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Sisters share USCCB message on immigration
Note: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) recently issued a special message regarding its concern for the situation impacting immigrants in the United States during its plenary assembly in Baltimore. The organization said this is the first time in 12 years it has “invoked this particularly urgent way of speaking as a body of bishops.” As women religious, we have and will continue to stand with and speak up for the human dignity of all persons, now most...
Mercy to Earth
...the rate we are today, without consideration of our actions, Mother Earth will probably continue to respond in-kind with continued ocean warmings, violent storms and natural phenomenons never observed before by this generation of humans. This is all due to our blatant disregard for her precious ecosystems. So, I would ask, will Mother Earth show her human children mercy? Merriam-Webster defines mercy as: ‘help given to people who are in a very bad or desperate situation.’ I am sure Mother...
For our Congregation, this is Eco-Justice
...nature, but an open heart. Sister Marceline heard the natural world speaking, a vehicle of the divine. “We do not stand separate from the planet we share with other life; we are intimately related to it and so are also responsible for its care.” (Laudato Si’) We often have embedded in our behavior, our language, our belief systems a disconnection from nature. There is a divide between care with Earth, with nature, and our existence as humans. We consciously or...
June: Recognizing Torture Awareness Month
...mark Torture Awareness Month by joining with people of faith and conscience nationwide as we stand in solidarity with survivors of torture and issue a moral call for human rights for all. The NRCAT website is filled with information and suggested activities to raise awareness. In light of the Litany of Nonviolence many of us pray, let us seize the opportunity to make a difference in our world. For more information, see Eighth Day Center for Justice Centering’s informative issue...
Sister Diane Ris dies; was 16th general superior of Sisters of Providence
...York, an organization that fosters global systems that will secure ecological integrity, peace, human rights, economic and social well-being, and democratic participation, with special care to include the voices and perspectives of poor and marginalized people of diverse cultural and religious traditions. Sister Diane was elected general superior in 1996. After her term in office she became a certified Reiki healer. She is survived by two sisters, Linda VanDenBerg of Jacksonville, Fla., and Peggy Joneas of Memphis, Tenn. She was...
NGOs – Conscience of the UN!
...to designate a non-profit entity independent of governmental influence and political party affiliation that focuses on issues of human rights, environment, war and peace, and others requiring advocacy. Hundreds of NGOs with consultative status at the UN are listed. At each forum meeting, the group received updates, finalized its 2016 mission statement, and then selected up to three issues related to its NGO mandate on which to focus. At the forum on Spirituality and Values, members heard a report of...
Women marching as a sign of hope
...as much as I can as one person.” Connected to mission Lorrie Heber, director of the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, sees the March as integrally connected to her work for environmental justice with the Sisters of Providence. “Basic human rights rely on care for creation,” she says. “They rely on clean water and clean air and unpolluted land and the ability of all peoples to be able to live on earth, live with earth.” Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a sponsored...
Those who cannot remember the past…
...freedom, a great cause worth giving one’s life for. But victory came at a great human cost. Today Fast forward to our present day. Are we not in a similar situation? Does not an unjust system of racism deeply embedded in our culture provide for some but not for all? In “the land of the free and the home of the brave,” can we say that all are free? Not strictly financially, what has been the human cost of the...
Embracing technology to further the Sisters of Providence mission
...immigration, human trafficking, corporate capitalism, individualism, and human rights, to name a few lifted up for further exploration. Those who are planning the chapter have taken the data generated by these discussions and are now creating part of the agenda for the 2021 chapter. We are so thankful for the tools of technology in this time that have allowed us to stay in touch and continue to reach out and move forward. (Originally published in the Fall 2020 issue of HOPE...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
Twenty-three Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., are celebrating Senior Jubilees this year. 60-year Jubilarians Sister Kathleen Desautels Sister Kathleen Desautels is a native of Indianapolis. Currently, she ministers as a volunteer for human rights organizations in Chicago. Sister Kathleen, formerly Sister Mary Colleen, entered the Congregation on Sept. 12, 1960, from St. Joan of Arc Parish, Indianapolis. She professed perpetual vows on Aug. 15, 1968. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in education and...
Sister Charles Van Hoy
...contemporary liturgical music. I think it was from Sister Charles that I learned that the Church also embodied compassion, and that many of its members and groups not only have stood for human rights, but fought for them as well.” Sister Charles Van Hoy practices math facts using a deck of cards with the child she tutored after school at Educational/Family Services in West Terre Haute. When she returned to the Woods in 1994, having already ministered for 43 years,...
Musings on International Day of Friendship
July 30 was International Day of Friendship. The United Nations website says about the day: “The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendships between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. Our world faces many challenges, crises and forces of division – such as poverty, violence, and human rights abuses – among many others – that undermine peace, security, development and social...