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Season of Creation 2022: Care for Creation Resources
...Ecology at the Heart of Faith: The Change of Heart That Leads to a New Way of Life on Earth, by Denis Edwards Food & Faith: Justice, Joy and Daily Bread, edited and compiled by Michael Schut Harm Not the Earth, by Megan McKenna (Scripture based) Love God, Heal Earth, by The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, by Katharine Hayhoe The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes...
Sister Rosemary Ward (formerly Sister Sebastian)
...Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for two whole years after first profession, which was January 23, 1961. Since Rosemary already had a degree, and because it was obvious that she had great organizational skills, she was appointed registrar of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College the next August. She kept that position for the whole five years of her temporary profession. In 1966, having professed final vows on August 15, she began the “usual” Sister of Providence education ministry, teaching high school biology, chemistry and earth...
“Creating Currents of Change” in Memphis
...Scripture, she observed, can sometimes convey the driving energy of the Spirit in the world with more raw authenticity than human images are able to express. With this value of the natural world in mind, she urged, “We need to be converted to the earth.” Johnson’s words were a strong reminder to me that by degrading the earth, we diminish the ways God speaks to us. In fact we diminish ourselves. What is nonviolence? The most astute and visionary speaker...
Care of Earth: an ascetical practice for our times?
...illusion that God created the universe for humans to dominate and to use as they wished. In more recent years we have come to recognize that not only have we humans used this living planet, our Earth, but we have also abused it! Daily we read or hear about the effects of global warming, the pollution of our water, air and soil, the extinction of countless species, the cries coming from Earth herself in the form of countless natural disasters!...
Care of Earth in everyday life: Sisters Ellen Cunningham and Rosemary Nudd
Sister Ellen Cunningham Many Sisters of Providence are making efforts to walk more softly on Earth in their individual lives, whether they live in a house with one or two other sisters in a city or at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. What does it mean to strive to live more sustainably? Sisters Rosemary Nudd and Ellen Cunningham, both Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College faculty, live together in Terre Haute and share some ways they make conscious decisions when it comes to Earth. “We try...
Let the winter go: a prayer ritual
...the soil. May my ears hear the singing birds. May my feet touch Earth gently. May I return blessings to Earth, sea, and sky. May Earth be renewed. May waters be clean. May air be pure. May we be whole. May all be well again. Amen. Blessed be. Let it be so. Take Action to Renew Earth • Let go of fear, anger, jealousy, judgmental statements, and negativity. Welcome friendship. • Notice spring alive in your neighborhood — flowers blooming,...
The gift of Earth: a prayer moment
As Pope Francis reminds us in Laudato Si (n. 67), “We are not God. The earth was here before us and has been given to us.” One of the core values of the Sisters of Providence is Care of Earth. As one of God’s greatest gifts to us, we are called upon to respect Earth and the environment and be responsible for its care and preservation. Challenges for the week to tend to the gift of Earth: • Spend time...
A celebration of interculturality
...of these same people share our own country and our own cities. All are our brothers and sisters. Citizens of this same Earth, of which Jesus is our capstone and example. And here is the conundrum, the sticking point. We are, by our very existence, sharing this beautiful Earth with ALL peoples throughout the world. We are co-heirs with all peoples throughout the Earth. And now we suddenly become St. Thomas in the Gospel. “ I can’t believe. I want...
Growing Earth into the future, from where you are
Sisters Laura Parker and and Barbara McClelland sign the Providence Climate Agreement. Predictions about the future of planet Earth seem dire. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) predicts that, based on current data, average global temperatures are expected to increase between 0.5 degrees and 8.6 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. The U.S. average temperature is projected to increase between three and 12 degrees Fahrenheit during that same time. Global average annual precipitation through the end of the century is also expected to...
A Prayer for Arbor Day, April 24, 2020
...to God, bless God’s name! Alleluia. Sing to God a new song! Sing to God, all the earth! In God’s presence are splendor and majesty. In God’s sanctuary, power and beauty. Let the heavens be glad; let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and all that it holds. Let the fields exult, and all that is in them! Let all the trees of the forest sing for joy. God is coming to rule the earth — To rule the...
August 27, 2023: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
...of hell will be able to keep it out.” “And that’s not all. You will have complete and free access to God’s kingdom, keys to open any and every door: no more barriers between heaven and earth, earth and heaven. A yes on earth is a yes in heaven. A no on earth is a no in heaven.” He swore the disciples to secrecy. He made them promise they would tell no one that he was the Messiah. Reflection “You...
Earth Day Festival 2025
...Chamacos Sati Babi Aladdin Campus Dining ACME Hot Dog Co. Providence Associates Bake Sale Jennifer Minnis Photography Wabash Valley Master Gardeners Association Bunny’s Backyard Garden reThink, Inc. Loomi Shop Earth Drops Natural Handmade, Handcrafted Soaps ScentScapes Candle Company La Finca Coffe Company It’s Only Money Farms Hallie Hound Barkery Anita’s Primitive Homemade Crafts The Twelve Baskets Bakery Tupperware/Cooking Smarter Not Harder Recreation Creation The Brooching Baer Are you interested in volunteering for the Earth Day Festival? If so, click here!...