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Sister Loretta Picucci
...with the home missions in Tunica, Mississippi, where she reached out to people who were isolated, often due to race and economics. Eventually Sister Loretta put her college Spanish classes to use as a teacher of English as a new language in Los Angeles. For the past 12 years, Sister Loretta has ministered with Providence in the Desert, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence in southern California’s Coachella Valley. In the desert Sister Loretta spends quite a bit of...
Oscar Lopez Rivera: A Man of Hope
...in the world. Puerto Ricans both on the island and in the diaspora, as well as their political partners at 8th Day Center hold him in the deepest respect for his integrity, his courage and honesty. Oscar’s crime, according to Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “is conspiracy to free his (Puerto Rican) people from the shackles of imperial justice.” On Memorial weekend, Sister Denise Wilkinson, a friend and general superior of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, and...
Vatican visitation finds love
...and people who loved sisters and our way of life. In 2010, the Sisters of Providence received three US women religious who conducted several interviews. They talked with Sisters of Providence, some members of our staff, Providence Associates, lay advisors and our ministry partners. When the sister visitors left, we received no verbal or written feedback from them. Friendly goodbyes were said; but our Congregation knew only that the material gathered from the interviews would be joined with the outcome...
Eliminating the Death Penalty in the United States: A Work in Progress
The Sisters of Providence have been partnering with the Indiana Abolition Coalition, the Indiana Catholic Conference and Catholic Mobilizing Network to end the death penalty in Indiana. Currently, the United States is one of a handful of countries where most executions occur. Renewing a Culture of Life booklets were made available this summer at the General Chapter meeting of the Sisters of Providence. At that time, 19 states in the nation had banned the death penalty. The Catholic Mobilizing Network...
A Reflection for the Installation of New Leadership
...lambs, feed my sheep. It seems like ages ago that we were gathered for the Sister of Providence General Chapter that resulted in our election. But more important than the election was our choice as a congregation to: “Embrace our Emerging Future.” (We always come up with great lines like that.) We created a statement that listed ways that we will do this—where we as a Providence community—sisters, associates, ministry partners and staff members—should focus our energy, where the God...
Sister has life changing trip to Standing Rock Sioux Nation
Sister Joni Luna took this photo of the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation at Standing Rock, North Dakota. Sister of Providence Joni Luna recently traveled from Indiana to stand with the Native Americans keeping vigil of sacred burial ground on the high plains of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota. She prayed together with more than 60 various tribes from across the world, which have gathered at Standing Rock. They call themselves water protectors not protestors, as they...
HOPE winter 2017 — bearing the light in unbearable times
...intentions. Click the link above to light your candle. What does Providence look like? You We invite you to be part of God’s mission for the Sisters of Providence. To collaborate with us by supporting that mission with your donation of time, talent or treasure. We are blessed that our invitation to support our mission of outreach is providentially answered through you. A safe home community for those who lost everything “I wanted to work with God’s working poor, who...
Justice commission focuses on eco-justice
The Justice Coordinating Commission (JCC) is an “umbrella” group comprised of Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates, and others who have actively worked with the Sisters of Providence to address justice issues. The group, which builds on works of previous justice committees, is charged with focusing the justice issues for the Sisters of Providence Congregation. They first met in September to organize their work around a focus on environmental justice in the coming five years. After a process of social analysis...
Join the Return to Human Rights Tour March 16-29
“The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Program is a unique partnership among farmers, farm workers and retail food companies that ensures humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables on participating farms.” —– From the Coalition of Immokalee Workers For several years, The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has been pleading to no avail with fast food chain restaurant Wendy’s to join their fair food program. In fact, Wendy’s stopped purchasing tomatoes in the...
Earth Day: A Holy Day of Obligation
...more than 17,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries. According to EDN, more than 1 billion people are involved in Earth Day activities, making it “the largest secular civic event in the world.” A Holy Day of Obligation would be an interesting next step — if only to help us recognize that we must change our hearts in order to change our practices. The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods invite everyone in the Wabash Valley to attend its 19th...
What is Eco-Justice?
Sister Joan Brown, OSF Note: The following was provided with permission by Joan Brown, OSF. Sister Joan is a Kansas native and a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Rochester, Minn. She lives in Albuquerque, where she is the Executive Director of New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light and is part of the non-profit Partnership for Earth Spirituality. She attended the UN COP21 meeting in Paris as a Franciscan International official observer and is also an OXFAM Sister on the...
How to engage one another in difficult or potentially divisive conversations
We find ourselves in a country divided. Divided over issues, political ideology, expression of values. At our General Chapter last summer, the Sisters of Providence committed ourselves to try to move from the “I” to “We” to “One.” As people of Providence, perhaps our call is to do all we can to move the country along that continuum. A good place to start might be in potentially difficult or divisive conversations about issues important to all. Recently, our sponsored ministry,...