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White Violet Center: To market, to market jiggity jig
...plants, fibers, eggs, and other goodies that we’ve grown or produced ourselves. Luckily, we’ve made it easy! Everything listed under the “From Our Farm” tab is approved for Saturday market. Make sure to type “Farmers Market” in the “comments” section when you check out. Preorders can be made up to noon on the Friday before the Saturday market. For those who will be shopping, we are bringing lettuce, arugula, green onions, kale, mixed greens, flowers, eggs, White Violet Kitchen Creations,...
Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles
...us to combat this and put the needs vs. wants ideals firmly into our consciousness. Take Time to Reflect We don’t need to rush to achieve a sustainable lifestyle. We need time to reflect, making unhurried choices. Do I need all my plants, or do they give me pleasure tending to them and watching them grow? Plants absorb carbon from the air. Do I need all the pictures hanging on the walls or standing on shelves? Maybe I enjoy having pictures that bring back...
We are supported with so much love
...Advancement team happen as planned. Whether it’s carrying the load of two or three people during times of transition, or learning a new database practically overnight, Narie rises to the occasion, always with a smile on her face and with a “We can do this!” attitude. Narie is not only an unstoppable “doer,” but she is also a deeply spiritual, insightful member of the team. Virgil and Donna Birgen (in memoriam) – Dujarié award From left to right: Sister Dawn...
Tips for writing effective Letters to the Editor
(Note: The following blog has been adapted from “24 Reasons to Hope: of The Climate Reality Project”) Solving the climate crisis is within our grasp, but we need people like you to be the voice of reality. Because it’s our planet that is in danger. Our future is at stake. And we do have a voice! Use yours to write a letter to the editor. Discussing the reality of the climate crisis is your chance to change minds and ensure...
Sisters and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College: planting seeds of hope in a new generation
Sisters Barbara Bluntzer and Mary Montgomery speak to a classroom of students at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College as part of a new class that helps connect students to the Sisters of Providence, their history and their values. In 1961, when I arrived at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College as an 18-year-old frosh, I immediately felt the energy of Providence all around me. Providence sisters in traditional habits administered the college. They taught many of the classes. Some of them even lived in the...
Farm Store opening this spring
...Lorrie said. “Since then, we’ve been working on staffing, policies and procedures, product mix, merchandising and promotion and more. There’s a lot to do!” Currently, Lorrie said plans indicate the store will have a soft opening in late April and will offer White Violet Center pasture-raised hen eggs, the center’s USDA-certified organic produce, apple cider, seeds and bedding plants. “We will also sell food items from other local farms and we are working on relationships with several to provide meat,...
University of Scranton: Week of service 2019
This May, students from The University of Scranton, a Catholic and Jesuit university in Pennsylvania, spent a week of service with the Sisters of Providence. During their time at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice they weeded, mulched and planted. They also did alpaca and chicken chores. They even got to experience the birth of a cria who was named Providence Ignatius in celebration of our ongoing relationship with Jesuit schools. Students also had the opportunity to volunteer at Providence Food...
Hospitality: making it real
...to which I can connect with my own needs for acceptance and security has a direct impact on my capacity to be present to those around me seeking connection, acceptance, and security. When I extend hospitality to someone with full recognition of our shared vulnerability and needs for welcome and kindness, infinite opportunities for radical togetherness emerge, and a cycle is born. Just as my hospitality grew from seeds planted by those who extended hospitality to me, I plant seeds...
Do You Know?
...or plant-based containers instead of plastic containers or baggies. Taking own containers for “take home” foods when eating out, Supporting companies that use plant-based packaging, Utilizing biodegradable utensils and/or plates (no Styrofoam or plastics) at church events, office and community events, picnics, etc., Buying laundry detergents in cardboard boxes (not plastic containers) and using dryer balls, Using cloth bags wherever you shop, not just at the grocery, Buying recycled paper or bamboo toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, and Declining use...
Racial and Ecological Documentary: Inhabitants
...the world’s population – are stewards of 80% of the world’s biodiversity. * The Land Justice Future’s Focus Community Program is a community of practice for women religious who are ready to create bold, just, and creative plans for the lands they love. Starting with a 2-year cohort experience, this program builds power, connection, imagination, and practical know-how among communities while they build land justice into the heart of their property plans. You can learn more about the documentary here...
From farming to teaching to counseling to care of Earth: Sister Ann Sullivan’s story
Sister Ann Sullivan in 2003, at the time the founding director of the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, shows off some of the organic plants growing in the greenhouse. “We have a long way to go on the journey, and we know there’s no going back. The work of justice has transformed the consciousness of the people.” These words by Sister Marie McCarthy speak to Sister Ann Sullivan (formerly Sister John Margaret). This call to respond to the critical unmet...
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...