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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
Note: We want to share these blogs which have been adapted from “Our Common Home,” a joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development along with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This is the sixth blog in a series of eight. Our Consumption “A world of exacerbated consumption is at the same time a world which mistreats life in all its forms.” (Laudato Si’ 230) Ever-increasing consumerism and industrial patterns of production are having severe consequences for the...
Sister Florence Norton (formerly Sister Thomas Ann)
...Florence, we’re glad you let Mary and the angel know you didn’t want to die until you were Home, here at Saint Mary’s. Maybe all of us, yourself included, just needed a little more time to say goodbye. Thanks to you, we had that time. Thanks to you and the way you lived your life, we see what joy it is to see love in action, to be love in action. Thank you, Florence Theresa, Thomas Ann, Florence, Flossie, Sister...
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...
The Injustice and Dehumanization of Experiencing Homelessness
...Strong evidence exists that the Housing First model leads to quicker exits from homelessness and greater housing stability over time compared with treatment as usual. And moderate evidence points to “reduced use of emergency department services, fewer hospitalizations and less time hospitalized…”The Veterans Administration Housing First team has social workers, nurses, psychiatrists, vocational and substance abuse counselors available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day for those enrolled in the Housing First program. Treatment First prioritizes the value of...
Musings on National Women’s Day
...which had become prominent during the time of the Weimar Republic (1920-1933). Sister Becky Keller (left) and Claudette Nowell-Philipp, of Illinois It was Zetkin who had suggested to some of her American associates the idea of a National Women’s Day in the United States. Zetkin herself was a hard-nosed, determined working-class woman who saw quickly that what women really needed was gender equality. She definitely wanted her work to benefit primarily working-class and lower middle-class women and to bring about...
A note from Sister Barbara from her experience in the death chamber
Note: The following account was first published on our site on October 30, 2022. It is still timely, as a federal execution is now scheduled for Joseph Corcoran on December 18, 2024. “Charity consists of loving sincerely persons whose inclinations are most opposed to ours, in pardoning those who injure us.” — Saint Mother Theodore Guerin I watched a man die. He wanted someone to be there for him. Someone not on the killing team. I am the Justice Promoter...
Sisters share message against ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
...be a moral failure for American society as a whole. We respectfully ask you to vote “no” on the budget reconciliation legislation, HR 1. Sincerely, His Eminence Cardinal Robert W. McElroy His Eminence Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, CSsR Archbishop of Washington, DC Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey Imam Jamal Rahman Rabbi Daniel Weiner Interfaith Community Sanctuary, Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington The Rt. Reverend Philip N. LaBelle Bishop Episcopal Diocese of Olympia Reverend Douglas Avilesbernal, Executive Minister – Evergreen Baptist Association...
Novice Sister’s new Ministry: Blessing upon Blessing
Sister Stephanie Rivas, SP, received a special blessing from the Sisters of Providence on Aug. 23, as she enters her mission novice year (3rd in community). She also begins a new ministry at Central Catholic School in Indianapolis. Sister Stephanie Rivas As a newly hired Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) teacher for grades pre-k through 8th, Sister Stephanie is passing that blessing along with her gifts and talents to the children and staff at the school. She began her time...
Leadership Team statement: We must overcome all of this violence
...rather than working for the common good, we sow seeds of violence. Sister Jessica Vitente in prayer. Today, attending public events such as celebrations, parades, rallies, or even simply going to school can cause some concern. Indeed, violence in words and deeds is all around us. And yet, goodness is also all around us. Words matter. Every time we use derogatory words to label and dehumanize or deprive other persons of opportunities we choose for ourselves, we increase the possibility...
Auschwitz-Birkenau
...feel it. The presence of the dead who now live in Spirit is with you. You see their photos and know that it could be you; it could be your children; it could be me. The parallels are our perils. The labeling of the “other” as vermin and a list of horrid names sets the stage for a loss of freedom and liberty to say nothing of the loss of humanity. The images are seared on my soul. If you think this...
Sister Mary Esther Lane (formerly Sister Francis Gertrude)
...out to be just that. Years later, she wrote “I love being a Sister of Providence. It is truly a gift from God.” Several years ago, the local fire department here said that all the roads in the area had to be named and labeled so that properties could be located in case of emergency. For one little street in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village, with maybe eight houses in its total length, the neighbors decided theirs should be named “Mary Lane.”...