Search Results for label/Earth Charter Initiative
Getting too many results? To search for an exact phrase, try putting multiple word phrases in quotation marks (such as "Saint Mother Theodore") to narrow your results.
Providence House restores families to wholeness
...a holistic comprehensive menu of services that include housing, on-site therapy and psychological testing, parenting education, one-on-one case management and support services designed to aid participants to plan, set goals and gain self-sufficiency. Your donation to the Sisters of Providence allows our sisters to respond in love to people in need. Families affected by the opioid crisis. Elderly people who are lonely and in need. Immigrants in need of advocacy. People seeking spiritual deepening and guidance. Our earth in need...
Mother Theodore moment
Jack Antonsen, shown here at left with his sisters, Maeve and Maris. Jack has been visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and becoming friends with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin his whole life. Eleven-year-old Jack Antonsen has been coming to visit Saint Mary-of-the-Woods “since he was born,” his dad says. Most often his visits have coincided with the annual celebration of Earth Day here at the Woods. Over the years, Jack has come to know the sisters and many places at the Woods: the...
Sisters of Providence core values
...Working to alleviate the suffering of others in some direct way. • Forgiving ourselves and others. Justice • Endeavoring to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all. • Listening to and responding to the needs of the most vulnerable. • Working to change oppressive systems. Care for Creation • Being aware of the interconnectedness of all life. • Respecting all creation as part of the web of life. • Living simply. • Using Earth’s resources in a sustainable manner. Community...
Sister Pauline Brockelsby
Sister Pauline Brockelsby “In the Book of Psalms, we read: (66) Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth; Come and see what God’s deeds among mortals. … Bless our God, O peoples, Let the praise of the Holy One be heard, who has kept us among the living, and has not let our feet slip. For you, O God, have tested us, You have tried us as silver is tried; You brought us into the net You laid...
Providence Associate annual meeting 2018
...Kim Knoblock. Providence Associate Jeanie McElwain listens to the sisters and associates at her table on Sunday evening. Take care of Mother Earth! A “winner” shows off her consolation prize for environmental bingo. Providence Associate participate in deciding if they deem a situation violent or nonviolent during Friday’s workshop led by Sister Kathleen Desautels. Maureen Baca speaks at the microphone at right. Participating in the Saturday night rally in Terre Haute are from left, Providence Associates Maria Price, Jude Magers...
A front porch reflection
Recently, I sat on the front porch at Woodland Inn just listening to the rain drops, taking in the distinctive fragrance of Earth blessed by rain and watching the rhythmic ripples of water on the sidewalk. It was a pure joy! Later, I began to think how in earlier days, so many people had front porches and that neighbors walking by would wave to each other or stop to talk with each other. Today, it seems more common to have...
Sister Jean Anne Maher (formerly Sister Roberta Marie)
...called from earthly cares. And leave an Irish light on for me at the top of the Golden Stairs. Funeral services for Sister Jean Anne took place on Friday, September 7, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A Wake took place at 9 a.m., with Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Memorial contributions in Sister Jean Anne’s honor may be made to the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. We welcome you to share your...
Newsnotes
...these ministries have been able to accomplish over the years. Sharing life as an SP We were so excited to have 17 women join us for our spring Come and See weekend in April. Single, Catholic women ages 18 to 42 came to explore if life as a Sister of Providence might befor them. One participant said of her experience, “I like the sisters’ deep and beautiful understanding of God — how it connects them to others, the Earth and...
Seeking, struggle leads to gift of fulfillment, community
...you are?” It has been a long road. With the support of my community, I gained the courage to unearth a 47 percent Indigenous Native American girl from Mexico and say to my Provident God, “Here I am with all my roots, my heritage, my ancestral stories and my history. Here is all of me.” Here are a few prayers that have sustained me during my discernment to the present, one by Sister Bernice Kuper, SP. “O’ Holy Spirit Soul...
A reflection on the Feast of Our Lady of Providence, Queen of the Home
...and that God will guide us through the changes and choices of the future. We can love our neighbors as ourselves, cherishing, protecting, and defending our fellow citizens in this “most distressful country,” the inhabitants of our hurting world, and all life on this beautiful and fragile planet Earth, our only home. And we can pray, asking Mary our mother, our model, our companion along the way, to join our prayer and our trust in Providence with her own. And...
Remembering sisters’ loving response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
...to earth when I wanted to escape the pain of coming out. She gave me the strength and led me to the Indianapolis Youth Group to find community.” He ended his tribute with the words “Te amo, my nun.” Sister Marilyn Therese herself said, “I feel very close to the clients. They’re friends. They have reached out to me and I have reached out to them. It has its mixture of joys and sorrows. They know I care, and that’s...
Stepping into justice: Sister Barbara Battista
...calling for us to get smarter, more efficient and really focus our justice work,” Sister Barbara said. She stepped into the ministry this fall. “I’m not the expert on all the issues,” Sister Barbara said. “I’m just here helping to coordinate our efforts. I think this is vital. It’s essential. “Everyone is of value. Earth is of value. That’s really what the work of justice is. “Our hope is that I can be an active resource for the Leadership Team,...