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Nurturing to renewed hope and health
On a return visit for outpatient therapy, Lorre Thompson, above right, greets staff members she became close to at Providence Health Care during a several-week rehabilitation stay. Providence Health Care (PHC), a ministry of the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, makes a lasting impact on people who come through its doors. Lorre Thompson, 54, of Terre Haute, is one of those people. Lorre spent much of last summer in the rehabilitation unit of Providence Health Care. Complications from...
Volunteer college students #Represent @theWoods!
...mornings at Providence Food Pantry, as sales assistance at Linden Leaf Gifts and the White Violet Farm Store, as CDL drivers to accompany sisters around town for special events, as Eucharistic ministers during Mass, as White Violet Center farm workers, with office assistance, with help delivering flyers around town and much more! For more information on volunteering for the Sisters of Providence, contact me at volunteer@spsmw.org or call 812-535-2878. Learn more about volunteering with the Sisters of Providence at Volunteer.SistersofProvidence.org...
Sister Mary Jo Piccione honored by Diocese
...Ind., which is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1840. Today, Sisters of Providence minister in 13 states, the District of Columbia and Asia, through works of love, mercy and justice. More information about the Sisters of Providence and their ministries can be found at SistersofProvidence.org. Sisters of Providence on Facebook @spsmw on Twitter Sisters of Providence on Instagram Sisters of Providence YouTube channel...
A community based on mutual, abiding love
...I should probably send Father Rohr a copy of the Providence Associate mission statement. It captures well what he believes this emerging church should look like: Providence Associates, in relationship with the Sisters of Providence, further the charism of the Sisters of Providence by: co-creating a hope-filled world, building relationships, cultivating community, and living lives that challenge them to embody the face of Providence as they seek to be love, mercy, and justice in the world. The gathered Providence community...
New Providence Associates share their journey – part 1
...the words to describe it. I truly love my sisters and look forward to many years of being a Providence Associate. Brad Crites Sister Ann Casper with Providence Associate Brad Crites of Solsberry, Indiana I met monthly with my companion, Sister Ann Casper, and did a lot of reading and study. The most meaningful was reflection on who the Sisters of Providence are and how that might intertwine with who I am and feel called to be. It was a...
Spirit in community: Providence Associate spring retreat 2019
...hands with Providence Associate Father Bernie Lutz as Providence Associate Deanna Ruston smiles. Attendees clap as Sister Sue Paweski introduces Sister Dianne Bergant, C.S.A., retreat leader. Presenter Sister Dianne Bergant, C.S.A. speaks on the community of Earth and how we see our common home. Sister Dianne presents to a full room of more than 80 Providence Associates, Sisters of Providence and guests. Providence Associate Diane Gardner at prayer. Providence Associates Peggy Bowler and Sheila Galvin chat during down time. Providence...
Providence Associates photo highlights 2011
...touched their lives and their new relationship during the retreat on April 2, 2011. Melissa Pasko, a Providence Associate from Terre Haute, Ind., makes a point at her table during the Deepening the Providence Story retreat on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Each table at the retreat features one of these beautiful centerpieces. Sister Pat Linehan created these centerpieces for the Deepening the Providence Story retreat April 1-3, 2011, Spring retreat: Gathered Providence Associates bless the new director of Providence Associates...
The Philosophy of Fair Trade
Note: the following piece was co-authored by Providence Associates Jane Fischer, Joan Frisz and Suzie Ray. “The economy should serve people, not the other way around.” All the principles of fair trade embody this principle of Catholic social teaching. Fair trade promotes the dignity of workers by ensuring fair wages and by helping vulnerable producers maintain their livelihoods when traditional economic structures shut them out.” — U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In 2023, shoppers report inflation as the “most important...
Witness
...and for all. Speaking Out The Bishops of Indiana, along with numerous other Bishops, have spoken out against the death penalty. As have religious communities across the country, including my own, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. My faith and the teachings of our Church compel me to say “No!” to the death penalty and to work to abolish it. Pope Francis, in 2017, approved the following revision to paragraph 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church:...
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...