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Sisters of Providence Land Ethic
...as we seek to balance our individual and SP communal economic needs with the sustainability needs of Earth community. The following commitments will guide our decisions regarding the care and use of our resources. Care and use of resources We will conserve natural resources and preserve species unique to an area. We will make every effort to use non-toxic materials that will not poison Earth community in the present or in the future. We will promote conservation and reduction of...
Ecological pioneer teacher leaves lasting impression
...lesson I learned from Sister Helen was a curiosity and appreciation for the minute miracles that occur in nature. … one summer she went somewhere to study. She came back with shaved eyebrows because they were studying a microscopic mite that lives in our eyebrows. I was astounded that she would shave her eyebrows all in the name of science. This is an example of her commitment to learning and discovering the complex nuances of creatures that live among us...
Care of Earth attracts new members
...Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (SPs). For three women in the process of becoming Sisters of Providence, the sisters’ commitment to environmental justice has inspired them to consider making the sisters’ way of life their own. Sister Arrianne Whittaker, who made her first temporary vows with the Sisters of Providence last year, learned about WVC when she was volunteering with the Sisters of Providence at their free medical clinic in Terre Haute. She attended a “come and see” weekend with the...
Did you know … cloth diapering makes a difference?
...diapers, which can take 500 years to break down in landfills and require nearly 250,000 trees each year to produce. Then there’s paying for them. Disposable diapers can cost up to $3,000 during the time a child is in diapers. Ryan Sheehy, manager of Linden Leaf Gifts, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, is pleased with the response from shoppers. “Cloth diapers have been a great addition to Linden Leaf because of the commitment the sisters have to their...
Belonging with the Sisters of Providence: Providence Associate Marilyn Rausch
...that it has taken. Marilyn Rausch, center, during her commitment ceremony to become a Providence Associate in 2014. 3. Draw support from others who bear the charism of Providence. Being associated with the Sisters of Providence provides a powerhouse of strength in witness and prayer. I face nothing alone, but as part of a Community of faithful women who draw their energy from the truest source. Specifically, I babysit my grandchildren and I work within St. Michael Church. As a...
Tracing Providence: a Providence Associate reflects
...compared the true fundamentals of Catholic teaching to the harsher rhetoric I was raised in, I knew it was a better path for me. Providence Associate Duane Drake, center, during the ceremony last November where he made his first commitment as a Providence Associate. As the boys grew older, Jennifer started returning more often to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, but now drove a little further back on campus and became a Providence Associate. While I had known the basic history of Saint...
My walk with Our Lady of Providence
...and Mother Theodore’s Daughters of the Woods embraced me and my family! By May of 2007, I was carrying a key chain with medals of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and Our Lady of Providence. The prayers and reflections for Saint Mother Theodore and Our Lady of Providence from the Sisters of Providence website, spoke to my soul. Two years of inquiry went by and in November of 2009, I celebrated my initial commitment as a Providence Associate. The “other shrine”...
In the Pope’s Presence
...States. “He showed gratitude to the U.S. sisters for their commitment to education and to the church,” she said. “Pope Francis brought an important and inspiring message to Congress,” Sen. Donnelly said. “He reminded us all of the importance of each individual, each person’s humanity, and our obligation to try to work together and help our brothers, and sisters, and those in need in our community and our country.” Following the one-hour address, Sister Lawrence Ann said Sen. Donnelly escorted...
Co-creating the future with God
...in this time of distrust, cultural animosity, economic crisis and increasing violence. Christmas is a timely, urgent reminder of God’s passionate love for us. Jesus became one among us, restoring the dignity and sacredness of life, showing us to live in God’s mercy and love in return. Together, let us be fearless in making greater sense of what Christmas means in our world today. And with Pope Francis, let us renew our commitment to bring about “peace, mercy reconciliation, pardon,...
Reflection for Lent
...the hard work of living my baptismal commitment, my vows as a Sister of Providence and my living the love that Jesus modeled, encouraged and described as the “only commandment.” Don’t get me wrong. I sometimes long for the good old days. Giving up candy is so much easier than loving others and myself – so much easier than believing I swim in the river of God’s unending and ever flowing grace. Wish me well as I allow God’s grace...
NGOs – Conscience of the UN!
...during the World Harmony Interfaith Week in February in Geneva, a yearly event sponsored by the Kingdom of Jordan. Lucis Trust, Cercle Mondiale du Consensus, and the International Sustainable Energy Organization CMDC/ISEO also are part of FSV. Other NGO members were unable to attend due to other commitments. At the FOE meeting, the emphasis was on the group’s mission to “further and strengthen an environmental perspective in all areas of the United Nations’ works.” Protecting the human right to water...
Reaching out as mercy
...didn’t believe in what the Sisters of Providence are about,” he said. Resonating with the sisters He sees something he thinks the world needs in the Sisters of Providence. It attracts him to minister alongside them as a Providence Associate. “It’s their awareness. Their alertness to the world, to what’s going on in the world. It’s their presence. And their willingness to really live out their commitment to their faith.” “They’re a tremendous group of women. They’re intelligent, they’re spiritual,...