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What to pack for the journey
...think those words have meaning for the current journey we are on in dealing with the coronavirus because times like this bring out both the best and worst in humanity. This is what I wrote: I’m beginning to have a small sense of how hard it was to leave, much less to face and endure the horrors of the concentration camp. Most of all Etty, I would hope to pack for the journey: Your spirit of solidarity with others who...
A prayer for restoration and rebirth: A response to the coronavirus
Provident God, You are a God of restoration and rebirth and we are a people in need. During this time of uncertainty, we ask that you keep us free from fear and isolation. Help us to live responsibly so that we may reduce the possibility of getting and spreading disease. Protect us from plummeting into the social darkness of racism, poverty and despair that a pandemic can cause. Aid our global community as it seeks to share resources, human skills...
A Nurse’s Call
...repulsive, but as your essence of call. Refuel our professional art and science with creativity and accuracy. May our feet be grounded in ethical behavior. Soothe our fears of contagion and our body from exhaustion. Move us out of self to be a team of Olympic champs. And when we go home to our families may your healing presence continue. Keep them safe from all ailments of body, mind and soul. Thank you for the CALL to nurse humankind. Amen...
Jesus the Breath of Life, our Hope: a nurse’s prayer during coronavirus
As all humankind shelters from the breath of the dragon of coronavirus, Nurses are called to care for the victims deprived of life-giving air. Their patient’s breath infected, contaminating our space. May God assist us to expand the lungs with the oxygen of life. Protective gear and gown is a shield of body but not the soul. Fuel our Spirit with Jesus’ goodness, our source of healing. May this layer of protection never be a separation of compassion. With so...
Letter to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
...dangerous leadership. Has not our own leader, Pope Francis, called all people of the world to take swift and unified global action on behalf of our common home? The encyclical Laudato Si’ “unambiguously accepts the scientific consensus that changes in the climate are largely man-made” and states that “climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods. It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day” and...
Musings on wearing and making masks
...(Masks must fill some deep need in human life to still be around!) Historically, why did people wear masks? In my superficial research, I found various reasons. I’ve chosen a few that seem linked to our mask experiences of today. Scaring away evil or malicious spirits prompted both Celts and Native Americans to use masks. The Celts believed that masks protected the living by confusing the ghosts and by driving away malicious spirits. Native Americans believed that masks drove away...
A reflection for Memorial Day 2020
...lab for type, crossmatch and labs, x-ray for total body films, then down to pre-op where uniforms were cut off, bodies bathed, blood given and vital signs monitored, awaiting surgery in one of three operating rooms. Pre-op and recovery on the Repose ship. Some came long beyond human repair. These were gently bathed and attentively monitored by a nurse, corpsman, doctor and clergy, if possible, taking turns between other patients. They were never alone, until the end. Coming aboard Repose...
Life on the farm at White Violet Center: Meet our summer crop of interns
Our summer interns and Sr. Mary Montgomery, WVC intern coordinator, having a little fun while they still practice social distancing! It is the fifth Anniversary of Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, the second encyclical of Pope Francis. It is the beginning of the Year of Laudato Si recently proclaimed. Pope Francis says, “It is no longer enough to speak only of the integrity of ecosystems. We have to dare to speak of the integrity of human life,...
Leadership statement on recent federal executions
...in a recent blog, also said “My questions about the death penalty remain unresolved. Why do we (The United States Government and society) kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong? Why do we perpetuate violence in the name of justice?” We stand for all life, not death. As a Congregation, we believe humanity has moved past the old adage of “an eye for an eye.” In fact, Jesus urged all to “turn the other cheek.”...
Sisters of Providence react with prayer, advocacy to federal executions in Terre Haute
...also attended and spoke at the Death Penalty Action group’s federal execution press conferences, which took place on July 6 and 13. Sisters of Providence also joined peaceful demonstrations on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons at the corner of U.S. 41 and Springhill Road in Terre Haute, not far from where the executions were taking place. We stand for all life, not death. As a Congregation, we believe humanity has moved past the old adage of “an eye for an...
Sister Barbara Doherty (formerly Sister Vincent Ferrer)
...different sort of human; but this is who I am.” Perhaps because she lived Providence, she was chosen to be a member of a General Chapter mandated committee tasked with reviewing and revising the Constitutions of the Sisters of Providence. Sister Mary Roger Madden was also a committee member. With other committee members, these two brilliant and articulate women helped create a document expressing the very heart of who we are as Sisters of Providence. We owe these women our...
Sister educators reminisce about Sisters of Providence Schools
...Cathy Campbell (formerly Sister Christian) said of the students she served in Chicago and elsewhere. Instilling values Then and now: Sister Diane Mason Sister Diane Mason (formerly Sister Ann Vianney) hopes the Sisters of Providence former students “have learned to be just and faith-filled … To be prayerful individuals … To be honest with themselves and others … To be fair in all of their dealings with humanity … To have the courage to truly know themselves deeply and honor...