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A Note from the JUSTus Podcast Team, May 8, 2024
...some of your friends as authors and contributors. On the Sisters of Providence website, you will find: How Fair Trade relates to climate change, Fair Trade: products that improve the lives of people on the margins, Empowering Women, changing lives: Fair Trade meets Mother Theodore Chocolate for everyone! A Fair Trade Event What does it mean to love my neighbor as myself? A visit to the border World Day of Social Justice Truth to the Calling: Providence Associate Joan Frisz...
A reflection for the Season of Creation
...others about all of the various candidates’ views about climate change. Making sure that candidates who are passionate about climate justice are elected is one MAJOR way that we can keep alive any hope for systemic changes toward action in the coming years. But we also need to consider significant long-term changes in our own lives. In today’s Gospel, Mark reminds us that often, changing our habits in a significant way will not be easy: “Those who wish to come...
Honoring the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi
...up liking fine clothes, rich friends and having a good time. Changing Values Sometime as he was approaching adulthood, Francis seems to have had several experiences that caused him to rethink his manner of living and values. One happened while working for his father. He was approached by a beggar who asked him for money. Francis was astonished at first and tried to ignore the man but then found himself running after him and giving him all the money he...
Death Penalty Education
Note: The following was written by Providence Associates Suzie Ray and Jane Fischer. Basic Vocabulary Capital Punishment: Legal termination of the life of a person guilty of crimes considered the most serious in that country. Execution: Legal term used for the government’s killing of a person. Death penalty: Methods include lethal injection, electrocution, gas chamber, hanging and ring (firing) squad. As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row residents across the country in Federal and State prisons. This...
Beautifying the Woods
...Barbara Sheehan has taken the responsibility of watering the flowers often. “I love doing this,” Sister Mary said. “I love being able to make Saint Mary-of-the-Woods more inviting. And we’ve received a lot of thank-you notes from the sisters for all the work Robb has done.” The seasons are changing and with falling temperatures just around the corner, Sister Mary will probably spend more time volunteering at Providence Health Care with her dog, Mickey. The statue of Sister Margaret Mary...
Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles
...us to combat this and put the needs vs. wants ideals firmly into our consciousness. Take Time to Reflect We don’t need to rush to achieve a sustainable lifestyle. We need time to reflect, making unhurried choices. Do I need all my plants, or do they give me pleasure tending to them and watching them grow? Plants absorb carbon from the air. Do I need all the pictures hanging on the walls or standing on shelves? Maybe I enjoy having pictures that bring back...
A Thriving Community and Mission: Evolution from the Sisters of Providence to the Providence Community
...adaptations were necessary. Mother Theodore said of this early community: “Besides the admirable union that exists between persons of different nationalities, of dispositions so opposite, some well-informed, others without education, there is also … a great spirit of faith, of piety and a confidence in God which goes as far, I believe, as it can go.” A Changing Community In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Providence Community of sisters boomed with the influx of European immigrants. Since then,...
Sister Patricia Linehan
...caring aunt, and above all, a deeply committed member of the Sisters of Providence. Pat’s family was important to her and they knew it. Here are some memories the seven nieces and nephews shared about Pat. From Chip: Aunt Pat always sent Christmas gifts to the entire family. Some were really cool, some a bit strange, but we were thankful for them all, especially the interesting Christmas ornaments. I still enjoy hanging favorites, like the Irish Flying Golfing Santa! From...
November 23, 2025: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Gospel: Luke 23:35-43 The rulers sneered at Jesus and said, “He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Christ of God.” Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine they called out, “If you are King of the Jews, save yourself.” Above him there was an inscription that read, “This is the King of the Jews.” Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are you not...
Oral History: Sister Carol Nolan
...witness her channeling Paul Nolan standing in the living room of his home in Galesburg, Illinois, surrounded by five children hanging on his every word, dramatizing and creating for them a world of magic and music and fun, which would lead them out into the world to share God’s splendor. A life worthy of the call Carol Nolan never intended to be a Sister of Providence. It just didn’t interest her. Marriage and children were in her sights, maybe teaching...
Sister Mary Charles Spalding
...Charles grew physically weaker, her mind remained keen and alert. We know that she has now been called home to deeper, fuller life. We, who wait here, send up to God our heartfelt prayers of gratitude for her life among us,” concluded Sister Joan. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary Charles was celebrated March 16, with the Rev. Daniel Hopcus presiding. She was preceded in death by all of her siblings and her aunt, Sister Francis Genevieve Greenwell....
Sister Mary Alice (Joseph Gertrude) Zander
...adopted daughter,” shared Sister Pat. Sister Mary Alice began teaching in 1967 at Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago. Two years later she ministered as the coordinator of religious education at Our Lady of Mercy Parish and taught at St. Andrew, Chicago. From 1972 to 1978, Sister Mary Alice served as the coordinator of parish religious education at St. Bernadette, Evergreen Park, Ill. She then became director of religious education at St. Fabian Church, Bridgeview, Ill. From 1982 to 1986, she...