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Daughters of the Forest
...bodies knew How essential to your survival Was living in communion with this land. May we never forget why you came. May we reverence with profound gratitude This Woodland forest That fed and sheltered you, Warmed you in winter’s cold and Sustained your spirits with its beauty A humble partner in the mission of Providence. Teach us, our founding Sisters, How urgently the signs of our time On planet Earth, call us to be Daughters of the Forest (August 2010)...
Spirituality, justice, love of fresh food fuel Providence Associate’s sustainable lifestyle.
...the winter and warm in the summer. We drive a Prius, but try to walk and ride bikes often. We are very careful about our travel, and limit discretionary travel a lot. And we are very focused on eating sustainably.” That effort to eat sustainably includes buying 90 percent of their food at local farmer’s markets, eating seasonally (aside from what she has frozen in-season for later) and eating only limited sustainably raised meat and dairy. Recently, she also began farming with...
Fuqua Park evolves
...restoration project and engaged many others in the effort. Originally known as St. Joseph’s Lake, the area around the lake was christened in 2014 as Fuqua Park. Today, what was once an overgrown area serves as a backyard resort of sorts for the Sisters of Providence. Located on the far north east corner of the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods grounds, the area offers a place for a person to connect with nature, to retreat and to pray. In warmer weather, it attracts...
Sister Loretta Maureen Gansemer
...place in my heart, since you have all shared together in the grace that has been mine, both my chains and my work defending and establishing the gospel. For God will testify for me how much I long for you all with the warm longing of Christ Jesus; it is my prayer that your love for one another may grow more and more with the knowledge and complete understanding that will help you to come to true discernment, so that...
Sculptor and security: Bill Wolfe
...Abrell Korean War Memorial at the Vigo County Courthouse, and many more. He also created a medallion for former Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College President David G. Behrs and four murals in the Vigo County Courthouse, including one telling the story of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Sister Carole Kimes stands next to a sculpture of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Local sculptor Bill Wolfe created the piece. Bill also had another sculpture recently dedicated. His monument for Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton rests at...
What are you reading these days?
...of Change section touches on a variety of big issues, including climate change, poverty and war. The importance of community and solidarity is again key, as these issues are all rooted in the same systemic dysfunction and can only be addressed in their larger context as issues of injustice. “Finally, we hope the Food for the Soul section invites you as your read about the root values of Mary’s Pence and our work for systemic change. There is truly hope...
Water Poem
The day God created me I could not get her to stop jumping up and down with ecstatic glee. My gifts were positively kaleidoscopic. I had a myriad of awesome credentials for ministry. I could cleanse and heal, warm and cool, quench thirst and put out fires. I might calm a stressed spirit and kindle a spark of wonder in a human eye. I could be home, shelter and life giver. With great delight I will ripple and flow, run...
Voice lessons in discernment
...… How would I live differently if I reverenced each breath? Don’t be afraid to squeak. During warm-up exercises with Katrina, I began singing through the scales with confidence, with a clear and vibrant sound. As we worked our way up the piano, though, I found myself shying away from higher notes, wincing and sometimes breaking into laughter when I knew I just couldn’t go there. Katrina’s response was, “It’s okay. Don’t be afraid to squeak!” She explained that it’s...
A lampworker’s meditation
...purpose. The glass must warm slowly at first, wafting in the flame, gradually recognizing that it can let go of its stiffness and give up its stubborn rigidity. Only then will it start to glow, soften, flow into a new shape. It is now malleable in the hands of the Creator. The molten glass is in transition. There is an intense fervor to its purpose. It feels the heat; it glows with an inner fire. It is free to become...
Music lessons with Sister Regina Marie
...to compliment Sister Joni. “I can hear you singing in church now,” she said with a smile. Getting down to basics The music lesson begins with warming up Sister Joni’s voice. There are breathing exercises, lip rolls, vocal exercises, intense listening, singing and piano playing. “She’s got rhythm!” Sister Regina Marie said. “Really?” said Sister Joni in disbelief. They discuss the similarities music has to Sister Joni’s love of playing sports. “In athletics, bigger, stronger, faster is better, right?” Sister...
Compassion for Earth
...global warming below 2-degrees centigrade. Perhaps we can each commit to praying this prayer from Pope Francis, found in Laudato Si’. Imagine the energy entering the atmosphere if every reader of this blog prayed this from Nov. 30-Dec. 11! The focus is on climate, but the prayer embraces so much more! Let our prayer be for Earth, for peace, for nonviolence, for the people of France and Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, for the people of the United States and Iran...
In the moment
...Let’s look into the eyes of our loved ones and let them know we love them. Isn’t that what Christ did for us? Through violence he showed us that he loved us. Through suffering and letting go he modeled to us that life is precious and fragile. So on this Thanksgiving Day, take this sacred moment. Embrace it with your loved ones. Pray for those who are suffering through war, through violence. And ask our Provident God to please bring...