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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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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…
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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…
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Personal stories from bell and chimes ringers
Published on March 11, 2009
…not permitted to have watches so when it was our week to ring the bells we carried a Baby Ben around with us. I had placed the clock, as I always did, on the balustrade at the top of the stairs and in her hurry, Sister Mary Rose knocked the clock off its perch! That too crashed to the floor making another clattering sound. When she found out I was alive and well, we both went downstairs to join in…
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Donna Stites: wanting to be seen as somebody
Published on April 16, 2009
…said Donna, indicating that her mother had discovered that her husband was having an extramarital affair with a friend’s wife. “In all honesty, I did not think it was going to happen. I thought that we were just going to string her along long enough for her to get over it,” continued Donna, who has a release date of 2026. Unbeknownst to Donna, her mother and Donna’s boyfriend were having an affair and plotted behind Donna’s back to murder Donna’s…
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Three Sisters of Providence to stand trial Jan. 27 for crossing government line during non-violent protest
Published on January 17, 2003
…torture and massacre of their own people when they return home. The training school is supported by United States tax dollars. Sisters Adele Beacham, Rita Clare Gerardot and Joann Quinkert will appear before U.S. Magistrate G. Mallon Faircloth. Sister of Providence Kathleen Desautels was arrested in November 2001 and sentenced by Judge Faircloth to six months in prison on federal trespassing charges. She is serving her sentence at FCI-Greenville (Ill.). She has a March 7 release date. Sisters Adele, Rita…
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Sister Margaret Ellen O’Connor
Published on December 3, 2006
…she looked forward to meals because that meant being in conversation with Sister Margaret Ellen and hearing her many stories,” said Sister Ann. “When asked how she was, Sister Margaret Ellen’s standard response was ‘fair, fat and pampered.’ I’m not going to risk comment on the ‘fat’ response, but I think we can safely say that ‘fair’ was an apt description of her general health, for she suffered from crippling arthritis which gradually affected her walking and her ability to…
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Bernard Casey: An Ordinary Person
Published on September 26, 2011
Bernard and Kathleen “Kathy” Casey reside in Durham, N.H. Bernard has had a connection to the Congregation since he was a small boy. (Submitted photo) Age quod agis. Several years ago a Jesuit priest at Fairfield University in Connecticut introduced this Latin phrase to Dr. Bernard Casey, and it’s been his philosophy of life ever since. What exactly does this phrase mean? “‘Do what you are doing,’ so that when you’re working, work hard; when you’re playing, play hard; when…
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Ann Wagner Harper: Finding the Silver Lining
Published on September 1, 2006
…was a short one, as her well trained voice was soon sought by Art Berry and the Columbia Club, Indianapolis. Because her salary at the club was only $35 a week, she asked for help in getting a day job at WIBC, an Indianapolis radio station. Station owner Richard Fairbanks hired her “sight unseen.” With this much coveted job, Ann’s salary jumped to $75 a week. On this radio station, Ann sang on the show, “PM Party,” with a full…
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2 1/2 minutes a day
Published on February 26, 2013
…150 seconds — is manageable. I may not be able to change my life or cure the world’s ills, but I’m fairly certain I can carve out 2 1/2 minutes to reflect on a verse of scripture or give thanks for the gifts of the day or simply sit in silent awareness of the presence of Providence. And I’m fairly certain that doing so will make a big difference. 2 1/2 minutes a day — how will you spend it?…
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A Marian Litany
O Lovely rose of Sharon’s plain, Pure lily of the field, Thou beauteous garden all inclosed, The Spirit’s Fountain sealed— O pray for us! The honor of thy people, thou, Fair Paradise of God, The glory of Jerusalem And Jesse’s blooming rod— O pray for us! Thou blossoming wilderness of God, Thou Virgin pure of birth, Fair temple of the Trinity, The pearl of priceless worth—O pray for us! Dear Lady of the Eucharist, The dawn of Christ’s bright day,…