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Peaceful people demand facility closing
...some excellent rebuttal statements for the two men who were defending the SOA/WHINSEC. The U.S. Army has an intricate plan to fight off criticism of the SOA/WHINSEC called “Strategic Communications Campaign Plan.” It’s an ongoing public relations effort on the part of the Army to counter negative publicity about the Fort Benning, Ga., combat training school for Latin American soldiers. Many of the school’s graduates have been implicated in human rights abuses throughout Latin America. Among other things, the plan...
Three Sisters of Providence arrested in Georgia for participation in non-violent protest at Army base
...and was sentenced to six months in prison on federal trespassing charges. The three sisters who were arrested Sunday were led away from the military base in hand cuffs and later shackled and forced to spend the night in the Muscogee County Jail. They were arraigned Monday in U.S. Federal Court in Columbus. They appeared before U.S. Magistrate G. Mallon Faircloth, who is the same judge who sentenced Sister Kathleen to prison. Sisters Adele, Rita Clare and Joann pleaded not...
Three Sisters of Providence to stand trial Jan. 27 for crossing government line during non-violent protest
Three Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., will stand trial Jan. 27 in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ga., for their arrest in November 2002 during a non-violent protest against the School of the Americas (SOA) at Fort Benning, Ga. The SOA, now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC), trains Latin American military in anti-insurgency tactics. For decades, numerous SOA graduates have been linked directly by the United Nations and human rights groups to the...
A Prayer by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
David Brunsma (far left) and Sister Helen Prejean, both speakers at Human Rights Day in 2009, greet local activists. God of Compassion, You let your rain fall on the just and the unjust. Expand and deepen our hearts so that we may love as You love, even those among us who have caused the greatest pain by taking life. For there is in our land a great cry for vengeance as we fill up death rows and kill the killers...
Sharing the charism of Providence
...at risk, Helping to build bridges between Western and Eastern churches, Fostering dialogue between the great religions of the descendants of Abraham, Fostering communication and understanding among all peoples and faiths, Promoting human rights, especially the status of women, Working for anti-slavery and anti-trafficking, Striving to provide clean and safe water at an affordable price, and Working for peace. Two examples of how they are working toward these goals: The Denmark Priories raised large sums of money that enabled them...
A Haunting Desert Experience
8th Day Center for Justice staff and assembly members at the Eloy Detention Center to open the SOAWatch Nogales Convergence weekend of Oct. 7-10, including (from left) Mary Kay Flanigan, a family member of a detainee, Liz Deligio, Sister Kathleen Desautels, Patricia Schlosser and Arlene Ashack. Twenty years of attending the SOAWatch events at the gates of Ft. Benning, Ga., one always needed to prepare for either cold or rainy days. Not so this year. The Arizona border heat made...
Blessed and encouraged to act justly, love tenderly
...and several other employees witnessed men being fired and new men hired, they realized that the company was being unjust because newer employees without seniority meant the company reduced its payroll. They were also aware that safety precautions were not being followed. This small group of men decided that a union was necessary to protect workers’ rights. I remember my dad standing at a mirror practicing the talk he was giving at a Union meeting. Due to their efforts, the Harvester became unionized in the...
Week 5: Daily reflections with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...Bishop de la Hailandiére with love and respect. • How do I strive to see my “enemies” with eyes of love? Extra Challenge: Listen to the On Being episode with Rep. John Lewis, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Saturday, April 1 “Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause!” – Jeremiah 11:20 “No fear nor human respect ever made her give in to any injustice.” – Sister Mary Eudoxie...
‘Green’ Investments
...focuses on environmental (reducing pollution), social (human rights), and governance (stopping corruption) issues. It is an integrative investing strategy, and Impact investing, which actively seeks positive impact around environmental and social effects. Impact investing involves making a difference in measurable ways while at the same time growing one’s money. These investments tend to be more in the private markets, such as private equity, venture capital and debt, fixed incomes and infrastructure. Adoption of these sustainable investment possibilities is expected to...
Sister Ann Brendan Burget
...don’t like is Sister Ann Brendan’s office because you have to stay there a long time when you do something bad.” In 2005, Sister Ann Brendan relinquished the directorship of Woods Day Care. Last week, after she had died, Sister Judy Cervizzi, current director of Woods Day Care, received several calls from personnel in day care establishments in the area, saying how much Sister Ann Brendan had influenced their careers and how respected she was in the Wabash Valley. After...
A Reflection for the 2022 Senior Jubilee
Note: If you didn’t get a chance to watch the livestream of our 2022 Senior Jubilee celebration, here is the reflection General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski offered during Mass. We need days like today! We need days like today in the life of our Church and in the life of this Providence Community. Days when we remember that God’s incarnate love needs our YES! On this feast of the Immaculate Conception, we hear once again the young Mary respond to...
8th Day Center for Justice: Statement on White Supremacy
(Note: Recently, 8th Day Center for Justice joined with its many partners in denouncing both the movements of white supremacy and their specific actions in Charlottesville Virginia. Here is there statement): White ignorance … It’s a big subject. How much time do you have? It’s not enough. Ignorance is usually thought of as the passive obverse to knowledge, the darkness retreating before the spread of Enlightenment. But … Imagine an ignorance that resists. Imagine an ignorance that fights back. Imagine...