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Throwback Thursday: A ‘Knighted’ Sister?
...des Palmes Academique, the civil equivalent of the Legion of Honor. The honor is bestowed for distinguished academics and figures in the world of culture and education. It was enacted in 1808 by Emperor Napoleon. This is a photo of Sister Georgiana Terstegge (third from left) from 1955 during a summer of study in France. She posed with sisters from the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé-sur-Loir. In addition, Sister Marie Grace Molloy said Sister Georgiana was responsible for the planting...
A review of ‘Active Hope’
...Turning,” which recognizes a “multi-faceted transition to a live-sustaining civilization.” “Active Hope,” say the authors, “involves identifying the outcomes we hope for and then playing an active part in bringing them about.” We can respond in various ways to world crises. We may rise to the occasion with wisdom, courage and care, or we may decide the situation is hopeless and try to look away. To help us to make our best response, the authors present a process for inspiration...
HOPE winter 2017 — bearing the light in unbearable times
...witness to its persistence when everything seems in shadow and grief. … Justice advocates and Providence Associates Since returning to the U.S., their work for justice has been multifaceted. Racial justice, civil rights, gender equality, LGBT rights, School of Americas, criminal justice reform, animal rights, and environment, including climate change, are only some of the issues addressed. In working for social justice, their strategies model just and nonviolent relationships with persons of very different perspectives. Justice commission focuses on eco-justice...
Justice advocates and Providence Associates
...their work for justice has been multifaceted. Racial justice, civil rights, gender equality, LGBT rights, School of Americas, criminal justice reform, animal rights, and environment, including climate change, are only some of the issues addressed. In working for social justice, their strategies model just and nonviolent relationships with persons of very different perspectives. Teaming up with the SPs The Sisters of Providence Justice Coordinating Commission will focus in a special way on climate change. Ben sees this as an essential...
Women marching as a sign of hope
...assortment of us, and we’re watching,’” Sister Barbara says. “‘We expect to be treated with respect. We have energy. We’re going to be engaged. And we can do this.’ (This being having a civil society.)” Several Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and SP staff members are present with Sister Barbara at today’s Women’s March on Washington. Response to divisive language “The past couple of years, it’s becoming more and more clear how separated people in this country are — just...
Week 5: Daily reflections with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...Bishop de la Hailandiére with love and respect. • How do I strive to see my “enemies” with eyes of love? Extra Challenge: Listen to the On Being episode with Rep. John Lewis, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Saturday, April 1 “Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause!” – Jeremiah 11:20 “No fear nor human respect ever made her give in to any injustice.” – Sister Mary Eudoxie...
Intersectionality – what is it?
...March, says “When you have to decide between going down to do something about climate change or trying to feed your children, or worrying about police brutality — those kinds of things take immediate precedent over the longer-term issues of air pollution and soil erosion …” Katherine Egland, the chair of the Environmental and Climate Justice for the NAACP National Board of Directors, claims that climate change and environmental pollution are civil-rights issues, just like criminal justice or education. “What would...
A bit of anti-racism history
...During the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Sisters of Providence helped educate African Americans, provide health care for the economically disadvantaged and assisted minorities with voter registration. Today, they continue with educational programs in disadvantaged regions in the South and in Mexico. The Congregation also has personal experience with discrimination. In the mid-1990s, sisters were denied access to housing in Chicago because one sister happened to be African American. Legal action was pursued successfully. After winning the lawsuit, the...
Prayer and Reflections for Awareness Against Human Trafficking
...all those near or far, including the highest levels of civil institutions, who witness the scourge of contemporary slavery, not to become accomplices to this evil, not to turn away from the sufferings of our brothers and sisters, our fellow human beings, who are deprived of their freedom and dignity. … “The globalization of indifference, which today burdens the lives of so many of our brothers and sisters, requires all of us to forge a new worldwide solidarity and fraternity...
Newsnotes
...what they can to reduce their carbon footprint and hope you will join us on this journey to help save Earth before it’s too late. Speaking out for migrants in detention camps Sister Barbara Battista, SP, joined more than 70 Catholic and other faith leaders in an act of civil disobedience in Washington, D.C., on July 18. The group gathered in the Russell Senate Office Building and prayed until they were arrested for trespassing in order to bring attention to...
Congregation severing ties with AmazonSmile program
...read this article by Will Evans of The Atlantic, from November 2019. For more information regarding the connections to facial recognition equipment being sold to the government, please read this January 2019 release by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). We have written a letter to Mr. Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer and president of the Amazon Corporation, expressing our views regarding these practices and our decision to withdraw from these programs. Through the AmazonSmile and Affiliate gift-giving programs, we...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part One
...dialogue and civility in a moment that values neither. And this requires deep spiritual reflection, courage and judgment. It demands a Christ-like dedication to seeking the truth no matter where it may lie, and defining our politics and voting in the light of the Gospel. Salient Issues of Catholic Social Teaching In this task, the principles of Catholic social teaching as they are applied to the core political issues of American society today provide a rich and sacred source of...