Search Results for label/White Violet Center
Getting too many results? To search for an exact phrase, try putting multiple word phrases in quotation marks (such as "Saint Mother Theodore") to narrow your results.
Sister Mary Evangelista Herber
...hearing hampered some of her visiting. She enjoyed working with flowers, especially African violets and creating her own artistic cards of which many of us were the recipients. She savored her hot cup of coffee! And she enjoyed red wine before going to bed,” continued Sister Mary. “Eucharist was paramount for Vangie, and she treasured time in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. I had the privilege of accompanying her there a few times in the past two years. Upon entering the...
Sister Bernice Kuper
...said. Favorites recreation: relaxing with friends time of the day: morning Saint: Mother Theodore Guerin season: spring comic strip: Peanuts least favorite food: liver least favorite course in school: geometry holiday: Christmas dessert: banana cream pie flower: African violet movie: March of the Penguins music style: classical and meditative hobby: spinning and knitting and Sudoku puzzles vacation spot: near water outdoor activity: walking pizza topping: sausage and cheese childhood activity was: Playing hopscotch and jump rope with friends after school....
Sister Susan Paweski
...poverty, chastity and obedience, which I translate as sustainability, right relationship and mutuality, open the way to fully interact with our world. My focus is the God-quest not the Me-quest. It is about the Other and living in, with and through God and Creation in all its manifestations. Providence has been present in my life since the earliest days. I could say only YES to Providence that brought me here. Favorites tv show: David Letterman flower: African Violet vacation spot:...
God of Surprises
Did you know … God has a playful side? If not, why would God have created the sometimes-laughable diversity in nature, animals, people? Vast galaxies – miniscule cells, prickly bushes – lamb’s ear plants tiny violets – head-heavy sunflowers, kohlrabi and star fruit. Waddling ducks – long-necked giraffes, stilt-legged cranes – ponderous hippos, Swift gazelles – plodding snails industrious ants and laid-back walrus. Skin-shades – all colors, hues. Tall – short; skinny – plump. Pointy noses – double chins, Muscular...
Pouring out your heart in prayer
2-year-old Violet prays at the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Remember our friend Jonah from the Jewish scriptures? He poured out his heart in prayer, saying, “In my distress I called to my God, and God answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry” (Jonah 2:2). Later in the same prayer, he says, “When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, God, and my prayer rose...
Sister Dorothy Drobis (formerly Sister Irene Therese)
...to be awarded to a junior or senior majoring in education who intended to teach in an urban environment. For her 60th Jubilee, the cousins pooled their resources and adopted alpacas at White Violet Center – four of them! Her family loved her reaction – “she was like a little girl again.” But, dear cousins, there is “a rest of the story” I don’t believe you know. Dorothy went to her General Officer and explained how much she liked the...
New Providence Associates share their journey – part 1
...Receiving the binder can be intimidating but actually working through it flows really nicely. We went through some units faster and spent more time on others that we found a lot to dig through. Being a Providence Associate is very important to me. It means I get to stay deeply connected with the sisters and their mission. Since first coming to the Woods as an intern at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice in 2017-18, I’ve grown and learned so much....
My Indiana! Meet our new director of Mission Advancement
...just south of my family home into Galesburg if you drive west about 220 miles. The route continues along the beautiful winding Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Memorial Highway, before arriving at the very special place known as Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. When my husband Phil, our daughter Maggie and I arrived at the Woods, we stopped outside the Farm Store at the White Violet Center, taking in the beauty of familiar farm views and smells. We all said we could feel the...
Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Elizabeth Gentry!
Carrots, ginger, tomatoes, beets, flowers and various types of lettuce. It’s a Thursday just before noon and volunteer Elizabeth Gentry is looking over growing plants in one of the high tunnels at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC), a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The temperature is hovering in the mid-80s and the sun is shining. Elizabeth Gentry As Elizabeth is keeping an eye on these growing herbs and vegetables, she is also musing about cucumbers....
Providence Community commits to develop Laudato Si’ Action Platform
...affected by climate change, the Congregation also continues to sponsor White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and its Farm Store at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Plan to do The Climate Change Task Force will work with the Providence Community to create long-term goals and develop a plan for achieving those goals over the next seven years. Assessment will be done each year to measure progress and to refine goals and strategies as needed, Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp said. The commitment that Sister Dawn signed...
Sister Joan Matthews (formerly Sister Ignatius)
...Violet Center for Eco-Justice and flower beds around campus collecting for bouquets she would put together to adorn the church on Sundays and for special occasions. If there was a downside to Sister Joan’s love of flowers and plants, it was over watering them and more than once creating a “crisis” in the church as water streamed down pedestals and across the sanctuary floor. To her credit, however, she often rescued flowers from fading bouquets and reset them in fresh...
Tapping into fresh energies: Sister Joni’s vocation and teen ministries
...encounter the power of God’s invitation is part of the work to which Sisters of Providence commit themselves individually and collectively. Sister Joni Luna has the special ministry of being vocation director for the Congregation. But she sees it as a responsibility every Sister of Providence shares through her witness in whatever life of prayer and service she ministers. Hope for the future White Violet Center for Eco-Justice interns show off their work from an art and spirituality workshop Sister...