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A Call to all Justice Advocates
...Catholic Climate Action Projects (CathCAP) In 2022, we joined the Catholic Climate Action Projects organization, which established an online fund to help green our facilities at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Learn more about the organization here and read a piece written by our justice promoter, Sister Barbara Battista, SP, about CathCAP here. Laudato Si’ Action Platform Plan During our 2021 General Chapter, we committed ourselves to join the worldwide Catholic community in responding to Pope Francis’ appeal to participate in a seven-year...
History Timeline 1926-1965
...start a high school at St. Mary’s for girls interested in becoming sisters. They start to make a clearer division between the sisters and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College too. During these years, schools are opening and closing all of the time. The sisters are very busy! In 1963, four sisters leave to teach in Arequipa, Peru. 1928 First mission on west coast established in California 1929 Great Depression begins with Stock Market Crash The Congregation’s earliest greenhouse Living off the land...
WVC to host Spring Plant Sale
Plan to come out to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, to get a head start on your spring planting by shopping at the upcoming Spring Plant Sale. The event will be hosted by White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. The sale will take place from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., on Friday, May 1, and 9 a.m.-3 p.m., on Saturday, May 2, at the White Violet Center Greenhouse, located off Pomeroy Avenue at Saint...
2026 Earth Day in Photos!
...Goes Green event on April 25th and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. If you’re doing the math, you know that means that, unfortunately, the White Violet Center Earth Day Festival, held April 18th, was not met with ideal weather. Understandably, that tends to keep some folks at home. However, for those who braved the rain and the colder temperatures, it was a fun-filled day. And for those who attended, a very special thank you! It is always so...
Oral History: Sister Teresa Costello
...to create a 501c3, and with the assistance of Catholic Charities, they could teach immigrants English, help them get their green cards and achieve citizenship. “I went to the Naturalization Ceremony once. It was magnificent to see people from all over the world gaining their citizenship status. We helped them learn so they could pass the test.” Sister Teresa Costello smiles and listens to a reflection Hurdles When Sister Teresa left Florida she returned to Massachusetts. There she taught English...
‘He wants me to be here’
...encounter God in an intimate and moving way alongside other women on similar paths, and my relationship with Him has been strengthened and transformed, like how the world turns on a more vibrant shade of green after a heavy storm. And while I am not sure exactly where Our Lord will guide me, I am so thankful for his opportunity to have said “yes” to Him. I cannot wait to take His hand and continue saying “yes” whatever may come...
Moving forward with the Legacy of Care for Creation
...the annual Earth Day Festival. In April 2026, the Congregation honored the four directors of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, including foundress Sister Ann Sullivan, SP, Sister Maureen Freeman, CSJ, Lorrie Heber, and current director Mary Riley. Laudato Si’ Grove. Each received a certificate of appreciation from the Sisters of Providence and the Congregation had four trees planted in what is called the “Green Space” but will be renamed “Laudato Si’ Grove” in the near future. Sister Marilyn places an...
Meet Our Interns: Welcome Clara Barber!
...its focus on teaching and the opportunity to be immersed in the farm by living on site. While in school, Clara spent a few months working in a greenhouse caring for houseplants, and generally loves being surrounded by plants and animals. She has already befriended all of the White Violet cats, and has a soft spot for even the most obstinate alpacas in the herd. She says she most looks forward to continuing to develop relationships with people and the...
Sister Mary Montgomery
...They kept very regular correspondence with one another. When I was getting ready to come to the convent, we had a favorable, pleasant relationship, but we didn’t correspond like my mom and she did. I looked up to her and wanted to know what she did. We went to her missions in Indianapolis and Greenfield. And Rose Angele and Charles Ellen were friendly, supportive and were praying for me. They weren’t pushing the sisters on me. I’m glad they weren’t....
Sister Jean Ernstes
...commentary for Sister Jean Ernstes, who died Sept. 29 at Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis, following a car accident. Jean Frances Ernstes was born Feb. 19, 1930, in Greensburg, Ind., to Lawrence and Christina Fisse Ernstes. She attended St. Mary Grade School and Greensburg High School. She entered the Society of Mary Reparatrix March 19, 1960, and professed first and perpetual vows March 25, 1963, and Aug. 22, 1968, respectively. Sister Jean earned an RN degree from Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, a...
Young Crawfordsville man offers sacrifice and prayer in walking to Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...Crawfordsville, through Greencastle, to Terre Haute and ending at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. “I think one of the sisters caught my attention, just hearing her talk about Mother Theodore. An example, the guy with the eye problems. You hear stories about how people are healed. Well, maybe that’s what I need to do,” Andrew said. “Terre Haute was close enough that I could make it in a couple days’ walk. If this place was located in southern Missouri, I don’t think I...
‘Green’ Investments
As part of the Providence Climate Agreement entered into by the Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and others, some pledged to “greening” their investments. The question then emerged, how do I do that? Through such a pledge, people are seeking ways to connect their values of climate injustices and a healthy Earth environment and their investing. They are seeking sustainable investing as part of their commitment to this agreement. As the chair of the Sisters of Providence Ethical Investment Task...