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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...
Care of Earth attracts new members
Tracey Horan, who recently entered the Sisters of Providence as a postulant, got to know the sisters while serving as an intern at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice in 2012, as shown here. Who would think that forest and cropland, organic vegetables, harvesting honey and a herd of alpacas could bring young women closer to God and to life as women religious? Yet that’s exactly what’s happening at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC), a ministry of the Sisters of...
A family pilgrimage to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
...an assurance in our hearts that our trust in God and Our Lady of Providence were not displaced. Our faith has been fortified and when doubt assails me, my inner eyes draw up the log cabin and the faith of one woman in Indiana. Our boys enjoyed feeding the alpacas and horses, the impromptu bonfire at the lake where we prayed the rosary with Sister Joni Luna, and the ‘yogurt’ ice-creams at the lunch hall. Everywhere nature spoke to our...
Did you know we need volunteer knitters?
...debut of the new Linden Leaf Gifts, a wonderful space to find unique items handmade by local artisans and a variety of fair-trade items. It is also now home to White Violet Center for Eco-Justice’s fiber arts items, many made from our very own alpacas. Since moving White Violet Center’s fiber items to Linden Leaf Gifts, sales have gone through the roof! Our hardworking volunteers make us proud. One volunteer, Janice Dukes, is a retired faculty member from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods...
What can these Woods offer you?
...sustainable living and being merciful to all of creation by visiting White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence. Visit the gentle alpacas and learn about fiber arts. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is beautiful in all seasons. Schedule a pilgrimage today by calling 812-535-2945. No matter your faith tradition, let the Sisters of Providence offer you a spiritual gift of renewal for the Year of Mercy and beyond. (Originally published in the Winter 2016 issue of HOPE magazine.)...
A look at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and Sister Ann Sullivan
...– a native of Galesburg, Illinois, and cousin to Sisters Carol, Lucille and Nancy Nolan – ministered as the center’s first director. This year, WVC marks 20 years of existence. It includes more than 300 acres of state-certified organic farmland, bees, a berry patch, a water garden, a bluebird trail (spring through fall) and classified forest. Tours of the center are available. In addition, those interested in internships may also apply. And of course, don’t forget the alpacas! #throwbackthursday #tbt...
Deep love and healing
...been here for an extended period of time … I never really, until now, got to really experience the density of this place, the holiness of this place.” It took another tragedy to prompt Ezra explore the White Violet internship. On June 12, his friend Drew was killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. “I felt a great need to go away and disconnect,” he said. In addition to his responsibilities on the farm working with the chickens, alpacas...
Newsnotes
...weeded and mulched the crops; pulled out tomato cages; harvested, washed and bagged produce; fed the alpacas; and cleaned out the alpaca barn. They also volunteered at Helping Hands, a second-hand store in West Terre Haute, and played bingo with the sisters. From left are Bianca Mina, Alyssa Yuen, Lindsey Mack, Ameer Chughtai, and Will Moore. Sister Brigid Mary Hurley, SP, honored Sister Brigid Mary Hurley received the Father Patrick Hally Award Oct. 20, 2016. The award recognized her efforts...
Sister Caroline Hatch
...of accounting for expenditures “down to a science.” In her retirement, she was always working on a baby blanket for some family she knew in the parish. The gifts she had, she shared. She was a private person who didn’t share a lot about herself. She just did … and that gave her joy. When Caroline returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in November last year, she wanted to see two things: Saint Mother Theodore’s shrine and the alpacas, reflecting, I believe,...
Honoring Foundation Day
...Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and America’s eighth saint. Festivities will begin with a prayer service followed by a day of students, faculty, staff and alumni taking part in the day of service projects, ranging from grounds keeping and gardening to many more. During the day of service, students will also participate in activities with the sisters. “We have students who will be working with the alpacas and doing some landscaping projects at White Violet...
A new perspective on assisted living
...climate change. Where would I be without water to drink, to cook and to wash my body and my clothes? Water affects not only the quantity of food but the nutritional value. It impacts the farmer and migrant workers’ ability to make a living. Without adequate rain, the flowers lose some of their fragrance. The honey bees’ work, essential to one-third of our diet, pollinate fewer flowers when drought decreases the fragrance. The alpacas I greet on my walk provide...
News Notes
...Filipino community and shared with all participants and sisters. Ministry in Taiwan In October, General Officer Sister Jenny Howard visited Taiwan to receive an up-close view of many changes at Miracle Home, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence. Miracle Home serves low-income clients who are elderly or with disabilities. In this photo, Sister Rose Chiu, right, director of Miracle Home, is with her mother. Hootenany Young alpacas Lilah and Sullivan, with a little help from David Illyes and Tracy...