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Recognizing Hunger Action Month
...home to Terre Haute Catholic Charities (THCC) Foodbank which has served people in need of good food for well over 40 years. THCC has more than 50 partner agencies for whom they provide some food items. They also coordinate the Feeding America Program through which the local grocery stores provide food for distribution. Providence Food Pantry, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence located in West Terre Haute, is grateful for a 30-year partnership with the Catholic Charities Foodbank. Providence...
White Guilt and Growth
...to come to terms with the benefits of being white without first recognizing the disadvantages, harms and hindrances inherent in being POC – non-white. I strongly encourage you to read the book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. It should be available at your local library. If it isn’t on the shelf, the staff will get a copy and reserve it for you. You can purchase it at your nearest bookstore or online....
Honoring the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi
...the repair of local churches. He also began nursing lepers. Somewhat after that time, he became an itinerant preacher. Over time, Francis’ lifestyle attracted the attention of many other people. He seemed to have awakened in many a latent spiritual hunger which was much needed at the time. At one point, he was invited to Rome where Pope Innocent III was won over by his spirituality and helped him develop the format with a religious order for his followers. Later,...
Recognizing the Feast Day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
...work, they ran a school and sold hand-made items that they had made themselves. Their good works and successes brought them to the attention of the local clergy and of Pope Leo XIII. In 1887, Mother Cabrini approached Pope Leo XIII with a request to establish a mission in China. Famously, the pope instead urged her to “go west not east,” that is, to the United States to minister to the many poor immigrants that were arriving their daily. Off...
Sport and Human Rights
...the “participation of biological men competing in women’s sports is a human rights issue.” However, these human rights may not hold at the local level, with the opportunity to participate or use the facilities in your hometown. Human rights in the Olympics do not govern human rights outside of the Olympic Games. Freedom of Expression The freedom of expression in sports is a complex issue according to the State Bar Association of Michigan. It involves balancing appropriate behavior and free...
December 1, 2024: First Sunday of Advent
...joy. There is grief and hope. In a both/and vision we see more broadly, there is more in reality than we see in either/or. Action Might this both/and living and attitude be part of your Advent? In what particular way might it be for you? Luke says to be alert, stay awake and pray to see things that take place. Be alert to all that is part of our world, locally, regionally and internationally. Bring all to prayer and action....
Remembering Frank Bussing Jr.
...Patti and Sheryl Cloude from Miami, Florida Frank’s childhood in Brazil, Indiana, was filled with simple joys and adventures. He and his brother Gene were inseparable, spending carefree days with the gang at the local soda shop, Coke Haven, or swimming in the old clay pits on hot summer days. Raised in a family of deep faith, Frank served as an altar boy and often visited Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, where his three sisters entered as novices. In 1944, during his senior...
Moving Ahead: Providence Food Pantry
...But Sister Maureen was still surprised by an increase of more than 5,000 individuals in only two years. Still, she leaned into the precedence set by Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. And she and the volunteers pressed on. “Saint Mother Theodore prioritized service to our neighbors,” Sister Maureen said. “She really cared for the people who were local.” Familiar Faces Sister Maureen said many of the volunteers at the pantry know most of the clients who come through the doors every...
Mystics and Fellowship
...the brokenness and divisions in the local and global communities we live in? February: How can I move forward when my daily responsibilities are a burden and despair keeps me from seeing my future? March: How can I commune with our Creator when the natural world around me is in despair? Please join us as we gather together to share a journey of personal transformation in the company of the ageless wisdom of the mystics. Cost is $25 per virtual...
Lourdes and the Immaculate Conception
...in the local dialect, “Que soy era Immaculada Counceptiou.” The translation is, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” Bernadette was astonished. She did not know what the phrase could mean. The official Lourdes Sanctuaire site explains, “Bernadette was ignorant of the fact that this theological expression was assigned to the Blessed Virgin. Four years earlier, in 1854, Pope Pius IX declared this a truth of the Catholic Faith.” The Lourdes grotto at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods An ‘Important Belief’ The Immaculate Conception is...
Sister Emily TeKolste featured in Global Sisters Report
...had different levels of education. And all of us came together to serve our community, to make sure people had enough food to eat. “I don’t work in direct service anymore and don’t have as much time for volunteering these days, but I see it in my community in Terre Haute, too, when I do find time to volunteer with one of the local food pantries. It’s a human thing, to care for each other. “Now I spend my days...
March 23, 2025: Third Sunday of Lent
...farming and livestock production, insatiable materialism fed by capitalism (profit over people and planet), racism and colonialism are some of the biggest contributors to the crisis. For centuries many wise and intelligent people and the Earth herself have warned us of the direction we are going. So, what are we to do? How might we live in peace and harmony with other human and more-than-human beings? We must repent and change our ways locally, nationally and globally. Action This Lent,...