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Women marching as a sign of hope
...as much as I can as one person.” Connected to mission Lorrie Heber, director of the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, sees the March as integrally connected to her work for environmental justice with the Sisters of Providence. “Basic human rights rely on care for creation,” she says. “They rely on clean water and clean air and unpolluted land and the ability of all peoples to be able to live on earth, live with earth.” Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a sponsored...
Heber to attend Al Gore’s climate change training
...she submitted an application to attend. “I was looking for a way to focus my energy in a positive way and I have always been encouraged by the Climate Reality Project’s positive approach to advocating for Earth,” Lorrie said. “With all the negative discourse happening around us, it’s nice to focus on the good, innovative things that are happening to advance renewable energy and wean us off our dependence of fossil fuels.” As it turns out, Lorrie was accepted by...
Thin times and profound connection
Providence Associate Sheila Galvin reflects on those “thin places” where heaven is very close to Earth. The concept of “thin times” has captivated my thoughts and stirred my being for more than a year now. “Thin times” was a topic of discussion in our March 2016 Providence Associates Retreat. At that retreat, Sister Ann Sullivan described thin times/places as “Providence alive in very being.” She shared that “thin times” is a Celtic saying meaning that heaven and Earth are much...
L’association Providence-Armor
...home in Etables-sur-Mer. It was in this place, which is still there today, that she lived through joys and sorrows with her parents and siblings and it was in this place that she gave her heart to God. I was very blessed to have been able to visit her home this past May. It is a simple and lovely stone cottage sitting on a shady piece of God’s green earth. Since visiting, I’ve asked myself if walls hold memories. Do...
Intersectionality – what is it?
...from a perspective of intersectionality. This seems so in keeping with our Litany of Nonviolence that calls us to the broad perspective of living in solidarity with Earth and all creation, to listen to experiences different from our own. The litany recognizes, as does Pope Francis, that planet Earth is our common home, that it does not function according to national boundaries and so requires global solidarity and cooperation. Given this reality, we have to take into account the way...
Sisters and interns: becoming a little bit of each other
...as well. “I think it’s a two-way street. We also have a reverence for the interns. We respect that young people today have such a commitment to the sacredness of Earth and show it by coming and getting dirty in the garden and getting kicked by the alpacas,” Sister Ruth said. “We have a situation of youth and age. We have the whole gamut of what it means to be a part of a lifetime. We have the experience of...
Reflections from the 2018 Golden/Silver Jubilee Celebration
...that Spirit has led Jan, Jody, Marianne, Pat and Kate. We’re grateful for the way their lives and ministries have been the presence of Providence in schools and parishes, in formation houses, senior care centers and clinics, on campuses and canvases. We thank our Provident God that you came and that you have remained. AND we are counting on your continued obedience to listen to what the world needs now, what our Earth and the people of this Earth need...
The Providence Climate Agreement
...the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels, is a primary cause of global warming. The Providence Climate Agreement: Mindful of the effects of climate injustice on the cosmos, Earth, and all creatures of Earth, particularly the most vulnerable, we commit to work against climate injustice. We pledge that by June 2019, we will have collectively reduced the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2 million pounds (in personal activities and in local or broader communities). We pledge, in addition, to...
The First Day: Two Presenters Share
...Hall: Stark, sharp and arresting. As the trumpet notes fade, we begin our deliberate reading of the Manifesto to the gathering of more than 300 Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates (PA), alternating parts: “Whereas … and Whereas …” and soon different voices in different languages take it up, reminding us in French, Mandarin, Spanish and Tagalog, that our heedless treatment of Mother Earth harms all of God’s creatures, everywhere. Several Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates signed the Providence...
HOPE fall 2018 — Growing into our future where I am
...visiting the world’s largest mailbox and more. Growing Earth into the future, from where you are “Mindful of the effect of climate injustice on the cosmos, Earth, and its people, particularly the most vulnerable, we commit to work against climate injustice by collectively reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by two million pounds by June 2019, and by advocating for strong environmental policy.” Asked to move for the sake of the mission “Our moving would help the school and further Guerin’s...
Writing a Manifesto
...which to delineate and describe humans’ treatment of Mother Earth: Superiority, disdain, irreverence, exploitation, and control; choices based on greed and privilege and acting against or oblivious to the common good. In a similar way, our recent focus on intersectionality helped illustrate the inescapable connections between people and a dangerously changing planet: Farmers, women and girls, family violence, refugees, people of color. Given these devastating results of climate change, it is probably not too difficult to commit to work against...
‘Green’ Investments
As part of the Providence Climate Agreement entered into by the Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and others, some pledged to “greening” their investments. The question then emerged, how do I do that? Through such a pledge, people are seeking ways to connect their values of climate injustices and a healthy Earth environment and their investing. They are seeking sustainable investing as part of their commitment to this agreement. As the chair of the Sisters of Providence Ethical Investment Task...