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Have you Herd?
Keeping the alpacas cool in the summer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNVLxsCvFk...
Bella and the Alpaca Team’s Special Update: Heartfelt Thanks and New Trailer Feature!
...to know that we can make this journey together, ensuring we all arrive happy and ready to spread joy to those we visit. Yay! Yay! Yay! Even the happiest alpacas like us sometimes require specialized care, and having a reliable way to reach the Purdue Veterinary Hospital, just an hour and a half away, will make a significant difference in our lives. Several of us have had to make recent trips to Purdue for care; thank you for helping us...
Thankful for a good, old-fashioned Indiana winter
...animals are as comfortable as you can make them. Whether it is adding wood to the wood stove that heats the barn at regular intervals so the older alpacas don’t get too cold or it’s getting those extra feed bags and straw to the chickens even though you have to walk extra slowly on the icy ground. It is being sure those water buckets get cleaned even if the scrub brush (and your hands) freeze immediately and it’s getting the...
The Joy of Volunteering at WVC
...patient. I imagine having a Certified Pharmacy Technician come work on your farm for a few days would be challenging, but they never once made me feel like I was anything other than a part of their team. Daily chores were divided up. My mornings were spent with the animals. The alpacas were very welcoming too! Not a single one of them spit on me. I fed and watered these adorable fluffy animals, and some of them even let me...
Wood carving defines couple’s love for sisters
...through the north gate, past the horses and the alpacas, and drove around. We went into Providence Center,” he said, referring to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods’ official welcome center, “and The Gift Shop [at Providence Center]. We both felt, entering the gate, just how peaceful, calm and holy it was.” Kathryn agreed, adding, “We came in as strangers. Now, we’re part of the family.” And just like family the bond between Dick and Kathryn and the sisters grows deeper. So much, in...
A beautiful time
...was Sister Florence Norton (formerly Sister Thomas Ann). As a child, Sister Florence was taught in Sisters of Providence schools and grew up reading vibrant stories in the SP missionary publication “The Bugle Call.” When, years later, Sister Florence herself landed to minister in a foreign land, she found herself surrounded by new animals (alpacas and vicuñas), a new climate (“It was sunny every day!”), and people with big hearts, big hugs, and nothing but love for their Hermana (Sister)....
Sister Barbara Battista
...the support I want in order to speak out when injustices are happening. I need a praying community, a supportive environment. I think we’re trying as best we can.” Favorites website: www.sojourners.org recreation: caring for the alpacas food: ice cream author: Ivone Gebara tv show: “The West Wing” season: winter hobby: spinning fleece into yarn heroine: Eleanor Roosevelt saint: Dorothy Day sinner: Dorothy Day holiday: Easter sport: basketball (playing it) course in school: mathematics least favorite course: creative writing dessert:...
“It’s those gates”
...and will share the charism of Providence from this beloved field we call Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Thank you for being drawn in, for passing through “those gates” so that together we can be a force of energy to be reckoned with … one that can give life to the whole of creation. We welcome others of like minds and hearts to join us. P.S. Maybe in my next blog, I’ll explain how even our alpacas are affected by this morphogenic field....
Earth as home
...internship and volunteer programs; annual events like an Earth Day festival and alpaca farm open house; and regular workshops and programs like a Cosmic Walk, Fiber Frolic, Alpacas 101, Traditional Herbalism and a children’s summer day camp. WVC staff members manage the 320 acres of Classified Forest, 343 acres of Indiana certified organic cropland and nature trails owned by the Sisters of Providence. All of this provides the perfect outdoor classroom. Other major SP steps toward living more sustainably In...
Rejoicing in the life of Sister Jeanne Knoerle
Sister Jeanne Knoerle gives a fiber spinning lesson to this young girl at a White Violet Farm Alpacas open house. Please join the Sisters of Providence in remembering Sister Jeanne Knoerle who died Monday, June 10, 2013 at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, by sharing your reflections and memories on her abundant and fruitful life in the comments space below....
This group was special because …
...are different and can be customized, so the time spent here depends on the tour package chosen. Saints Francis & Clare watched a film on Mother Theodore, toured her shrine, attended Mass, ate lunch with the sisters, and toured the many outdoor attractions such as the Log Cabin and Shell Chapels and visited the alpacas. Are you thinking about scheduling a group tour for your parish, school or family? Contact me at 812-535-2945 or email rodonohue@spsmw.org and we can...
A call to discernment
...school math in Texas before coming to the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to serve as an intern. While at White Violet Center, Tracey worked in the garden and tended to the alpacas. Prior to coming back to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, she served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer with Indy Hunger Network, where she developed fresh food access and nutrition projects. But the path of consecrated life called her back to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, even though she’s still contemplating...