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Poem: Human Violence
Tragic legacy pervasive pattern repeating itself through the ages a rippling effect on relationship at every level power over/against desecrating human dignity defiantly destroying creation violence literally in the water we drink. And God said “Whom shall I send? (Originally published in the Spring 2016 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
New energy, focus for justice
...well, you will not be surprised by this list. The sisters’ bold commitment to environmental sustainability has been lived out through the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and its programming over the past 20 years. The issue of human trafficking might bring back memories of the sisters’ involvement in a human trafficking awareness campaign leading up to Super Bowl 2012 in Indianapolis. Ministries like Providence in the Desert in Coachella, California, and Providence Family Services in Chicago, Illinois, have extended...
Political Engagement for Climate Justice
“At its core, global climate change is not about economic theory or political platforms, nor about partisan advantage or interest group pressures. It is about the future of God’s creation and the one human family. It is about protecting both ‘the human environment’ and the natural environment. It is about our human stewardship of God’s creation and our responsibility to those who come after us.” – United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence,...
Facing institutionalized racism within myself
...traders brought over a boatload of Africans to work as slaves. As demand grew, they brought more and more Africans. Socially, this did something important. It established the relationship between black and white as that of slave and master. This level of slavery required dehumanization, or the viewing of another human being as less than human. White people had to tell themselves that the slaves they forced to tend their lands were less than human, less than them, less in...
How does reforestation help global warming?
...places to take root once again. Deforestation is among the leading causes of human-made climate change, and continuing on this path will only accelerate the process. Forests are being cut down, and habitats are being destroyed every year. Reforestation is one of the best and most cost-effective ways to limit global warming. Replacing trees that were decimated by fires or human impact will revitalize the planet and reduce the negative effect that burning fossil fuels will have. Learn more here....
March 7, 2021: Third Sunday of Lent
...and did not need anyone to testify about human nature. He himself understood it well. Reflection It’s only human to be angered when seeing something special or valuable, something we love and treasure, being misused or abused. Jesus’ response to discovering the temple area turned into a commercial marketplace is a reaction from his human nature but the way in which he reacts is almost startling. This is his Father’s house, a place not to be profaned, especially not for...
Ten years of transformation
...We humans perpetuate so much death, violence, war and hatred. We no longer trust our neighbor. The other has become the enemy. Sometimes I wonder where our humanity has gone amid all those -isms — racism, classism, sexism, etc. Sister Arrianne studies during her time in medical school. But then I read an article on social media about someone choosing to cross the divide — choosing to engage in tough conversations to come to a better understanding of “the other.”...
May 7, 2023: Fifth Sunday of Easter
...with him for all eternity. And what is the way to this eternal reward. Jesus has shown us that the way is one of loving. Loving unconditionally and indiscriminately. Loving all. Not an easy task or an easy road to travel. But as we continue to develop into loving human beings who express that love in service to others, we experience the love of God. Christ himself is revealed in the loving relationships we have with one another. In them,...
Breaking boundaries as Providence people
...Catholic Social Teaching. We want to embrace harmony with all creation. We attempt to break down hierarchies that place some parts of creation as more valuable than others. Our Providence Land Ethic is one such example. Using Aldo Leopold’s words, “…a land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it.” This moves us (humanity) off the top of the pyramid and places us within the web of life simply...
Art, Spirituality and Justice
...and unity. Christians for Social Action spoke with Carrie Newcomer about the intersection of music and justice, contemplative spirituality, and her new project with author Parker Palmer. She said, “art and music are an expression of the human condition. Compassionate stories of the human condition often touch on issues of justice and art that are authentic, and leaning into a growing edge has an intrinsic political context. I write from my own experience of the world, but always with an...
Sister Paula Modaff
...so her daughter could join a religious community. “She could not understand how such a normal, beautiful, red-blooded person could do it. She said to me, ‘Well, Paula, if you can stand the same thing day after day, the routine, never anything different, then go ahead.’” “I kept writing to her from the novitiate and saying, ‘Well, we haven’t started the routine yet, but I’m sure we will. Finally, after two years, I stopped writing it because it was just...
A community based on mutual, abiding love
...together in this church, something called for by Jesus in John’s Gospel which we heard today: to be friends of God; to be members of a community that mirrors the one established more than 2,000 years ago, a community based on mutual, abiding love and not, as with other human institutions, on power or fear. To return to Rohr: “What is emerging must become more inclusive and universal, as it was always meant to be.… We may not be cutting-edge...