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Sisters honor past, present White Violet Center directors
...along with General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski. General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, said the award was created to “acknowledge and honor those who live this calling of care for creation with extraordinary faithfulness, who embody this vision through action, leadership and hope. “It is not just an award we will give today. It is a recognition of a lived commitment to ecological stewardship, solidarity and integral human development,” Sister Dawn continued. Moving forward, the award will be given annually...
Living the Gospel: What’s Next
...our common humanity and to stop the mistreatment of those in ICE detention as well as the illegal methods used to actually detain people. Good Company The Providence Community is in good company when calling for a more just and humane immigration policy. Pope Leo XIV consistently does so. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a Special Message on Immigration in November 2025. (From left) Sisters Denise Wilkenson, Donna Butler, Marsha Speth, Barbara Sheehan, SP, and others show...
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
...poverty compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts. It is challenging to share information both within these groups and between them. Indigenous women face disproportionately high rates of violence due to a combination of historical colonization, systemic marginalization, and legal jurisdictional gaps. Root causes include intergenerational trauma from residential schools, intense poverty, high rates of human trafficking, and a lack of accountability for non-Indigenous offenders on tribal lands. Key factors contributing to this crisis include: Colonial Legacy & Systemic Racism: The crisis...
Living Laudato Si’ at the Woods
Laudato Si’ Week invites us to pause and remember that creation is not simply a resource to consume, but a sacred gift entrusted to our care. In 2015, the late Pope Francis released Laudato Si’, a groundbreaking encyclical urging the world to protect “our common home.” The Holy Father reminds us that the suffering of our earth and the suffering of the poor are deeply connected. Pollution, climate change and environmental destruction are not separate from human hardship. Instead, they...
Eco-Spirituality
Ecospirituality has been defined as “a manifestation of the spiritual connection between human beings and the environment.” As members of one sacred Earth community, the Sisters of Providence have committed themselves individually and communally to care for our resources and to make decisions regarding their current and future use as they seek to balance their individual and SP communal economic needs with the sustainability needs of Earth community....
Providence Spirituality
“The God of Providence carries the entire mystery of the divine, ever trustworthy, never failing. The God of Providence offers all the possibilities for ourselves and the world, including both what God wants to happen and what God is willing to let happen because God honors the gift of human freedom. The choices are ours — truly free, but ever grounded in the grace of God, the Holy Mystery of Providence, about which there is ever more to be discovered.”...
Everything is Connected – Our Shared Future
Note: We want to share these blogs which have been adapted from “Our Common Home,” a joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development along with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This is the seventh blog in a series of eight. Our Shared Future “A true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice.” (Laudato Si’, 49) Social justice and human rights are woven through all of today’s most pressing environmental issues. Those...
“Creating Currents of Change” in Memphis
...positive — the love engaged against hate, the seeds that are sown to grow justice. Lawson called us to reject the climate of current public discourse that labels and divides. He said, “We are not primarily white or black, conservative or liberal. We are primarily human.” He lamented the continued influence of racism, sexism, violence and plantation capitalism in public discussion today. Lawson urged us to find a different language outside the fear built up by politics and media —...
Sister Kathleen Desautels: Collaborating for justice
...congregations support the center. “My primary responsibility is to work in collaboration with others on staff as we address the many social issues of our times – human rights, women’s rights in church and society, economic and environmental concerns,” Sister Kathleen said. “The mission of the center is to be an alternative critical voice to oppressive systems and work to change those systems.” Sister Kathleen said that from the beginning, 8th Day Center’s focus has been collaboration. “Some sisters got...
Farmworkers, consumers declare national boycott of Wendy’s
The coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has been persistently urging Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Campaign. This agreement would require that the human rights of farmworkers who pick tomatoes in Florida would be protected. The Fair Food Campaign is a highly respected, well monitored program, aimed at stopping human trafficking and advancing human rights. Despite the persistent efforts of the CIW and consumers informing Wendy’s of their expectations, the fast-food restaurant has absolutely refused to become a socially responsible...
Noticing human trafficking
...them. As many Americans often are, I was very busy that day and logged on at the last minute. Within a few moments I found myself tearing up listening to a woman I thought was a survivor of Human Trafficking sharing her story. She turned out to be a very talented actress, but one of her lines has stayed with me: “I hoped they would see me.” Seeing the humanity and value in each person I meet is one of...
Human Trafficking: Words from Sister Denise
...It depicts what Gandhi identified as the Seven Deadly Social Sins – two of these seem apt to our efforts against human trafficking: Gandhi believed these two are social sins: “commerce without morality” and “pleasure without conscience.” Certainly the trafficking of humans for sexual exploitation at a major sporting event qualifies as social sins defined in these ways. Finally, I remind us of the words of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, when she experienced the selling of humans in New Orleans....