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Gathering in solidarity, respect and unity
...to the inequalities that persist in the world.” The principle of solidarity, or recognizing our interdependence with all of creation, has been at the heart of Catholic social teaching for as long as it has existed. The Women’s March and similar events seek to create spaces where all are welcomed to stand in solidarity with those on the margins of our society. The movement encourages participation by all people who feel marginalized and their allies. It’s a space for all...
HOPE summer 2017 — I’ll meet you in the field
...key decisions about the conversation … Disrupting apathy and injustice: Sister Tracey Horan and World Meeting of Popular Movements “Now, we must all become disruptors.” Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego addressed a crowd of nearly 600 clergy, women religious, and grassroots activists at the first regional meeting of the World Meeting of Popular Movements. Bishop McElroy called on them to disrupt apathy and injustice, racism and rejection of the stranger. “This is not a moment for us to stay...
A celebration of interculturality
...reading a professional magazine article about feminism, a movement that only came to be taken seriously in the 1970s. Up until then, most people took it for granted that a certain social order had been ordained by God and it should and could never be changed. Then people came who questioned it. Asked “why?” and “why not?” And women’s rights came to be seen as a new cultural phenomenon. The movement would change how women were treated by themselves and...
Celebrating 8th Day Center for Justice
...as part of this movement. Some people, she said, just need time to process and understand one another. Kak was not afraid to invite those who disagreed with her to the table and, in fact, spoke of these encounters as sacred opportunities for mutual conversion and transformation. This spirit of openness to transformation was alive and well last week as dozens of Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates joined 32 other communities of women and men religious for the closing...
Let us be the people Jesus describes, as he sends his disciples out on Mission
...those who experience racism and prejudice in our society. This is an unusual time to be alive – and an unusual time to be renewing vows as a Sister of Providence. A friend recently sent me a Tweet in which someone said “I always wondered what it was like to live during the times of the Civil War, Spanish Flu, Great Depression, Civil Rights Movement, Watergate and the Dust Bowl. Not all at once, mind you, but ya know …...
Join the conversation: systemic racism and wealth, discussing across divides
Sister Emily TeKolste I remember the early days of the Black Lives Matter movement. A grown man had followed, shot, and killed a teenage Trayvon Martin as he was walking through his own neighborhood. And the jury acquitted the killer on the basis of a self-defense claim. Or Mike Brown, whose body lay in the street for hours after a police officer shot him. The list goes on. Case after case of Black men and women being killed and somehow...
Sister Ruth Ellen Doane
...behind her left ear. We witnessed minimal, but noticeable eye and arm movement, and she hummed along with some of the tunes we played from our phones. Together, we could also talk and pray with her, facilitate speaker phone connections with Father Dan, Sister Jeanne, her brothers Paul and Mark and their wives Linda and Valerie, and nephews David and Patrick. As the evening hours lengthened and Ellen was relieved of her bipap, she was able to regain her own...
Walking a labyrinth: one Providence Associate’s experience
...The path allows me to bring my whole self. The physical movement of my arms, legs, feet, hips, hands, head, neck and shoulders activates my heart and mind in a unique way. As I walk on the path in, the movement process allows me to slough off weighty feelings or thoughts I have been experiencing. This same walking action allows some opening and welcoming space on the path out. What I describe might be like someone very committed to the...
A reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...love with your presence, in your sharing of your gifts and talents. Together, may we help each other live religious life as a movement of love, a movement that necessarily takes us beyond the confines of our own small world and establishes God steps for our life and for the life of the world. As Proverbs advises: “Commit to God whatever you do, and God will establish your plans.” And so, Leslie, I call you forth now for that next...
Make a difference today
...and to celebrate King’s contributions to the civil rights movement as well as recognizing the ongoing fight for civil rights, equality and justice. Live Out the Legacy If you can, take some time today to do one of the following in celebration of King’s legacy: Some communities may have a parade. Attend to celebrate his life. Or maybe your community may have featured speakers in honor of King. Plan to attend, Take some time today to take part in volunteer...
Meet us at the Terre Haute Farmers Market!
...local farmers market, and if so, we hope you are reaping the benefits of your patronage. We have had many local businesses who originally found their footing at the farmers market and have now expanded to their own store fronts. We have even had a historic neighborhood, 12 Points, completely revitalized by businesses who found their beginnings at the Terre Haute Farmers Market. It is amazing to see how an idea can grow into a movement, and that movement positively...
Blessing of new ‘green space’ begins 2024 annual meeting
...“It is also a movement within the communities of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). It really is a movement within a lot of faith groups,” Sister Dawn said. Sister Dawn said many religious communities have already started giving back to indigenous peoples in various ways. “Some have started giving donations,” she said. “And some have given back land. We’re going to figure out something to do. What is Providence calling us to do now?” A ‘Time of Reflection’...