or toll-free at 1-866-996-2947. About Providence Spirituality…
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Life in the Weihsien internment camp, 1943
Published on April 17, 2013
…story. I would totally watch this movie.) Later Father Scanlan gets caught and put in solitary confinement near the Japanese officers’ quarters. As a Trappist monk, “solitary confinement” is almost a vacation from the drudgery, but he knows his skills in the black market trade are helpful to the others. So this is how he responds: “About the sixth night after Scanlan was imprisoned, he arose at 2 a.m. and began chanting the morning Prayer in a very loud voice….
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Marilyn Marschall Antonik: Breaking Boundaries, Creating Hope
Published on June 1, 2008
…north side. Their volunteer activities include such areas as the environment, peace and justice, tutoring at the Salvation Army, women’s spirituality groups and fair-trade activities. It’s rather ironic that Marilyn and the Congregation took different paths to ultimately reach the same goal: to break boundaries and create hope. Marilyn, not forgetting how the Sisters of Providence influenced her life, has financially given back to the Congregation. She supports various ministries of the sisters and she has also remembered the Congregation…
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Did you know we need volunteer knitters?
Published on July 16, 2015
…debut of the new Linden Leaf Gifts, a wonderful space to find unique items handmade by local artisans and a variety of fair-trade items. It is also now home to White Violet Center for Eco-Justice’s fiber arts items, many made from our very own alpacas. Since moving White Violet Center’s fiber items to Linden Leaf Gifts, sales have gone through the roof! Our hardworking volunteers make us proud. One volunteer, Janice Dukes, is a retired faculty member from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods…
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Caring for God’s gifts: the natural environment and faith
Published on April 20, 2009
…swiftly in a strong wind. Fire was another essential gift used to burn the sacred offerings to honor the Source of Life. The column of fire led them to the Promised Land by night, as did the cloud of moist air by day. Earth also provided places to hold the water and the fish essential for survival, for food and for industry as people traded for other necessities. These four sacred elements were honored not only by the Hebrews, but…
Obituary
Sister Mary Magdalen Schwartz
Published on January 16, 2010
…told her companions, ‘I hope I don’t get this one!’ But ‘get this one’ she did and entered as a freshman in 1939,” shared Sister Ann. “It was the beginning of a love affair with Providence High School and later for Providence-St. Mel (PSM) and its mission to educate African-American children,” said Sister Ann. Sister Mary Magdalen entered the Congregation Feb. 2, 1941. “She left the novitiate for a short time and re-entered in 1943, pronouncing her first and perpetual…