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Let us put on love
...asked? They began to doubt that God actually intervened in humanity. And if God isn’t involved with us or doesn’t care, we’re free to do as we please. They didn’t understand the true meaning of God’s Providence. All who lament a delay of the second coming of Christ are missing the point of Jesus’ saying “inasmuch as you do this unto the least of these you do it to me.” This means seeing Christ coming to us right now in...
Earth Day: A Holy Day of Obligation
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice’s 19th annual Earth Day celebration will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday, April 22. I am considering contacting Pope Francis to ask him if he would declare Earth Day a Holy Day of Obligation. Lest you think I am just being silly, hear me out. Our fragile Earth IS HOLY. The same impulse of God’s love that created the human form created the whole of creation. And I think it is...
HOPE summer 2017 — I’ll meet you in the field
...change, even if the results aren’t immediately obvious. Create beauty. Sing, dance, paint, draw, garden, play an instrument or write. Ask questions of others who have different views. “You are worth everything” Sister Barbara Sheehan and Urban CPE Consortium “Sister Barbara looks at each of us and doesn’t see an addict. She looks at us as human. Every person feels welcome.” How to engage one another in difficult or potentially divisive conversations As we engage in difficult conversations, … ask...
Sister Richard Bussing
Sister Richard Bussing “And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good. “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the...
Growing Earth into the future, from where you are
...increase. However, changes in the amount and intensity of precipitation will vary significantly according to location, with tropical and high-latitude regions suffering the greatest impact. When storms do occur, the intensity of precipitation and the effects of wind are expected to increase significantly. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of 1,300 independent science experts gathered by the United Nations, there is a more than 95 percent probability that human activities, particularly in industrialized countries, over the...
The Easter Triduum: celebrating our salvation story
...All we can do in the face of the cross is prostrate or kneel in silence. Can this really be the way to salvation, we ask. After a simple prayer we begin to hear the Word. The Suffering Servant of Isaiah, the offering of self in love in Hebrews. The Jesus who in His person radiates so much dignity as a human being and as God that when He asks the question in the garden of Gethsemane, “Whom do you...
A community based on mutual, abiding love
...healing ministries as nurses and therapists — we even have a therapeutic riding instructor! We also welcome a graphic designer, a human resources professional, a Spanish translator, several involved in the food industry and someone who has been told she makes awesome brownies! As always, the General Officers and I were deeply impressed with the gifts our new candidates bring. AND as we read through your letters of commitment, we were especially touched by the yearning within you for spiritual...
Newsnotes: the latest from the Sisters of Providence
...included a one-hour presentation in the Cecilian Auditorium in the Conservatory of Music. Visitors were then invited to tour historic buildings on the grounds, including the Conservatory, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the Woodland Inn, the Saint Anne Shell Chapel, Le Fer Hall, Blessed Sacrament Chapel and the Rooney Library. This program was made possible through a Historic Preservation Education Grant from Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support by the Terre...
Sister Christine Patrick
...providential designs of God to all creation. The sisters work to build community since its continuing call into being depends upon each one’s affirmative response. Community is formed by faith, hope and love lived not only in moments of light and peace but also in the pain and darkness of human existence. Christine, we celebrate you for all the times you called the community into being. We thank you for the times you lived community not “only in times of...
Alpaca Shearing 2020
After a postponement of nearly two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, White Violet Center alpacas finally got sheared on Saturday, June 20. The herd were all quite ready to shed their winter coats. Professional shearers from Alley-Pac Alpaca Shearing out of Fort Collins, CO did an amazing job. Each alpacas was picked up and then gently laid down on the ground where they are strapped down. This ensures the safety of both the animals and humans. It also allows...
White Violet Center: Though the world may pause, life always moves forward
While the world seemingly stands still, it has been reassuring to watch the life cycles of the farm continue to spin on. Winter still turned into spring, which still turned to summer, and will turn to fall soon enough. While our human world shrank and shuttered in March, the first seeds in the greenhouse were busy sprouting. The earth has much to do in the spring, and so did we on the farm! Harvesting carrots in the high tunnel We...
Blessed Covid-19 and a VIRTUAL Come and See weekend
These days it’s so easy to count the various ways Covid-19 has obliterated our plans for daily life. It has hindered our relationships and our everyday rhythm of life. We have been pummeled by one quarantine guideline after another. We have been constrained to work from home. We’ve practiced social distancing from our loved ones and become obsessed with cleanliness and face coverings. The yearnings of the human spirit Despite these challenging circumstances, Covid-19 has not overshadowed the yearnings of...