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Sister Ruth Ellen Doane
...for at least 38 years.” Paul Adams relayed: “I am saddened by her passing but strengthened by her love and support of our mission at PSM. So today I remember and cherish the wonderful relationship we had! She made this a better world!” Ellen’s most recent pastoral ministry position was at St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Bloomfield, and St. Patrick Ottumwa, both in Iowa. Father John Spiegel commented: “Sister Ruth Ellen responded to our national search for a person who...
Oral History: Sister Gloria Memering looks back on more than 60 years as a Sister of Providence
...and Parish Music Coordinator (1976-83) St. Joseph Parish and Deaconness Hospital in Evansville, Indiana: Parish Ministry (1983-84) Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana: Second Provincial Councilor in Sacred Heart Province (1984-87) Precious Blood Parish in Jasper, Indiana: Teacher and Parish Liturgist (1988-97) Sacred Heart Church, Vincennes Rivet Middle School and Vincennes Rivet High School in Vincennes, Indiana: Teacher and Liturgist and Music Director (1997-2006) Precious Blood Parish, Jasper, Indiana: Pastoral Associate and Music Director, Volunteer in Church and Hospital (2007-11) Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana:...
Sister Mary Ryan
...to teach community history to the sisters in initial formation and anyone else interested in coming. She made the history of our community come alive with her instruction. Mary was very fashion-conscious and loved to shop. She had a fondness for shoes and would be especially excited to purchase a pair at a bargain price. She also liked to dress well and would be dressed up even when she went on her errands to Walgreens. She also loved books; if...
Oral history: Sister Ann Sullivan
...programs, emergency services, elderly services, and addiction services available. Ann continued to see clients even as Director, particularly families and adolescents. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Sisters with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. From left, Sisters Andre Panepinto, Ann Sullivan, Joyce Brophy and Denise Wilkinson. While Director of Henry County’s Spoon River Center, Ann enrolled in the master’s program in Pastoral Theology at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. And another call came for mission. Suzanne Daily, SP, Vice-President for Academic Affairs at SMWC, who had...
Oral History: Sister Dorothy Gartland
...8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago. ‘Gift of God’ Dorothy’s journey to that court room began on the day she was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. It was Oct. 29, 1929. Black Tuesday, the day the stock market crashed, setting off the longest and most severe economic downturn in modern history — the Great Depression — which would last throughout her childhood. Dorothy is the fourth of eight children born to Eugene and Margaret Gartland, ‘Mom’ and ‘Pop’. There...
The Philosophy of Fair Trade
...challenge facing the world” with poverty and economic justice following at 44 percent. However, with fair trade, everyone benefits. If you regularly shop at grocery stores, check out the produce aisles by looking for the fair trade label on items such as avocados, bananas, chocolate/cocoa, coffee, and tea. Fair trade is not limited to agricultural products. You should think about fair trade every time you shop. “Visibility of Fairtrade products has increased since 2021 for nearly all major product categories...
Witness
...the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each of you, so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.” A ‘Teachable’ Moment 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...
Sister Margaret Heese (formerly Sister Margaret Bernard)
...told by some of her friends – stories known only to a few. Margaret talked Sister Barbara Bluntzer into getting her ears pierced. Sister Jean Fuqua felt honored that Margaret let her use the best sewing machine in the sewing room. Sisters Margaret Norris and Joseph Fillenwarth still can’t believe Margaret used the sewing machine to sew name labels on her clothes. As the youngest sister in a local community, band member Sister Joyce Brophy was given a pocket watch...
WVC adds ‘Real Organic Project’ certification
...protect the integrity of the organic label. Organic farming has always been based on “feed the soil, not the plant.” Young plants inside the greenhouse. Real organic farming relies on the microbial activity of the soil to slowly release nutrients to the plant. In recent years, many organic farmers have grown distraught over USDA decisions that have negated this fundamental truth, even though growing in soil is original to the USDA Organic standards. Further, rules have been overlooked regarding the...
Everything is Connected – Our Consumption
...plastic particles themselves and the chemicals used in their manufacture. What Needs to Change? We need to move beyond consume-and-throwaway systems toward circular approaches that work within ecological limits. This means reusing, recycling and sharing materials and products. Governments must do more to make companies accountable for the impacts of their activities and supply chains. They also need to help consumers make sustainable choices, for example, through targeted taxation and requirements for clearer labeling on goods. Households and firms should...
June 2, 2024: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
...union of King David’s great-grandparents (and ancestors to Jesus) illustrates not only God’s love for each person but how that love is to be shared by all, especially those who are labeled “other”. Throughout the Old Testament, one of the most common consequences for the ancient people straying from the will of God was famine in the land — a lack of grain and grapes. Paul was the apostle who wrote the first scriptural eucharistic institution narrative and made clear...
The Injustice and Dehumanization of Experiencing Homelessness
...Can you spend a few minutes reflecting on your implicit (unconscious) and explicit (conscious) bias? Then think about expressions such as “Gee, I look like I’m a homeless person.” When examining your own biases and the social narratives you have heard, do you say, “They are experiencing homelessness?” or do you label them by saying “they are homeless?” If you spoke about homelessness to a friend or acquaintance, what would you be able to share with them after reading this?...