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Community from afar
Sister Helen Vinton in blue, is out and about in her ministry in Louisiana. Here she prepares to do damage assessment by helicopter to remote rural coastal areas after Hurricane Katrina (Submitted photo). Sister Janet Gilligan ministers in Wayne, Neb., as a freelance writer and editor. Currently, she is editing the upcoming Volume 4 of the Sisters of Providence history. She is more than 660 miles from the Congregation’s motherhouse and more than 500 miles from another sister. Sister Helen...
Sister Adelaide Ortegel
...missionary. In 1996, Adelaide asked the chapter of possibilities to approve opening a new Sisters of Providence mission at Christ the King High School in Antigua, West Indies, Indicative of the great energy that Adelaide and Agnes took with them to this ministry was the fact that soon after they arrived, a Category 4 hurricane, Georges, swept over the island, creating damage but not causing any great injury. This event gave them new momentum as messengers of Providence. Though only...
Sharing the charism of Providence
...to build 30 homes for persons in the Philippines who were displaced by last year’s hurricane. They intend to build an additional 50 homes this year. Serious conversation centered around how to assemble hydroponic kits that will allow persons living in poverty and hunger to grow nutritious vegetables in mineral rich water, without soil. The focus of most of the meeting was certainly on their mission! It seems that the Templars are doing an extraordinary amount of good around the...
Novena to Our Lady of Providence
...of Providence, Consolation of the Afflicted, pray for those suffering from addictions of any kind, from depression and other mental or emotional distress. (Novena Prayer) Remember, O most faithful Lady of Providence… Day 8 Our Lady of Providence, Help of Christians, pray for those suffering from the effects of hurricanes, earthquakes, drought, fire, floods and other natural disasters. (Novena Prayer) Remember, O most faithful Lady of Providence… Day 9 Our Lady of Providence, Hope of the Oppressed, pray that all...
The Philosophy of Fair Trade
...challenge facing the world” with poverty and economic justice following at 44 percent. However, with fair trade, everyone benefits. If you regularly shop at grocery stores, check out the produce aisles by looking for the fair trade label on items such as avocados, bananas, chocolate/cocoa, coffee, and tea. Fair trade is not limited to agricultural products. You should think about fair trade every time you shop. “Visibility of Fairtrade products has increased since 2021 for nearly all major product categories...
Witness
...the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each of you, so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.” A ‘Teachable’ Moment I believe Will LeCroy can teach us an essential truth: Who among us deserves to be labeled, judged, discarded even, according to the worst thing we ever did? Rather are we not called to honor human dignity and extend God’s loving design to all creation, to all...
Sister Margaret Heese (formerly Sister Margaret Bernard)
...told by some of her friends – stories known only to a few. Margaret talked Sister Barbara Bluntzer into getting her ears pierced. Sister Jean Fuqua felt honored that Margaret let her use the best sewing machine in the sewing room. Sisters Margaret Norris and Joseph Fillenwarth still can’t believe Margaret used the sewing machine to sew name labels on her clothes. As the youngest sister in a local community, band member Sister Joyce Brophy was given a pocket watch...
WVC adds ‘Real Organic Project’ certification
...protect the integrity of the organic label. Organic farming has always been based on “feed the soil, not the plant.” Young plants inside the greenhouse. Real organic farming relies on the microbial activity of the soil to slowly release nutrients to the plant. In recent years, many organic farmers have grown distraught over USDA decisions that have negated this fundamental truth, even though growing in soil is original to the USDA Organic standards. Further, rules have been overlooked regarding the...
Everything is Connected – Our Consumption
...plastic particles themselves and the chemicals used in their manufacture. What Needs to Change? We need to move beyond consume-and-throwaway systems toward circular approaches that work within ecological limits. This means reusing, recycling and sharing materials and products. Governments must do more to make companies accountable for the impacts of their activities and supply chains. They also need to help consumers make sustainable choices, for example, through targeted taxation and requirements for clearer labeling on goods. Households and firms should...
Sister Florence Norton (formerly Sister Thomas Ann)
...was 94 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 77 years. Sister Denise continued: However, when Florence celebrated her golden jubilees with her partners in ministry, the parishioners and staff of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Chicago, she herself chose the gospel just proclaimed. The central character of today’s gospel is Thomas, forever labeled as Doubting Thomas. Of all the gospels Florence could have chosen, why this one? It seems an unlikely choice for the woman...
June 2, 2024: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
...union of King David’s great-grandparents (and ancestors to Jesus) illustrates not only God’s love for each person but how that love is to be shared by all, especially those who are labeled “other”. Throughout the Old Testament, one of the most common consequences for the ancient people straying from the will of God was famine in the land — a lack of grain and grapes. Paul was the apostle who wrote the first scriptural eucharistic institution narrative and made clear...
The Injustice and Dehumanization of Experiencing Homelessness
...Can you spend a few minutes reflecting on your implicit (unconscious) and explicit (conscious) bias? Then think about expressions such as “Gee, I look like I’m a homeless person.” When examining your own biases and the social narratives you have heard, do you say, “They are experiencing homelessness?” or do you label them by saying “they are homeless?” If you spoke about homelessness to a friend or acquaintance, what would you be able to share with them after reading this?...