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Cathedral High School honors Sister Mary Ann Stewart with honorary diploma
...she also has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC). Sister Mary Ann said her fascination with history began when she was in formation with the Sisters of Providence while studying at SMWC. “Those were the tumultuous years of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War protests,” Sister Mary Ann recalled. “I remember seeing a presentation about Saint Mary-of-the-Woods students taking part in the Voting Rights Summer when we were just postulants. Sister Mary Ann...
Prayerful reflections from the Gathering in Solidarity event
...country, and the world, she said, “Together with these multitudes, we commit to advancing human rights for all people and practicing empathy to build understanding across differences. Together with these multitudes, we are here to send a positive message about civil society, mutual respect, human rights, and the democratic process. Together with these multitudes, we proclaim that women’s rights are human rights, regardless of a woman’s race, ethnicity, religion, immigration status, sexual identity, gender expression, economic status, age or disability.”...
A Note from Sister Barbara Battista: A Call to Action and a Time for Prayer
...the human being. Of being human, of vitality.” Following Dr. Mary’s “Inform, Empower, and Transform,” I am asking you to reflect on this: Can you encourage your community to make a difference by doing something to support Human Rights in Sport before April 6 of next year? Get out there … and brainstorm with your community… → Look at the facilities and think about universal design – are your facilities accessible? If not, say something. Find out who is in...
Restorative Justice
...the beginnings of reaching our goal of social justice. A just society with accessibility, equity, diversity, human rights, and participation. For me, social justice is what will be found beyond the thunderdome. “Beyond Thunderdome” Out of the ruins, out from the wreckage. Can’t make the same mistake this time. We are the children. The last generation. We are the ones they left behind. And I wonder when we are ever gonna change. Living under the fear, ’til nothing else remains....
A reflection for Holy Week
...action to call for just and humane legislation for the DACA Dreamers. How appropriate, I thought, that we would take action around the immigration issue as we celebrated Human Rights Day. Then, in an instant, my mind began to think about so many other human rights issues, in addition to Congress’s failure to pass DACA legislation, that were in the news that week … climate change – not only its effect on the Arctic, but also the unbelievable reality that...
ISU Human Rights Day set for March 19
The Indiana State University (ISU) Human Rights Day Committee has scheduled the 2025 Terre Haute Human Rights Day for 9 a.m.-2:50 p.m., on Wednesday, March 19. This year, Terre Haute Mayor Brandon Sakbun will serve as the keynote speaker and will conduct a “fireside chat” with area high school students and others in the ISU Sycamore Banquet Center in the Hulman Memorial Student Union. Sister Emily TeKolste During the “fireside chat,” Mayor Sakbun will share his insights on civic leadership,...
A Call to all Justice Advocates
...Tracey Horan, SP, ministers with the Kino Border Initiative, as the Associate Director of Education and Advocacy. The organization is located in Nogales, Arizona. What can you do to help with our efforts along with others at the border? Read more here. Sister Barbara Sheehan Human Trafficking Partner with us to help end human trafficking, through educating and advocacy. Read and share this pertinent information about human trafficking, made available by Sister Barbara Sheehan, SP. Sister Emily TeKolste NETWORK Lobby...
Prayer and Reflections for Awareness Against Human Trafficking
...the human person, is at the centre of an economic system.” – Pope Francis, 2015 World Day of Peace message “If economic profit takes precedence over the individual and over humanity, we find a throw-away culture at work that considers humanity in itself, human beings, as a consumer good, which can be used and then thrown away.” – Pope Francis, 2014 address to Participants in the World Meeting of Popular Movements. How does an understanding of the deep roots of...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part One
...caused by the use of fossil fuels and other human activities poses an existential threat to the very future of humanity and that air pollution resulting from fossil fuels is already a major cause of premature death on our planet. Existing trajectories of pollutants being placed in the atmosphere by human activity, if unchecked, will raise the temperature of the earth in the coming decades, generating catastrophic rises in human exposure to deadly heat, devastating rises in water levels and...
A historical snapshot of the SP human rights efforts
Sisters Alma Louise and Mary Jean set out to register voters in Albany, Ga., during the civil rights movement. The Sisters of Providence join people around the world in celebrating Martin Luther King Day on Monday. Through various ministries and outreach programs, the sisters support human rights, anti-racism and other social concerns. If you have a chance, visit our Peace & Justice section for additional information on ongoing efforts. Whether it was Saint Mother Theodore Guerin who, returning from a...
Celebrating National Women’s Equality Day!
...black women. It was not until the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s that black women moved in significant numbers onto the rolls of registered voters. Finally, after the passage of the 19th amendment, there were many ideas and new plans developed to implement the greater vision of the women’s rights movement. Most involved efforts that the suffragists had pointed out as needing attention, like equality of pay....
Justice
...Constitutions “Yes above all things; justice, justice. If any preferences may be shown let it be to the poorest or most abandoned.” Saint Mother Theodore Guerin 1798–1856, Foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods “The work of justice, of promoting systemic change that protects planet Earth and promotes human rights, is essential to answering our call as Sisters of Providence.” Sister Donna Butler Is God calling on you to strive for peace and justice? White Violet Center for...