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The pipe organ
...Sisters of Providence around 1953 and remembers the organ being installed. She now works in the Liturgy Department for the Sisters of Providence. One of her main responsibilities is maintaining the instruments used in liturgies, so she pays close attention to the Casavant pipe organ. She is so fascinated by the organ that she asks a lot of questions when the pipe organ builders come to repair the organ. She wants to know everything possible about the organ. Sister Camille...
Sister Denise Wilkinson’s Gospel reflection on the life of Sister Jeanne Knoerle
...faithful adult child of God was our Sister Jeanne Knoerle. Our Jeanne was many things – student, teacher, administrator, life-long learner, artist in paint and pastels and alpaca fiber, an ardent “birder” and a great cook of stir fry delicacies. She loved ideas, enjoyed good conversation, liked to write and to read. She served as a minister of Eucharist and lector during our liturgies; and we could always count on her to be one of the best readers of anything,...
Sister Kathleen Bernadette Smith: Joyful collaboration in a prophetic mission
...more members. “This process has opened our eyes to the challenges facing this community and to the groups with whom we can partner in responding to them.” Daily Sister Kathleen has a full plate. She answers calls from parishioners. She works with liturgical ministers. She visits homebound members. She assists with the parish and finance councils. She writes biblical reflections based on the Sunday readings. She often provides music for various liturgies and funerals, and fulfils countless other involvements. Collaboratively,...
Father Daniel Hopcus to celebrate 50-year Jubilee
...Father J. Lawrence Richardt, was leaving. The sisters asked Father Dan if he would be interested in coming to Indiana. “Father Dan came to know the Congregation in California, because we would frequently call upon him when we had celebrations for the sisters in California,” Sister Paula said. “When we had liturgies, we often asked him if he would preside.” “I did not initiate the idea,” Sister Jan said. “It was Sister Paula’s invite to him. It took Father Dan...
A reflection for Easter
...ourselves. When Mary finds the tomb empty, I will definitely remember Sister Joseph’s words. Through all these holy days, I hope to approach the rituals, the liturgies with a version of her admonition. If I am going to move through these days and to celebrate Easter without faith, then I may as well not celebrate it at all. It sounds harsh to me, and it inspires me. How am I doing this season? Staying positive. Pray for me. Happy Easter!...
Sister Anne Marita Wynne
...authentic living. In this attentive, loving receptivity to others, Sister Anne Marita seemed empty of ego and possessed of a listening heart. “One of her long-time friends commented that Sister Anne Marita ‘loved being a Sister of Providence; she lived her vows with joy.’ Prayer was the essence for Sister Anne Marita — private and communal prayer, spiritual reading, Eucharistic liturgies, the sacrament of reconciliation, the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. All had a special place in her...
The Philosophy of Fair Trade
...challenge facing the world” with poverty and economic justice following at 44 percent. However, with fair trade, everyone benefits. If you regularly shop at grocery stores, check out the produce aisles by looking for the fair trade label on items such as avocados, bananas, chocolate/cocoa, coffee, and tea. Fair trade is not limited to agricultural products. You should think about fair trade every time you shop. “Visibility of Fairtrade products has increased since 2021 for nearly all major product categories...
Witness
...the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each of you, so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.” A ‘Teachable’ Moment I believe Will LeCroy can teach us an essential truth: Who among us deserves to be labeled, judged, discarded even, according to the worst thing we ever did? Rather are we not called to honor human dignity and extend God’s loving design to all creation, to all...
Sister Margaret Heese (formerly Sister Margaret Bernard)
...told by some of her friends – stories known only to a few. Margaret talked Sister Barbara Bluntzer into getting her ears pierced. Sister Jean Fuqua felt honored that Margaret let her use the best sewing machine in the sewing room. Sisters Margaret Norris and Joseph Fillenwarth still can’t believe Margaret used the sewing machine to sew name labels on her clothes. As the youngest sister in a local community, band member Sister Joyce Brophy was given a pocket watch...
WVC adds ‘Real Organic Project’ certification
...protect the integrity of the organic label. Organic farming has always been based on “feed the soil, not the plant.” Young plants inside the greenhouse. Real organic farming relies on the microbial activity of the soil to slowly release nutrients to the plant. In recent years, many organic farmers have grown distraught over USDA decisions that have negated this fundamental truth, even though growing in soil is original to the USDA Organic standards. Further, rules have been overlooked regarding the...
Everything is Connected – Our Consumption
...plastic particles themselves and the chemicals used in their manufacture. What Needs to Change? We need to move beyond consume-and-throwaway systems toward circular approaches that work within ecological limits. This means reusing, recycling and sharing materials and products. Governments must do more to make companies accountable for the impacts of their activities and supply chains. They also need to help consumers make sustainable choices, for example, through targeted taxation and requirements for clearer labeling on goods. Households and firms should...
Sister Florence Norton (formerly Sister Thomas Ann)
...was 94 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 77 years. Sister Denise continued: However, when Florence celebrated her golden jubilees with her partners in ministry, the parishioners and staff of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Chicago, she herself chose the gospel just proclaimed. The central character of today’s gospel is Thomas, forever labeled as Doubting Thomas. Of all the gospels Florence could have chosen, why this one? It seems an unlikely choice for the woman...