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Witness
...the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.” I believe Will LeCroy can teach us an essential truth: Who among us deserves to be labeled, judged, discarded even, according to the worst thing we ever did? Rather, are we not called to honor human dignity and extend God’s loving design to all creation? To all persons? Surely just as we know that God loves us always and is never far from us, so are we...
Sister Mary (Mary Agatha) Carlton
...Officially Sister Mary was the volunteer coordinator and in that position interviewed volunteers and supervised their orientation. In addition, according to Sister Pat, Sister Mary assisted with the taking in and labeling of medications, restocking examination rooms, picking up supplies, cleaning the clinic and doing fund raisers. Sister Pat attributes their many returning clients to Sister Mary’s influence. Ever the gracious and generous woman, she did indeed ‘heal the oppressed,’” shared Sister Mary Roger. “Over the last five years, Sister...
Sister Ann Michele Kiefer
...plans for your welfare, not for woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call me, when you go to pray to me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me with all your heart, you will find me with you, says the Lord.” The first plan I believe that God had in mind for Catherine Ann Kiefer, the only daughter of Jacob and Catherine...
Reflections for Oct. 3, 2021
...told the sisters in the face of difficulties, “Courage, hope and pray.” I relate to her so well because she did wrestle with her abilities. I learned from her perseverance to meet challenges with faith and a spirit of prayer. She trusted God’s plan – a plan that she could not fully imagine nor could anyone have anticipated the impact. You see, I believe I cried that day at the “arrival rock” because I felt the impact of her life....
Reflections for Foundation Day 2021
The timing of this General Chapter to coincide with our 181st Foundation Day seems quite providential, doesn’t it? To be together again as a community on this day after the long COVID-induced hiatus feels like a life-giving vaccine in and of itself. It also seems to me that a Chapter is a foundational moment — an opportunity to cooperate with our Provident God in making plans for our welfare, as Jeremiah reminds us in the first reading today, in order...
White Violet Wednesday: The story behind our cucumbers
...of small farms across the state. What is grafted cucumber? It’s a cucumber plant that has been essentially glued to the rootstock of a winter squash plant. This grafting process brings the cold tolerance and vigor of a winter squash to the cucumber plant. We’ve also seen better resistance to certain pests as well. We’ve enjoyed being a part of this study and hope to do our own cucumber grafting next year. A cucumber plant that has been grafted to...
Construction is underway toward a shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...captions: Shrine plans: Plans for the new shrine for Saint Mother Theodore Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods include an entryway reflective of her early life in France, a passageway reflective of the ship’s cabin in which she crossed the ocean to the United States and a room showing her new life and mission in the Indiana woods. There is also a chapel room that will serve as a final resting place for Saint Mother Theodore. Download a high-resolution graphic here: https://spsmw.org/?attachment_id=33578...
Earth Day Every Day: How land, animals, plants and poop are all connected
...can improve our soil structure while also fertilizing it with the nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other micronutrients and microorganisms that exist in the compost. When we spread that compost on our fields our plants thrive and, at the same time, we are able to put back into our land what we take out through farming. We end up with delicious and nutritious vegetables and fruits (unfortunately, the deer and groundhogs around here get to enjoy it too). Damaged crops get...
Tried and true farming techniques benefit Earth
...dirty. They will be cleaned first at the wash station in the garden and then go through a more refined wash back at the center. Soil blocker tools are used for planting seedlings. Soil blockers Earlier in the growing season, handheld soil blocker tools are used while planting in the greenhouse. Potting mix is compacted into the soil blockers to create cubes of soil. The filled soil block maker is set into a tray before squeezing and releasing the cubes....
The Season of Creation 2022: Meatless Mondays and More
...going meatless one or more days a week? Of course, for years, many of us didn’t eat meat on Fridays as it was a “mortal!” Today, we can embrace Meatless Mondays for the most important reason — helping to save our amazing planet. Going Meatless can improve our health, reduce emissions, save our forests, conserve our water, decrease species decline, provide compassionate action for animals, save us money and help to our planet in many ways. “Research shows that shifting...
A reflection for Reception into the Novitiate
...mother, she gathers each evening with family members on Facetime to pray for her mother – a ritual that will continue for an entire year. But I have to admit that I experienced another side of Leslie when I introduced her to my jade plant after our meeting ended. Not unlike others of her age, she whipped out her smart phone and took me to an APP: PictureThis, the essential guide to plant care, to help me get smart about...
Welcome to the ‘Evolving Woods’
...need to look at sustaining current ministries and considering new ministries to which we may be being called. How can we optimize use of this property for the future? We want to be good stewards of the beautiful campus with which we have been entrusted by planning for its future in a systematic and mindful way.” Representatives for the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College are working in unison regarding plans for both sides of the campus. St. Mary’s...