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Introducing Providence Community Cemetery
...cost for reservation of a niche in Rows A-E is $3,000. The cost is $2,500 to reserve a niche in Rows F-H. The Sisters of Providence have calculated the Fair Market Value of Interment Rights to be $1,840. The remainder of the purchase price, $1,160 or $660, we consider a charitable contribution, which is placed in a reserved fund for upkeep and perpetual care of the cemetery areas. You may wish to check with an accountant about a deduction for...
History Timeline 1966–Today
Timeline: 1840–1926 Timeline: 1926–1966 Timeline: 1966–Today The Sisters of Providence continue their mission of love, mercy, and justice. 1966–1976 Administration of Mother Mary Pius Regnier 1968 Assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. This is a period of unrest in the struggle for civil rights. 1969 First astronaut lands on the moon 1970 Special Chapter Adapting to changes in the Church With the end of Vatican II, many changes are happening in the Catholic Church. Sisters are encouraged...
What are You seeking?
...found the website for the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Next, I began to learn about the life and challenges of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. This brought greater depth to my awareness of these Sisters of Providence, how they came to be, and their legacies. I was especially moved by their work for the human rights of people facing the harms of violent immigration enforcement, which is an injustice that is close to my heart, as a fifth...
December 10, Human Rights Day and This Little Light
I have a candle that I light each day but recently, it has become more difficult to light. Farther down in the wax, the wick has become shorter, it is hesitant. It seems an apt symbol for my spirit in this time of such hateful division in our country. It seems harder to let my light shine, wondering what difference it makes. Is it worth the effort to coax the wick of my spirit to rise to the occasion? In...
Auschwitz-Birkenau
...To dilute what happened and is happening in our country is to welcome the evil that lurks in the pursuit of greed and power. Let us pray daily for the strength to speak out, to stand with everyone whose dignity is challenged. Now we cannot be silent. We are compelled by the Gospel to stand with our sisters and brothers whose human rights are being stripped from the fabric of their humanity. Our enemy is silence. We cannot be silent....
2026 Earth Day in Photos!
April is the month we set aside to celebrate Earth and all the gifts she gives. It is an opportunity to gather with people in your community to reconnect and enjoy the sights, smells, and sounds of nature around us, especially after a long, cold winter. Of course, when you plan an Earth Day event, you hope that mother nature plays along and gives you warmer temperatures and sunshine, but that is usually a big ask when Earth Day occurs...
Join the Return to Human Rights Tour March 16-29
...United States and is buying from a company in Mexico that has an abusive human rights record. You are invited to join CIW in their tour, the longest protest action in the last 10 years of the Campaign for Fair Food, joining thousands of consumers in mobilizing for the national boycott. Other actions besides joining the tour to address this issue include: Sign an online petition, or Let your local Wendy’s know you are boycotting them and why. For more...
Political Engagement Committee: Our Platform
...in African cities: Scope, potentiality and challenges. (Development Southern Africa), Elmond Bandauko, Elias Maxhindu, Ndarova Audrey Kwangwama, Godfery Chikowore, 2016 The other infrastructure gap: Sustainability – human rights and environmental perspectives. (United Nations Human Rights), Heinrich Boll Stiftung, 2018 4. We support caring for the Earth through agriculture by: Reducing tillage, Expanding crop rotations, Planting cover crops, Reintegrating livestock into crop production systems, and Capturing the excess carbon generated by other related industries Supporting Articles Maintain healthy soil with crop...
Sister Kathleen Desautels: Collaborating for justice
...congregations support the center. “My primary responsibility is to work in collaboration with others on staff as we address the many social issues of our times – human rights, women’s rights in church and society, economic and environmental concerns,” Sister Kathleen said. “The mission of the center is to be an alternative critical voice to oppressive systems and work to change those systems.” Sister Kathleen said that from the beginning, 8th Day Center’s focus has been collaboration. “Some sisters got...
Witness
...is left to chance. The staff is kind, solicitous even. Many are in PPE. A few have only a good-fitting mask on for protection. My overriding impression is that of a stark environment, devoid of human emotion, calm, and eerily quiet while an act of extreme violence is being inflicted upon another human being … a person whom Jesus referred to when enjoining us to “love our neighbor as ourselves.” Sadly, Terre Haute is the killing fields for the federal...
Immigration in the United States
...of U.S. immigrants have come from Latin America, with about 25 percent from Mexico alone. About another 25 percent have come from Asia. Large numbers have come from China, India, the Philippines, Central America, and the Caribbean. In 1970, the number of immigrants living in the U.S. was about a fifth of what it is today. This population’s growth accelerated after Congress changed U.S. immigration laws in 1965. The newest wave of immigrants has dramatically changed States’ immigrant populations. Today,...
Newsnotes
...2016 Indiana State University Human Rights Day event on March 8. Former head of the United Nations in Sudan, Dr. Mukesh Kapila, served as the keynote speaker of the event, which also featured three sessions of multiple speakers for students and others to attend. Sisters Donna Butler, Mary Montgomery and Marsha Speth all attended the event. Sister Marsha represents the SPs on the Human Rights Day Committee. Sisters Ann Casper (left) and Ann Sullivan during the 2016 Women...