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What has happened to us since that first Thanksgiving?
...anyway? It helped me to return to the original story to remind myself that right relationship is possible. The eyewitness accounts referenced in Wikipedia and connected with the 1621 “Thanksgiving” celebration at the Plymouth Plantation were the most helpful. This is the event to which our current Thanksgiving holiday is commonly traced. The settlers held a harvest feast after a successful growing season as was their religious practice. They took time to give thanks for God’s bountiful providence. The celebration...
What has happened to us since that first Thanksgiving?
...anyway? It helped me to return to the original story to remind myself that right relationship is possible. The eyewitness accounts referenced in Wikipedia and connected with the 1621 “Thanksgiving” celebration at the Plymouth Plantation were the most helpful. This is the event to which our current Thanksgiving holiday is commonly traced. The settlers held a harvest feast after a successful growing season as was their religious practice. They took time to give thanks for God’s bountiful providence. The celebration...
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...
Sustainable agriculture internships
An internship at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, might mean planting, weeding or harvesting green beans. An internship at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice has been described as the chance of a lifetime by those who have come and gone. There are many sustainable agriculture learning experiences in the world, but one at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, includes hundreds of Catholic Sisters of Providence from which to learn and be inspired. I’ve been told it’s one of...
Isabelle McCurdy: Involved in all aspects at WVC
...as their buddy. I love being with them.” During her time at WVC, Isabelle has explored fiber arts – including spinning, knitting and weaving. She has also harvested USDA certified organic vegetables in high tunnels, collected, washed and packaged farm fresh eggs. Isabelle also attended a small farm conference and took field trips to other farms. Isabelle said she plans to attend college in the fall, possibly Middle Tennessee State University. But her time at WVC will always stay with...
Sadie Laing: My time at White Violet Center
...Sadie has come to enjoy her time with the Sisters of Providence. “This has been a very enriching experience,” Sadie said. “I have an interest in intentional communities. I want to have a career in service and intertwine my work with my personal life.” While serving as an intern, Sadie has also harvested USDA certified organic vegetables in high tunnels, as well as collected, washed and packaged farm fresh eggs. Sadie departed WVC on May 5 and said she has...
Maren Van Cleave: A wonderful year at WVC
...weaving. She has also harvested USDA certified organic vegetables in high tunnels, as well as collected, washed and packed farm fresh eggs. She has also spent time with the alpacas. Her time at WVC has reinforced her beliefs in ecological justice. “Obviously, I’ve always believed in eco-justice,” she said. “But now, I can back up my opinions.” She said she has always wanted to pursue a career in art and still hopes to do so in her future. And Maren...
Breathing time on this organic farm
...go, go, go, go,” she said. “It seems like we’re doing everything at once — seeding in the fields, transplanting, seeding in the greenhouse, harvesting, and training new interns and volunteers.” Also, the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program begins in May. One nugget Ann took away from a session at the MOSES conference last year was to: “Trust your winter brain. Use your winter brain.” That mantra refers to when gardeners are in the busy seasons, it’s important to rely...
The life of Eleanor Bailly (Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly)
...whether she will remain, as I wish only those whom God would choose, and in spite of all her fine qualities, we would not receive her if as to virture she were not suitable.” In 1843, after the season’s harvest was destroyed by fire, Mother Theodore decided to travel to France for financial assistance. It was decided that Sister Mary Cecilia would join her on the trip. One of the reasons Sister Mary Cecilia was sent was so she could...
Sister Mary Ann Leahy, (formerly Sister Marie Anita)
...planter of the seed and tiller of the soil. For the last 18 years, working in the ministry of development, I have been energized by the imagery of harvesting the crop.” Barbara A. Keebler, who replaced Sister Mary as communications director for the NCEA, said Sister Mary set up the organization’s first Marketing Communications Office. Barbara also said Sister Mary established the association’s Corporate Partners program. “Sister Mary’s work at NCEA was a gift to the Church and to the...
A Reflection for a Golden Jubilee
...reaped a bountiful harvest in the service of the mission of our Provident God. Your faithful witness, Kathy, provides inspiration and support for all of us on the journey with you as sisters in Providence. Had I thought of it sooner, I might have contacted: Some of the many students Kathy has taught over the years at St. Rose, Chelsea, and the Immaculata in Washington, D.C., Or the many people who felt her healing touch as a LPN in various...
A reflection for Memorial Day 2020
In the early 1960s, Vietnam was becoming a headline story. Communism was on the move, the papers reported, to becoming a threat to America via potential spread to Asia. The U.S.S. Repose, the ship that Sister Pat Linehan served on when she was a nurse. Biases were reported as facts; truth became difficult to harvest. No matter, the Vietnam Conflict became the Vietnam War. Most people who wisely proclaimed opinions on either side regarding war legitimacy, just cause, and right...