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Write for Rights – YOU made a difference!
You made a difference! Last year, Sister Rosemary Schmalz initiated a letter writing campaign for Amnesty International. Both sisters and staff were invited to date and sign the written letters that Sister Rosemary provided. Across the world, Amnesty International supporters composed 3.7 million letters, messages, emails, tweets and so much more as part of Write for Rights 2015. Did it make a difference? YES! A total of 394,000 letters were written for the release of Phyoe Phyoe Aung, a student...
Sisters Speak Out: On the Road with the Sisters of Providence
...more than 50 congregations to stand firm in our shared commitment to Catholic Social Teaching. Our faith requires that we advocate that all legislation, budgets and declarations of the federal and state governments be aligned with basic human rights principles. A ‘Public Witness’ Sisters of Providence Postulant Maité Rodriguez-Mora said participating in “Sisters Speak Out” was a “public witness of our vows. It’s standing up and speaking out. It’s not just women religious, you know, even as human beings, as...
Imperfect mercy
“Jesus Christ is the face of the [Creator]’s mercy… Everything in him speaks of mercy. Nothing in him is devoid of compassion.” (Pope Francis, “Misericordiae Vultus”) As I sat on a sunny January morning pondering these words, I felt a resistance churning in me. This statement of truth felt almost too perfect to touch, too complete to be real. Is it possible that every piece of Christ’s existence spoke of mercy to those around him? What about the human pieces...
An unforgettable moment
...visit to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Finally, the Sisters of Providence were so welcoming and warm. They told me I have my ancestor’s eyes. I feel great pride because the Sisters of Providence are actively defending human rights, women’s rights, fighting against racism, putting nature in the center of the Universe, and promoting education. They’re independent-minded, loving and transforming the world into a better place. I’m amazed. I want to thank the people I’ve met who were kind enough to share their...
Digging deeper: misconceptions and immigration
...borders. Still, we as a people of faith hold that human rights take precedence over states’ desires to limit international migration. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), in its pastoral letter “Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope,” demonstrates this priority: “… migrants, like all persons, possess inherent human dignity that should be respected … Government policies that respect the basic human rights of the undocumented are necessary.” Numerous papal encyclicals have also spoken to the “right...
Examining International Equal Pay Day
...pay is very important for both human rights and gender equity. Yet it is a huge task and not an easy one. It requires much work and commitment by many. Work among both women and men. Among businesses, women’s organizations, religious entities, health and human service providers and community-based organizations. It requires eliminating many cultural practices that harm or limit women’s ability to work. Particularly the use of force or violence. The United Nations set 2030 as a goal date...
‘Slavery Still Exists’ prayers for justice
(Note: The following is the opening prayer from “Slavery Still Exists,” an awareness program sponsored by the Illinois Women Religious Against Human Trafficking. The program took place on Jan. 10-11. Used with permission.) All: God of compassionate love, you listen to the cries of our brothers and sisters whose lives are held bound through the evil of human trafficking in our day. In our prayer and sharing this day, we ask that our ears and hearts be open to the voice...
The Cry of the Poor
...poor, commitment to society, and interior peace.” (Laudato Si’ Paragraph 10). A Call The term “eco-justice” addresses this intersection of environmental work and justice living. The Response to the Cry of the Poor document calls us to promote eco-justice as a basic human right for all. To become aware that we are called to defend human life from its beginning to death and to defend all forms of life on Earth. Our response begins with an awareness, an open attentiveness...
Weekly Intentions for Persons who are trafficked
(Note: The following blog was prepared by the Illinois Women Religious Against Human Trafficking (IWRAHT) organization, featuring Sister Barbara Sheehan, SP. This is the first of three blogs this month, in order to raise awareness during Human Trafficking Awareness Month). “Each human being is a free person, and is destined to exist for the good of all. Any relationship that fails to respect this fundamental conviction constitutes a grave crime against humanity. There is now a compelling need to put...
Q and A: The new cosmology: a Providence perspective
...tentative theories of physical evolution held my attention and approval. In college I took a course called cosmology; I shudder now to think of the simplistic presentation of its chapters. Still later, in biblical studies the auxiliary disciplines like history, biblical archaeology and anthropology confirmed my view of slow and lengthy stages of human and non-human development. But my introduction to the work of the late Thomas Berry, CP, and Brian Swimme (and others like them) with its amazing account...
HOPE winter 2017 — bearing the light in unbearable times
...witness to its persistence when everything seems in shadow and grief. … Justice advocates and Providence Associates Since returning to the U.S., their work for justice has been multifaceted. Racial justice, civil rights, gender equality, LGBT rights, School of Americas, criminal justice reform, animal rights, and environment, including climate change, are only some of the issues addressed. In working for social justice, their strategies model just and nonviolent relationships with persons of very different perspectives. Justice commission focuses on eco-justice...
Justice advocates and Providence Associates
...their work for justice has been multifaceted. Racial justice, civil rights, gender equality, LGBT rights, School of Americas, criminal justice reform, animal rights, and environment, including climate change, are only some of the issues addressed. In working for social justice, their strategies model just and nonviolent relationships with persons of very different perspectives. Teaming up with the SPs The Sisters of Providence Justice Coordinating Commission will focus in a special way on climate change. Ben sees this as an essential...