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Spirit in community: Providence Associate spring retreat 2019
...hands with Providence Associate Father Bernie Lutz as Providence Associate Deanna Ruston smiles. Attendees clap as Sister Sue Paweski introduces Sister Dianne Bergant, C.S.A., retreat leader. Presenter Sister Dianne Bergant, C.S.A. speaks on the community of Earth and how we see our common home. Sister Dianne presents to a full room of more than 80 Providence Associates, Sisters of Providence and guests. Providence Associate Diane Gardner at prayer. Providence Associates Peggy Bowler and Sheila Galvin chat during down time. Providence...
Providence Associates photo highlights 2011
...touched their lives and their new relationship during the retreat on April 2, 2011. Melissa Pasko, a Providence Associate from Terre Haute, Ind., makes a point at her table during the Deepening the Providence Story retreat on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Each table at the retreat features one of these beautiful centerpieces. Sister Pat Linehan created these centerpieces for the Deepening the Providence Story retreat April 1-3, 2011, Spring retreat: Gathered Providence Associates bless the new director of Providence Associates...
The Philosophy of Fair Trade
Note: the following piece was co-authored by Providence Associates Jane Fischer, Joan Frisz and Suzie Ray. “The economy should serve people, not the other way around.” All the principles of fair trade embody this principle of Catholic social teaching. Fair trade promotes the dignity of workers by ensuring fair wages and by helping vulnerable producers maintain their livelihoods when traditional economic structures shut them out.” — U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In 2023, shoppers report inflation as the “most important...
Witness
...and for all. Speaking Out The Bishops of Indiana, along with numerous other Bishops, have spoken out against the death penalty. As have religious communities across the country, including my own, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. My faith and the teachings of our Church compel me to say “No!” to the death penalty and to work to abolish it. Pope Francis, in 2017, approved the following revision to paragraph 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church:...
Sister Margaret Heese (formerly Sister Margaret Bernard)
...had been a Sister of Providence for 76 years. Sister Denise continued: A reading from the Gospel of Mark describing the scene of Jesus’ crucifixion: There were also women looking on from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and Joseph, and Salome. When Jesus was in Galilee, they used to follow and provide for him; and there were many other women who had come up with Jesus to Jerusalem. A reading from...
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
Note: the following piece was co-authored by Providence Associates Jane Fischer and Suzie Ray. Homelessness touches every community and every person whether we admit it or not. Homelessness is personal, emotional and political. It is personal if it happens to you or someone you know. It is emotional if it happens to someone in your family. And it is political when people try to push for services and solutions. We all know that public opinion, attitudes, biases, prejudices, services and...
Musings on National Women’s Day
...extent human beings often judge one another by his or her friends or associates. To some extent, this has been true in evaluating the women’s movement. Some of its earliest advocates, such as Clara Zetkin, were very active in a movement that eventually transformed Germany into a socialist state. This label drew many to the cause, but it also repelled many. In the literature of the present day, one still detects charges of leftist thinking in explaining the women’s causes....
‘Othering’
...easy, I am writing to you. Providence Associate Jane Fischer and others listen during a presentation Are you as amazed as I am by how much you learn as part of this Providence Community? For quite some time, my friend Providence Associate Pearlette Springer has been talking about “othering” and the “other.” I nod, not wanting to show my ignorance. Pearlette patiently pauses, smiles at me, and moves on. She knows I do not get it. I need to clarify...
A note from Sister Barbara from her experience in the death chamber
...visit with Keith Dwayne Nelson. The bishops of Indiana, along with numerous other bishops across the U.S., have spoken out against the death penalty. So have religious communities across the country, including my own, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Will mailed his last words to me which, as providence would have it, came the day after he was executed. At a press conference the morning of Sept. 24, when Christopher Vialva would be executed later that day, I...