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Sisters share message against ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
...adverse effects. First, it provides tens of billions of dollars to the government to undertake a mass deportation campaign which will separate US families, harm US-citizen and immigrant children, and sow chaos in local communities. It will spur immigration raids across the nation, harming hard-working immigrant families essential to our economy and causing widespread unrest like we recently witnessed in Los Angeles. This funding also will be used to target faith communities, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has...
On policing and Providence
...involving racial slurs painted on parked cars was reported in the district. Residents of the area known for its uniquely successful history of racial integration were appalled. The night after the incident, Sister Pat, along with a local pastor and another CAPS volunteer, met with the victims to talk with them and show their support. Within days, the community had organized a candlelight vigil for the victims. More than 100 residents were in attendance, including a number of local ministers....
Join the Return to Human Rights Tour March 16-29
“The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Program is a unique partnership among farmers, farm workers and retail food companies that ensures humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables on participating farms.” —– From the Coalition of Immokalee Workers For several years, The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has been pleading to no avail with fast food chain restaurant Wendy’s to join their fair food program. In fact, Wendy’s stopped purchasing tomatoes in the...
Where Your Treasure Is
...by thick concrete walls and by a system that had labeled her as less than human. As Congress begins negotiations for the 2019 budget, we know the Trump Administration has requested more resources to remove beloved residents like Sonia from our communities. The administration’s requests include: A massive increase in immigration detention – to 51,379 people in detention across the country every day Funds to recruit and hire 1,000 additional ICE officers, and Funds to compensate more local police to...
Join the Lenten Food Waste Fast!
Join Sister Barbara Battista and others during this year’s Lenten Food Waste Fast! Sister Barbara learned of the fast from the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) whose vision includes mobilizing a network which “partners with faith-based and civic organizations committed to justice, peace and care for our common home.” Much like our own Providence Climate Agreement, the fast is part of the Ignatian Carbon Challenge. Sign up and throughout Lent, you will receive weekly updates on living a “food-waste-free” life along...
Sister Catherine Buster (formerly Sister Joseph Norine)
...Norine) Complete Ministry In Indiana: Cook, Ladywood, Indianapolis (1960-67); Express Hall/Kitchen, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1967-70); Saga Food Service/Express Hall, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1970-78); Maintenance Coordinator/Saga Liaison, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1978-86); Food Service Director for Marriott Corporation, Riverview Hospital, Noblesville (1988-89); Residential Services, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2020-2022). In Missouri: Food Service Director for Marriott Corporation, Kingswood Manor and Health Care Center, Kansas City (1986-88); Manager Administrator, Cathedral Square Towers, Kansas City (1989-94). In Illinois: Food Service, Marywood, Evanston (1967). In Florida: Development and Staff Training/Director...
Sister Florence Norton (formerly Sister Thomas Ann)
...was 94 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 77 years. Sister Denise continued: However, when Florence celebrated her golden jubilees with her partners in ministry, the parishioners and staff of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Chicago, she herself chose the gospel just proclaimed. The central character of today’s gospel is Thomas, forever labeled as Doubting Thomas. Of all the gospels Florence could have chosen, why this one? It seems an unlikely choice for the woman...
Stitching a thanksgiving “quilt of words” together
...reader, to create your own design from these offerings. From the newspaper and TV: one out of 30 U.S. children are homeless; one out of 7 U.S. families go to bed hungry every night; across the U.S. in this fiscal year, local food banks and/or food pantries have received more donations of food or money than in the last five years; Catholic Charities organizations will feed thousands of people on Thanksgiving Day thanks to the generosity of donors; U.S. households...
Thanks-Giving
...colder fall days. I have a ministry and many wonderful associates that I am thankful for. What are you giving thanks for this Thanksgiving Day? So, what about the giving part of Thanks-Giving? This led me to thoughts on how I could give back from the many blessings I have been given. I can donate food to my local foodbank (or give to Providence Food Pantry in West Terre Haute). I can give time to a local food kitchen serving...
Bittersweet news from Educational/Family Services
...a lack of personal choice, a lack of personal empowerment and poor health.” So the ministry began. Adults in the area were helped with basic education, literacy and GED preparation. Children struggling in school or just needing an extra boost would meet regularly with a volunteer tutor. Early in the ministry, counseling services were also offered. For nearly 20 years, retired Sisters of Providence offered their lifetime of acquired prowess in teaching as volunteer tutors. Alongside them local residents and...
General Superiors
...River Grove, Illinois. Marywood School in California was transferred from Anaheim to Orange, with construction of new buildings there. Expenses incurred by these projects made it necessary to procure a loan. She organized and furthered plans for the division of the Congregation into regional areas and introduced a more representative form of local government in the regions in accordance with Canon Law for Religious. Projects already begun for the higher education of the sisters were continued. The sisters were encouraged...
Steps to sainthood
A years’ long process brought Saint Mother Theodore Guerin to official recognition as a Saint within the Catholic Church. Follow along with the process below. Timeline to canonization 1856 Devotion begins Local devotion to Mother Theodore begins after her death in 1856. Her successor, Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly, soon begins writing historical sketches of Mother Theodore. The sisters take special care to preserve her writings and collect first-hand accounts of her interactions with others. 1904 Community historian Sister Mary Theodosia...