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Prayer and Reflections for Awareness Against Human Trafficking
...every heart! May we heed the cry of the poor – the young and the old, helping to free all those in need, awakening the souls of oppressors! May we know oneness with You as long as the sun endures, as long as the stars shine, throughout all generations! May we acknowledge You in the rain, falling on the fields, like showers that water the earth! In our day may justice flourish and peace abound, throughout all the nations! May...
HOPE winter 2020 — The needs in our backyards
...she said. “It was so uncomfortable.” Ending the death penalty: what can we do? When any state has a scheduled execution, we Sisters of Providence hold a prayer vigil for the convicted and the victims family. When federal executions resume in Terre Haute, during an execution we will join with others in a peaceful prayer vigil at the facility. From farming to teaching to counseling to care of Earth: Sister Ann Sullivan’s story Meanwhile the issues of land, air and...
From farming to teaching to counseling to care of Earth: Sister Ann Sullivan’s story
Sister Ann Sullivan in 2003, at the time the founding director of the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, shows off some of the organic plants growing in the greenhouse. “We have a long way to go on the journey, and we know there’s no going back. The work of justice has transformed the consciousness of the people.” These words by Sister Marie McCarthy speak to Sister Ann Sullivan (formerly Sister John Margaret). This call to respond to the critical unmet...
Do something to care for Earth
“I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” — Edward Everett Saving our planet. It sounds like a daunting task that only a superhero from a movie would undertake. Where would you even start and what can one person really do to help? The answer is simple. Do something. Do anything. Yes,...
February Black History Month prayer service
...our own unconscious motives and deepen our belief that we are all made in the image of God, brothers and sisters sharing life on a fragile planet. In this spirit, let us pray: Provident God, aware of our own brokenness, we ask the gift of courage to identify how and where we are in need of conversion in order to live in solidarity with Earth and all creation. Side 1: Deliver us from the violence of superiority and disdain. Side...
Saying yes to poverty, chastity and obedience
...in love, and then to choosing life — especially for those who are surrounded by death every day, for those oppressed, marginalized and forgotten. This may require me to begin to think, see, believe and act differently. This vow challenges me to be loyal to that which allows life to prosper for others, Earth and all creation. I must claim my power, my responsibility, my choice and use it in mutually beneficial ways. The vow of obedience calls me to...
White Violet Center: Though the world may pause, life always moves forward
While the world seemingly stands still, it has been reassuring to watch the life cycles of the farm continue to spin on. Winter still turned into spring, which still turned to summer, and will turn to fall soon enough. While our human world shrank and shuttered in March, the first seeds in the greenhouse were busy sprouting. The earth has much to do in the spring, and so did we on the farm! Harvesting carrots in the high tunnel We...
Sister Jacquelyn Hoffman (formerly Sister Theodata)
As we hear the words of this touching gospel story, we cannot help but think of the hundreds of smiling children who gathered around Sister Jackie Hoffman during her 70 years of ministry. And the psalmist who wrote: “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp and the sound of singing, let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy,” could...
Our Letter to President Biden
...denigrate, and downplay any movement toward legislation that impacts climate justice in positive ways. Upon taking office, we ask you – we support you – to take immediate action to deal effectively with the causes of climate injustice through establishing strong environmental policies that move our nation into its appropriate role of leadership in global efforts to heal Earth. We encourage you to move from Plan to Performance through the implementation of the following suggestions, many of which are found...
Against gray February skies
Note: The following poem was written by Sister Mary Catherine Keene in 1975 Bare trees rise Pushing up from somewhere Deep within the earth Witnesses to death and life To dormancy and birth How bound we are to them! Yes, do we know How woven in one cloth we stand— Those trees and we Forming some life-bond Mysteriously Some voice from Genesis describes The Knowledge Tree Psalmist lean upon the cedar trees of Lebanon Christ found Zacchaeus sitting in a...
Celebrating our Volunteers!
...with tours and much more. “I have learned so much about the Sisters of Providence just training to be a guide,” Karen said. “I love going to the cemetery and then learning more about all of the sisters and their work while on this earth.” Her main volunteer role is helping clean the Saint Anne Shell Chapel, a task she helps with at least three times monthly. “I’ve been doing that activity for about three years,” Karen said. “The chapel...
Get to know Providence Associate Julia Lopez-Kaley
...warm drinks and togetherness. I love being outside — hiking, gardening, swimming, lying in the grass — any experience providing the means to a deeper connection to Earth and Creation. And I also love pottery, baking, knitting, sewing, reading or playing with my sassy cat, Ethel. What drew you to the Providence Associate relationship? I have learned so much from the Sisters of Providence since arriving at the Woods in 2006. So many Providence women have been instrumental in helping...