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Moving forward with the Legacy of Care for Creation
...to the creation of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. From penning the Land Ethic to establishing the new Laudato Si’ Awards, recognizing care for creation is in the heart of all within the Providence Community. And during this 2026 Laudato Si’ Week, the Congregation is still moving forward. Following the writing of the encyclical letter, Laudato Si’, in 2015 by the late Pope Francis, the Sisters of Providence established the Climate Change Task Force. Sister Kathleen Desautels and others discussing...
LCWR, Providence Community stand in solidarity with the people of the Middle East
...activate those mechanisms necessary for an immediate ceasefire and the negotiation of peace, so that justice may prevail. We are each responsible to be aware, to be informed by factual information, to look at root causes, and to reject rhetoric that fuels violence. We, the members of LCWR, will continue to speak on behalf of the truth of faith, the strength of prayer, the power of nonviolence and the only pathway that will provide a future for our children: Peace....
Stepping into justice: Sister Barbara Battista
In June, Sister Barbara Battista, the new social justice promoter for the Sisters of Providence, helps lead a “Keep families together” rally on the courthouse sidewalk in Terre Haute, Indiana. “There is urgency in what is going on nationally, in the church and in society. There is such a need for women religious, and for other persons of faith, to really be leaders in this work towards justice,” said Sister Barbara Battista, SP, the new social justice promoter for the...
Sister Editha Ben
...belongings and secretly ran away to join the convent. Several days later, her family members arrived, crying and asking her to come home. Sister Editha knew she had to follow her calling and refused. In time, as her family saw how happy she was as a sister, they accepted and supported her decision. Working for Justice In her ministry in the Philippines, Sister Editha taught at the college and high school levels. She joined a peace and justice organization and...
Sister Kathleen Desautels: Collaborating for justice
Sister Kathleen Desautels, second from left, with other peacemakers at a recent protest against the School of Americas. For nearly three decades, Sister Kathleen Desautels (formerly Sister Mary Colleen) has been at the forefront of justice. As a staff member at the 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago, Sister Kathleen knows a lot about collaborating for justice. The Sisters of Providence are one of six Catholic religious congregations who founded the center in 1974. Today a total of 34...
What is Eco-Justice?
...Planet. The article was in the first issue of Feminist Platform, provided by 8th Day Center for Justice, located in Chicago. The center was founded in 1974 by six Catholic religious congregations of women and men, including the Sisters of Providence. Sister Kathleen Desautels ministers at 8th Day Center for Justice. Environmental justice surfaced as environmental advocacy in the mid-1970s. By the 1980s, faith denominations began writing about and calling for ethical and moral actions to address injustices faced by...
Justice advocates and Providence Associates
...their work for justice has been multifaceted. Racial justice, civil rights, gender equality, LGBT rights, School of Americas, criminal justice reform, animal rights, and environment, including climate change, are only some of the issues addressed. In working for social justice, their strategies model just and nonviolent relationships with persons of very different perspectives. Teaming up with the SPs The Sisters of Providence Justice Coordinating Commission will focus in a special way on climate change. Ben sees this as an essential...
Prayer and Reflections for Awareness Against Human Trafficking
...indifference and concretely expressed your solidarity with our burdened brothers and sisters? Communal Reflection and Discussion Gather, using appropriate music if desired, and share insights, calls to action and intercessory prayer. Close with Nan C. Merrill’s interpretation of Psalm 72. Closing Prayer: Psalm 72:1-14 Bring justice to the peoples, O Beloved, and your mercy to all generations! May the people be known for mercy, rendering justice to the poor! Let their spirits soar as the eagle, let joy abide in...
Care of Earth attracts new members
...she made a point of learning more about WVC. “I wanted to learn more about how the roots of this center were growing out of the spirituality of the SPs.” Sister Arrianne Whitaker, foreground, then a novice sister, joins other volunteers in planting spring crops at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice in 2012. Called to eco-justice For Sister Corbin Hannah, also a sister still in her early years with the Congregation, a White Violet Center for Eco-Justice banner at the...
Am I doing enough about racial injustice?
...That anti-racism training opened by eyes to the utter injustice our society sets before people of color, especially black Americans. I saw for the first time how black people were treated differently by police officers, when applying for jobs, within our justice system. It opened my eyes and I was never the same. I admire the Sisters of Providence and how their dedication to justice made a difference in my life and in the lives of people I touch. Is...
‘Tis the Season of Visions and Dreams
...2017, the Sisters of Providence Climate Change Task Force began its work by setting its basic goal: To effect systemic change to the underlying causes of climate injustice through education, advocacy, and responses to current issues, especially issues affecting those most severely impacted by climate injustice. At the Annual Meeting in 2018, Sisters, Associates, and Partners in Mission signed the Providence Climate Agreement which, in part, proclaimed: “Mindful of the effects of climate injustice on the cosmos, Earth, and all...
Oral history: Sister Ann Sullivan
...of committees who didn’t see this proposal as part of their work. When the next annual meeting rolled around, a Sister of Providence from The Women of Providence spoke on the philosophy of environmental justice. At the same time, Ann’s local government unit (LGU) was well aware of the dream of making an eco-justice center a reality at the Woods. That dream moved closer to reality when all but one of the Sisters was willing to move ahead with this...