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Senior jubilarians – 80 years and counting
...that your lively and continuing participation in that process is my hope for and expectation of you. Why would I expect anything else of you jubilarians who have – for 60, 70, 75 and 80 years – been enthusiastically and effectively involved in the life and mission of our Congregation? Thank you, sisters! We do indeed celebrate you today. And we look forward to shaping our future with you in the days ahead. Happy Jubilee! Sister Denise Wilkinson General Superior...
“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 —...
St. Joseph Lake history photo album
Wheelchairs on the dock! 1982 infirmary picnic. Another photo from the 1982 infirmary picnic. A more recent photo of Sister Jean Fuqua next to the sign marking the area surrounding the lake with its new name, Fuqua Park. The final shovel-fulls of dirt are removed allowing the water to move into the newly expanded area of the lake in 1981. The label on this photo on the scrapbook album: HATS OFF TO THE CREW This handsome crew spent a hot...
Warning, this album may contain photos of sunbathing nuns
...Lake in the 1980s. The label on this photo on the scrapbook album: HATS OFF TO THE CREW This handsome crew spent a hot August 15, 1981 seeding the slopes after the enlargement project. Seated on the hay: Jeanne Knoerle, Ruth Eileen Dwyer. Standing left to right: Bernice Kuper, Leona Walsh, Carol Nolan, Jean Fuqua, grandson of Taylor Ramsey, Taylor and Pete Farmer. In the truck: Mary Stella Morrisey, Agnese Boddington, Emily Walsh, Kathleen Desautels, Jean Karier, Sue Pietrus, Carol...
On policing and Providence
Sister Pat Mahoney outside the District 22 police station in Chicago where she volunteers. From the way Sister Pat Mahoney greets the receptionist and walks right through the gate labeled “POLICE USE ONLY,” it is apparent that she feels right at home. Still, Sister Pat laughs, she never guessed she would volunteer at a police station. “But I never thought I’d leave teaching or stop wearing the habit when I entered religious life, either.” Sister Pat, a volunteer with the...
Imperfect mercy
...the couple who had run out of wine. His response? “Mother, what does that have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” (Very pastoral, Jesus.) Where was Jesus’ perfect mercy in this seemingly defensive response to his mother’s suggestion? And then another scene from the Gospels came to mind: Jesus’ encounter with a Canaanite woman pleading on behalf of her demon-possessed daughter, “Have pity on me!” We are told in Matthew 15 that Jesus at first ignored...
Quotations from reflections given at General Chapter 2016
“We come home to breathe in the peace and natural beauty around us and to be reminded of our promise to live in solidarity with Earth. We come home to be nourished by the words of Saint Mother Theodore and to be inspired by her deep faith and courage. We come together as we have today to have important and courageous conversations about justice issues and to speak to what is stirring in our hearts and where our Provident God...
In memory of …
(Note: A Throwback Thursday in memory of Sister Marie Brendan Harvey will appear on our website on Thursday, Jan. 5). A total of 11 Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, have passed away this year. This month, the Throwback Thursday blog has been dedicated to those sisters’ lives and ministries. Last week, we focused on Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps and Sister Mary Concetta Ban᷉ez. This week’s blog will focus on the lives and ministries of Sister Mary Esther Lane...
Where Your Treasure Is
...by thick concrete walls and by a system that had labeled her as less than human. As Congress begins negotiations for the 2019 budget, we know the Trump Administration has requested more resources to remove beloved residents like Sonia from our communities. The administration’s requests include: A massive increase in immigration detention – to 51,379 people in detention across the country every day Funds to recruit and hire 1,000 additional ICE officers, and Funds to compensate more local police to...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
...distorts the call to authentic discipleship in voting rather than advancing it. Opportunity, Competence and Character In America today, a faith-filled voter is called to approach voting from a stance of bridge-building and healing for our nation. Such a voter is also called to integrate into his voting decisions the major salient elements of Catholic teaching that touch upon the political issues of our day, understanding that these teachings vary in priority and claim, but are united in their orientation...
Witness
...came the day after he was executed. At a press conference the morning of Sept. 24, when Christopher Vialva would be executed later that day, I spoke Williams’ last words. He quoted from his spiritual guides – Thomas Merton, Pema Chodron and others. From Kahil Gibran, in The Prophet, Will identified an essential truth: “But I say that even as the Holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each of you, so the wicked and...
Sister Mary (Mary Agatha) Carlton
...Indianapolis. “After a well deserved sabbatical at Notre Dame University in 1989, Sister Mary returned to Boston for six months to care for her dying mother. After that time, she served three more years as a pastoral associate, this time at St. Joseph Parish, Lebanon, Ind. Sister Mary’s last full-time mission was three years as an employment training specialist for Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana. Goodwill had a job training program that was organized to prepare people who were physically...