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Providence Associate commitment ceremony 2017
Twenty-two Providence Associates made their first commitments to a deeper relationship with the Sisters of Providence in 2017. Enjoy these photos from the Nov. 17 commitment ceremony. Sister Ann Sullivan with Annette Maggio Sister Cathy Campbell pins the Providence Associate cross on Gail Smith General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski plays with the baby granddaughter of Providence Associate Eileen Horan in 2017. Adriana Estringel and her companion Sister Barbara Bluntzer, standing, chat with other associates. Jean Smith with Eileen and Joe...
Reflecting on our Annual Meeting
...Chapter commitments, helping us to focus on what we call, “Our Emerging Future.” In addition to interculturality, we also explored Climate Change as part of our Chapter commitment to our chosen justice focus on the environment. The Climate Change Task Force, an arm of our Justice Coordinating Commission, introduced its Providence Climate Agreement, a pledge to reduce collective emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by 2 million pounds by June 2019. It is an ambitious goal, but one we learned can...
Being a Providence Associate has made a difference
...Creations, a not-for-profit Fair-Trade store, Louisville, Kentucky “I always felt a very strong connection to the Providence Community, but more than anything I wanted that to be expressed out loud on both sides. So the Providence Associate relationship was exactly the right thing for me. It has mended a gap in my life that I always felt until the relationship was offered and once again I was on that altar declaring my commitment to love, mercy and justice and my...
A reflection on the first profession of vows by Sister Leslie Dao
...in this. I look around this church and see so many of Leslie’s family, Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates, other friends and companions who are living vows, who have made commitments, who have dedicated themselves to one another, who are tending to a family or have devoted themselves wholeheartedly to a ministry. And Leslie, your commitment today, your PUBLIC PROFESSION that this is how you are going to live your life, gives each of us strength for the journey. Your...
Examining International Equal Pay Day
...effort to promote economic development, decent working conditions and productive employment for all women and men, including young people and persons with disabilities. Finally, this effort is meant to mainstream the United Nations commitment to gender equality within all aspects of its worldwide commitments. Across all regions of the world, women are paid less than men. In the United States, the gender gap is calculated at around 20 percent. That is, women receive only 80 cents for every one dollar...
2009 Rite of Commitment
Nov. 7, 2009, was a glorious day for 23 Providence Candidate-Associates who made their commitments as associates in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The beautiful day filled each candidate as well as the church with energy and excitement. The only missing pieces were Providence Associate Director Sister Mary Alice Zander and Providence Candidate-Associate Sharon Medicis Michaud. Both women were unable to attend because of health challenges. Sister Diane Mason, Providence Associate assistant director, admirably filled the leadership role and...
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...
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...