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White Violet Center teaming with ISU for month-long Earth Day Celebration
For 23 years, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC), a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, have conducted the annual Earth Day Celebration on the campus at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods as a call to action to all members of the community. And for the past 19 years, the Office of Sustainability at Indiana State University (ISU) has offered Earth Day Celebrations as well. This year, WVC has teamed with ISU’s Office of Sustainability with the hope of...
Woodhaven Retreat and Guest House
...short walking distance of many locations at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Providence Spirituality & Conference Center Linden Leaf Gift Shop O’Shaughnessy Hall Foley Conference Room Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Blessed Sacrament Chapel Church of the Immaculate Conception Providence Health Care White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Room rates Rate per night/per room* $75 plus lodging tax Reserve the whole house (all nine rooms) for $585 per night plus lodging tax. To check availability or make a reservation: Email or call 812-535-2946....
What’s Coming Up!
...XVI on Oct. 15, 2006, and her feast day was designated for Oct. 3. She was the first Indiana saint and the eighth Catholic saint designated in the United States. We will also celebrate the 30-year anniversary of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice! The Sisters of Providence ministry is known for its alpacas, chickens, orchards, bee hives, nature trail, the 5-acre USDA certified organic garden and the White Violet Farm Store. Stay tuned for upcoming events regarding these 2026 celebrations!...
Plan to join us for our Volunteer Open House!
...be available to answer any questions and help folks apply right there and then. The application process is quick and easy! Volunteer opportunities range from administration support, I.T. programming, store assistance in the White Violet Farm Store and Linden Leaf Gifts, visiting healthcare residents, working in the gardens at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, researching and writing, or many one-time events like Fall Farm Days or the bi-annual book sales. Here are a few opportunities: White Violet Plant Sale Help...
Celebrating National CSA Sign-Up Day
...agreed we could do nothing but be grateful for the weekly bounty. And now that same motley crew is anticipating the start of White Violet’s summer CSA in May. In celebration of National CSA Sign-Up Day on Feb. 28, here are some of my favorite ways to use fruits and veggies from our very own White Violet garden: Stuffed squash made by my housemate, Sister Marsha, from acorn squash we received in our White Violet Center vegetable share last year....
Leaning into the Center
...Consider the mechanics of a pendulum. In our spiritual lives, we constantly strive for the center. We seek to “center ourselves” before prayer and throughout our busy days to maintain balance and peace. We treat the middle as the ultimate destination or state of being, but a pendulum at a dead stop in the middle is motionless; it represents lifelessness, no progress and no joy. Sister Paula Modaff at prayer Nothing works correctly if the pendulum does not move. The...
WVC adds ‘Real Organic Project’ certification
The White Violet for Eco-Justice farm is USDA Certified Organic. We’re proud that we are able to get certified each year to maintain that designation, but recently we were inspired to seek a new certification. The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement created to distinguish soil-grown and pasture-raised products under USDA organic. In response to the lack of enforcement of some vital USDA Organic standards to protect soil health and animal welfare, organic farmers rallied together to fight to...
Earth Day 2019
...students even sang and played music for everyone to enjoy. Providence Teen Ministry volunteered with Providence Healthcare Center. Teens helped PHC by transporting the elderly to shop at the Craft Fair and Linden Leaf Gifts. A few of the students even sang and played music for everyone to enjoy. Take Flight! Wildlife Education with Mark Booth, always so much fun to watch. The Farm Store at White Violet Center was hopping with shoppers. The Farm Store at White Violet Center...
Oral history: Sister Kathleen Desautels, change maker
...Chardin Sister Kathleen Desautels, second from left, with other peacemakers at a protest against the School of Americas. 8th Day Center for Justice From 1986 to 2018, Sister Kathleen Desautels was on the staff at 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago. A collaboration of religious communities, 8th Day worked toward justice by praying together, doing analysis together and working in collaboration with others on social justice issues. Kak was Justice Promoter for the community and did this by working...
Justice Coordinating Commission
Sister Marilyn Ann Kofler, right, speaks with those at her table, including Lorrie Heber, left. The Justice Coordinating Commission (JCC) is an “umbrella” group composed of Sisters of Providence, Providence Associates, and others who have actively worked with us to address justice issues. The group, which builds on works of previous justice committees, is charged with focusing the justice issues for our Congregation. The group began meeting in 2016 to organize its work around a focus on environmental justice in...
Christmas Fun at the Woods 2022
...stations are always a big hit Face Painting and Tattoo stations are always a big hit with Sister Norene Wu. The Grinch and volunteer NaKea Anderson The Grinch and Providence Teen Ministry The Grinch made his appearance in the Activity Room. Nativity Dress up room Pinecone station at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Pinecone station at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Sing along station Sister Patricia Wallace reading Christmas Stories. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice brought out a few alpacas...
New energy, focus for justice
...well, you will not be surprised by this list. The sisters’ bold commitment to environmental sustainability has been lived out through the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and its programming over the past 20 years. The issue of human trafficking might bring back memories of the sisters’ involvement in a human trafficking awareness campaign leading up to Super Bowl 2012 in Indianapolis. Ministries like Providence in the Desert in Coachella, California, and Providence Family Services in Chicago, Illinois, have extended...