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How will you live out her words?
...Stop trying to change the future! I know I’m not alone on this one. Even if I don’t realize I’m doing it, I am constantly trying to counteract things that I think might result in something bad for me. I’m beating myself up over things that haven’t even happened yet! For example, say it’s going to snow. So I go to the store and buy a snow shovel and ice melt, put chains on my tires and do everything else...
Sister Joanna Valentino (formerly Sister Marie Dominic)
...“When you’re blue, buy shoes.” Her formation days were quite unorthodox. One Sunday while visiting, her mother was told by the novitiate director that Joanna needed to leave and go home because she didn’t smile enough. She took her final vows two years earlier than prescribed by canon protocol in the 1960s and did not participate in a former tertian program because she convinced the General Superior she was ready and wanted to permanently profess vows as a Sister of...
Sister Helen Vinton: environmental virtuoso in the bayous
...far, it’s been working, with some borrowers even repaying larger sums than they received. We are trying to raise $25 million to underwrite the fund and its administration to assist families in five southeastern coastal states. Our goal for Louisiana from that total is $5 million and, so far, we have raised about half that amount. Using the fund also helps the farmer or fisher family to gain standing with the banks for when they need larger loans to buy...
Blessing a summer harvest prayer ritual
...Drink Blessed are you, Joyful Holy Wisdom, for quenching our thirst to refresh us. Bless us with a firm and daring spirit. And bring us peace! Take Action . Buy fruits and vegetables from your neighborhood farmer’s market. . Invite friends to share a picnic in a park. . Plant an herb garden. . Try to go meatless or eat less meat one day a week if you are able. . Volunteer at a neighborhood shelter to share with people...
Sister Joni becomes who God created her to be as a Sister of Providence
...thought I’d give it a try,” she said. “I could always leave and buy the RV. But as Providence would have it, things have worked out and I’m still here. “You enter community and spend three years learning who you are,” she continued. “The masks that we build start to peel away and you become the person God created you to be.” Sister Joni entered the second year of formation in 2014. During that year, she volunteered with Saint Mary-of-the-Woods...
You help Providence in the Desert make a difference!
...is our way. We know how to do this, and we couldn’t do it without your help. Your donation today will go directly to help people like Marcela and her family. Like “Daddy” and his 2-year-old. Your donation helps us buy the excellent books used by our students. Your donation also helps us provide stipends to some of our dedicated teachers. Their work is not a “sometimes here, sometimes not” arrangement. They are here, prepared to teach, two evenings a...
A Providence Advent Calendar
...of the kind of difference they will make.” –Marie McCarthy, SP Make a difference today by complimenting someone. Saturday: “Simplify: use less, consume less, eat less, buy less.” –Eco-tip #37: simplify Choose a part of your life that you can simplify, and get rid of clutter. Week Three: Gaudete–Rejoice. ♦ Light three candles each day this week before you read the quote of the day and take action. ♦ Pray for the gift of joy. Sunday: “Rejoice in our...
Fair Food Campaign: The Super Bowl of Workers’ Rights
...is doing just that. They have created a model of working with farmworkers, growers, major corporate buyers and consumers that genuinely advances the human rights and dignity of those who put food on our table. Beginning in the state of Florida with tomato growers, their incredible success has allowed them to expand to several other states and to strawberry and bell pepper growers. The Fair Food program has released its 2014-15 report online. While I doubt you will read all...
An unpublished note from Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
If you’ve read “Journals and Letters of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin,” you know there’s a lot to love there. Wit, strength, history, guidance, inspiration and more. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin comes alive in her writing. (If you haven’t read the book, don’t let the fear of boredom put you off. I promise it’s worth the read. You can find it at Linden Leaf Gifts or buy the e-book here.) But did you know there’s more from Saint Mother Theodore? The...
Mother’s devotion to Our Lady of Providence lives on
...words. Later as a teenager I always chose blue for my clothes when I could buy something new. Unbeknownst to me my mother revealed that she had promised Mary that if I, her first born, was healthy she would call me Mary and would dress me in blue. Since it was during the great depression she was not always able to fulfill the latter promise. Some days Mother would take care of our cousins. It was not uncommon for them...
…Lo! I said to myself, these…
…Lo! I said to myself, these Americans, so proud of their liberty, thus make game of the liberty of others. Poor Negroes! I would have wished to buy them all that I might say to them, “Go! Bless Providence. You are free!”...
Struggling to speak out against injustice with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...Orleans, an act considered legal and acceptable at that time. “The most painful sight I saw in New Orleans was the selling of slaves. Every day in the streets of appointed places, negroes and negresses in holiday attire are exposed for this shameful traffic. This spectacle oppressed my heart. Lo! I said to myself, these Americans, so proud of their liberty, thus make game of the liberty of others. Poor negroes! I would have wished to buy them all that...