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Everything about autumn can be spiritual
...green. A painter’s palette of colors easily recognized as autumn’s signature. Fallen leaves crunch under our footsteps; the piles of fallen leaves create mounds children jump into and out of, scatter and regather for more jumping and laughter. Then Jesus said: allow the children to come to me. … Don’t forbid them because it is to people like these that the kingdom of heaven is given. (Matthew 9:14) Farmers harvest the yields of their faithful labor and the gifts of...
Sister Suzanne Smith (formerly Sister Louis)
Luke 10:1-7 Jesus appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the owner of the harvest to send out laborers into it. Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and salute no one...
July 31, 2022: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Luke 12:13-21 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He asked himself, ‘What...
March 12, 2023: Third Sunday of Lent
...to eat of which you do not know.” So the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.” Do you not say, ‘In four months the harvest will be here.’? I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest. The reaper is already receiving payment and gathering crops for...
August 3, 2025: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Luke 12:13-21 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possession.” Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He asked himself, ‘What...
What comes to mind when you think about Thanksgiving?
...Thanksgiving during the autumn season. She so enjoyed the family gathering together for a luscious feast and giving thanks for the harvest bounty that she wanted to share the experience with others. Mrs. Hale’s husband died in 1822 and she turned to writing to support their five children. She was already known for writing the nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” She later published a novel, Northwood: A Tale of New England, in which she detailed the various traditions...
New interns 2015
...compost Brandon, Claire and Jackie hard at work among baby pepper plants Intern Jackie places pepper plants before transplanting Intern Claire introduces these pepper plants to their new home New interns Maggie Hoglund, Jackie Schwenk and Claire Thelen take a break from harvesting for a quick photo-op in the garden. Interns Maggie, Jackie and Claire soak up some sun with garden manager Candace and garden staff Ann and Brandon White Violet Center staff and volunteers show off their berry harvest...
It’s National CSA Day!
...freshly harvested produce every week or every other week, late May through September. Nearly 100 families participate each year. CSA is a way for people to buy directly from the farmer or grower. Swapping recipes and gardening tips is part of the fun of this community of vegetable lovers. As our culture and economy becomes more homogenized and centralized, CSA is the opposite. It is about a personal relationship between a farmer and the CSA members. It is an intimate...
White Violet Wednesday: The story behind our cucumbers
“Picklers” and “slicers” for sale at the Farm Store Not to brag but our cucumbers are special The cucumbers we’ve been harvesting at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice are not your average cuke. They are specialty varieties, selected for their thin skins, small seed cavities, and crispy texture. They also have the added bonus of being “burpless,” for those of you who may have trouble with the not-so-friendly grocery-store cucumber. Cucumbers fall into broad categories like “picklers” and “slicers,” but...
White Violet Center interns: Meet the fabulous four!
...Since I am a recent graduate, I want to pursue experiences that I have always dreamed about. One of those experiences is to learn more about fiber arts, especially the full process from harvesting the fiber to processing it into yarn and then transforming that into art. I want to live a life that has the powerful and emphatic experiences to shape my life and interests into living a full and thriving life. My goal is to one day be...
Blooming in the gardens at the Woods
...I really liked the staff and working with the animals. I decided to apply for the summer internship.” Although Lily only worked with the animals during her volunteer experience, the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice summer internship mainly focused on the garden. Since she’s joined the intern program Lily has learned about farming by prepping garden beds, transplanting seedlings, harvesting, cleaning and preparing produce for the White Violet Farm Store and Terre Haute Farmers Market. Lifelong skills Intern Lily with...
November 19, 2023: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
...a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.’ His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter? Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have got...