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Sister Sharon Richards
...Therese because I wanted to be like this Anne Therese in the book. I’ve grown to love and admire her. Every day, I read her quotation on the perpetual calendar. So often it’s right on the mark. Favorites Food: Fresh fruit. Flower/plant: Gardenia. Book: To Kill a Mockingbird. Movie: The King and I. Vacation spot: Any place by/near water. Recreation: Being out of doors. Sport: Swimming. Animal: Dogs. Pizza topping: Veggies. Holiday: Easter. Dessert: Ice cream Time of day: Morning....
On policing and Providence
Sister Pat Mahoney outside the District 22 police station in Chicago where she volunteers. From the way Sister Pat Mahoney greets the receptionist and walks right through the gate labeled “POLICE USE ONLY,” it is apparent that she feels right at home. Still, Sister Pat laughs, she never guessed she would volunteer at a police station. “But I never thought I’d leave teaching or stop wearing the habit when I entered religious life, either.” Sister Pat, a volunteer with the...
Where Your Treasure Is
...by thick concrete walls and by a system that had labeled her as less than human. As Congress begins negotiations for the 2019 budget, we know the Trump Administration has requested more resources to remove beloved residents like Sonia from our communities. The administration’s requests include: A massive increase in immigration detention – to 51,379 people in detention across the country every day Funds to recruit and hire 1,000 additional ICE officers, and Funds to compensate more local police to...
Celebrating Sister Joni as she professes first vows on June 26
Buenas dias! Bienvenidos a la Madre, las hermanas y el hermano y otros miembros de la familia y tambien a todos amigos y amias de Joni. Good morning too, to all Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates and visitors. The scriptures proclaimed today are those designated for the 13th Sunday of Ordinary time – not scripture that Joni has chosen. Yet, as I prayed these scriptures, it seems Providence has gifted appropriate ones for this celebration – for Joni’s first profession...
Sister Carol Nolan to be honored
...women who will be honored May 17. Joining her are Anita Rufus (Voice of Women’s Rights), Megan Beaman (Civil Rights), Elle Kurpiewski (Lifetime Achievement), Sonja Martin (Democratic Ideals) and Eileen Stern (Humanitarian). “I know one of the other women who will be honored at the event,” Sister Carol said. “Eileen responded to our call for volunteers in the fall. She has shared some English as a Second Language materials she used in working with gardeners and others working in her...
Honored for service!
...volunteer and I also teach music in two area elementary schools.” That volunteerism was recently noticed as the organization Democratic Women of the Desert named Sister Carol its 2014 Volunteer of the Year.” Sister Carol was one of six women who were honored May 17. Joining her were Anita Rufus (Voice of Women’s Rights), Megan Beaman (Civil Rights), Elle Kurpiewski (Lifetime Achievement), Sonja Martin (Democratic Ideals) and Eileen Stern (Humanitarian). According to its website, Democratic Women of the Desert is...
Reflections for Oct. 3, 2021
...other Sisters in the room that day kept the refrain in our conversation going every few minutes: “It’s St. Patrick’s Day; we had corned beef and cabbage.” It’s funny what sticks in our memories, but that has become a beloved “slogan” of my first experience of the hospitality here; Sisters eagerly stopped by, said hello, asked who we were, or shared something with us. To this day, I can tell my cousin who was also on that trip, “I’m off...
Caring for God’s gifts: the natural environment and faith
...days between the Easter celebration of Jesus’ death and resurrection and the observance of Pentecost to share of his new life in the Spirit. Not all weather is pleasant. Some is as welcome as gentle rain and as the right balance of light and darkness, of storm and sunshine. Some is unseasonable; some is very destructive, the result of human interference in climate change, lack of care, or contamination of air and water by pollution. God-intended beauty and usefulness is...
Do spirituality and technology connect?
...occur instantaneously. Communications from cyberspace saturate us and our world daily. Carrying wireless phones addicts millions to the notion that humans have to be connected 24/7. In The Church and New Media (Our Sunday Visitor,18), Brandon Vogt reports that YouTube “receives two billion views per day. Twitter has 190 million users [including Pope Francis] who generate 65 million new ‘tweets’ each day and the Internet features 200 million+ blogs.” Finding meaning in such a world can be a significant task....
‘Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary’
...That is what you did at Cana in Galilee, when you interceded with Jesus and he worked the first of his signs. To preserve the joy of the wedding feast, you said to him: “They have no wine” (John 2:3). Now, O Mother, repeat those words and that prayer, for in our own day we have run out of the wine of hope, joy has fled, fraternity has faded. We have forgotten our humanity and squandered the gift of peace....
Bearing witness to an execution
...Human suffering “You’re talking to this person, this victim of a revenge killing. They are totally defenseless. There’s nothing he or I could do about it,” Sister Barbara said. “This is all just more human suffering,” she added. “For me, it reinforces the deep human need for compassion. We need to stand up and advocate for others. It’s critically important for me and for so many others to speak out against this injustice. Just prior to the beginning of their...
Mary Ann DeFazio
Sister Mary Ann was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. Currently, she ministers as the Pastoral Associate for Faith Formation at St. Christopher Parish, Indianapolis. Sister Mary Ann entered the Congregation on Aug. 23, 1975, from St. Mary Parish, Griffith, Ind. She professed final vows on Sept. 14, 1984. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in humanities and theology. Sister Mary Ann has ministered in Illinois, New Hampshire and Indiana. Sister Mary Ann DeFazio All Ministries Chicago: Teacher,...