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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...
Land Justice
...Does it mean “care and look after” or is it more like “plunder and make use of”? Indigenous people align with the former – to care and look after; however today we see a preponderance of “plunder and make use of,” in lifestyles, in government and legal policies/decisions and in business practices. In this newsletter, we will delve into the relationship between humans and land. We will question commonly held beliefs and practices, and examine how human thinking and behavior...
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 Alma Louise Mescher
...afforded me the opportunity to discover the beautiful organization of life itself.’ “During the Civil Rights era Sister Alma Louise and Sister Mary Jean Mark (RIP), then a history professor at the college, went with five students from the Woods and Indiana State University to Albany, Ga., to participate in the SCOPE project under the aegis of Martin Luther King Jr. — a project which sought to get as many eligible black persons registered to vote as possible. During the...
Principles of non-violence
Martin Luther King Jr. in 1966 Paging through the newspaper the other day, I came across an interview with Ambassador Andrew Young, a close associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. The interviewer asked Young many questions about his early days in the civil rights movement. Young’s responses were thoughtful, measured and obviously the product of a man who has spent a lifetime working on behalf of others. I’m glad I read the interview. But what truly caught me was the...
Finding a source of fuel
...rights for the old mine. A forward-thinking administration under General Superior Mother Gertrude Clare Owens (RIP) nixed this idea in a memo: “At some time, possibly many years hence, scientific development may bring about a method of distilling gas from coal reserves within the ground. This could prove to be a source of fuel for the needs of the Sisters of Providence. “The Viking Coal Corporation says that it might have to discharge water from the workings to the surface...
PFS volunteer brings love for justice, education to her work
...which she worked for twelve years dealing with issues from poverty and the nuclear arms race, to equal rights for women and apartheid in Africa to US support of wars in Central America. When asked about the time she was arrested for peaceful protesting, she responds, “Which time? I’ve been arrested lots of times.” Sister Dorothy is a woman willing to put her own comfort and security on the line to bring goodness, equality and fairness to others. She’s still...
Sister Barbara Bluntzer
...United States ports. Some were pilgrimages and others for the joy of marveling in God’s creation. She also taught in Oklahoma City during a time when the Civil Rights movement was causing dramatic changes and “loved it.” Planner? Organizer? When the Bluntzer family was planning a reunion recently, she was hoping she would be asked to take charge! The family reunion perhaps would have been successful with only 100 in attendance, but about 280 Bluntzer kin showed up for a...
Providence Family Services Volunteer Sister Dorothy Gartland receives Guerin Outreach Ministries Leadership and Advocacy Award
...to equal rights for women. Since her “retirement” more than 10 years ago, Sister Dorothy stepped into the full-time volunteer position of supervisor of the after-school homework help program at Providence Family Services in Chicago. In this position, she recruits volunteer tutors from area colleges and high schools and coordinates the after-school program, including tutoring herself when she is needed. Providence Family Services (PFS) is a not-for-profit sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Providence and serves the West Humboldt Park...
Sister Susan Paweski
...was going to Guerin and that I would enroll in the college prep program. That was that … and that was Providence! During the 1960s and 1970s, I worked for women’s rights. I met women of courage and deep conviction who introduced me to the richness of feminist spirituality. I studied in Europe for a year and then tried to begin an import export company in Mozambique. (One does not begin a company in one of the most economically depressed...
Sister Terri Boland
...an attractive life choice? A. The life is all of the positive energy you find in community today. It’s taking on social justice issues, whether it is issues around the homeless, women’s health rights or building awareness around living more sustainably in the world. Being a Sister of Providence is still viable. Life in community is also changing. It’s not stagnant. Your spirit evolves. I think, because of my relationship with Earth, the Scriptures become alive. There are parables around...