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Delan Ma
Sister Delan came from Yu-Ching, Taiwan and now serves as the Vocation Director for Taiwan for the Sisters of Providence. Sister Delan entered the Congregation on Oct. 1, 1967 and professed final vows on Dec. 4, 1977. She graduated from Fu Jen University with a bachelor’s degree in theology and later got a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She enjoys music, working with yarn and walking through the peaceful, historic campus whenever she has free time....
Sisters of Providence to host ceasefire prayer vigil
...will also take place on the Congregation’s Facebook page. Sisters of Providence Justice Promoter Sister Barbara Battista, SP, coordinated the vigil and said the ongoing crisis “demands immediate public action, prayer and witness.” “For believers, this includes sharing our pleas for a just peace, especially now during this Lenten season and as our Muslim sisters and brothers observe the holy month of Ramadan,” Sister Barbara continued. “At 1 p.m., on Thursday, March 21, many who seek peace will gather at...
PFS volunteer brings love for justice, education to her work
...to achieve the life that God intended for them. One way is to help our kids achieve in school. I view it as a work of justice, and besides that fact, I like it,” she said of the full-time volunteer position she has held for more than a decade. Sister Dorothy brings to her ministry at PFS a background as a teacher, principal and religious superior. She was a co-founder of the 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago at...
Justice on the margins: Providence Associate Maria Price
...agenda that excites and motivates me!” Justice in Central America Did you know that through her church, Maria also works for justice in Central America? During her years as a student at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Maria said she became “sensitized” to issues facing the people of Central America. Roy, a shelter client, shows off the keys to his apartment after nearly 10 years of being homeless. “A student activist was visiting campuses all over the country to educate us about...
Gathering in solidarity, respect and unity
...thinking along the same lines,” she says, “that this event [the election] has really kind of mobilized folks to think about what they really value.” Sister Donna Butler, who spends much of her time advocating for justice, says, “Two of the things I’m very grateful for are that I am a Sister of Providence, that we have a commitment to bring peace and justice to this world. And I’m very grateful that I’m in the place doing the ministry that...
White Violet Center interns: Meet the fabulous four!
...active internship program and an interest in teaching was vital to me. I know that farm justice is food justice is world justice and I am impressed by White Violet Center for Eco-Justice’s desire to integrate these premises. I know that working with the earth is going to be a part of my life but I don’t yet know how. So the answer seems obvious to me: learn as much as I can, work as hard as I can, soak...
Growing at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
Brandon Query has been nurtured and allowed to grow during his time at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. Being an important part of the Sisters of Providence eco-justice ministry as an intern or volunteer can be life-changing. Brandon Query was an AmeriCorps volunteer and a seasonal garden staff member at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) for about 18 months in 2014 and 2015. “While at White Violet Center, I completely changed myself as a person,” he said. “The education...
‘Like Mary, you have given birth’
...Mary and of each other to untie whatever knot or knots we might be carrying right now. Mirror of Justice The second title of Mary, and, quite an appropriate choice for this group of Jubilarians, is Mirror of Justice: she who lifts up all those on the margins. This title comes from the Litany of Loretto. Mary’s commitment to justice is perhaps most clearly expressed in the Magnificat, the beautiful prayer that Mary utters after being recognized by her cousin...
SP mission: alive with the times
...— we honor Divine Providence through works of love, mercy and justice. In the 1990s we determined that our ways of service would be: Educating for human development and against ignorance wherever it is found Developing in ourselves and assisting others to develop in their lives meaningful worship and prayer Working to develop an attitude of social justice in whatever ministry we serve Working to establish the reality of social justice on every level: Congregational, Church-related and civic Working to...
Newsnotes from the Sisters of Providence fall 2021
...age of 88. They grow up so fast! Sister Ann Sullivan in the greenhouse during her years as director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice White Violet Center for Eco-Justice has been in existence for 25 years — a quarter of a century! During the Sisters of Providence 1991 General Chapter, the Congregation committed to eco-justice and eco-spirituality. Sister Ann Sullivan, SP, offered a proposal which resulted in creating White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. The ministry opened in 1996. Happy...
22 New Providence Associates
...the good possible, but only that which we can do!’ I want to do what ‘I CAN do’ as an associate to help the Sisters of Providence continue their mission of love, mercy and justice.” Marilyn Rausch of Indianapolis, recently retired as a medical doctor, says, “In uniting with the mission of the sisters to promote works of love, mercy, and justice, there is new meaning to ‘living life with a purpose on purpose.’ I have learned not to predict...
Sister of Providence released from prison
...imprisoned,” she said. As a peacemaker, Sister Kathleen remains committed to her mission and to working to close the SOA/WHINSEC. “If loving peace and doing civil resistance to bring attention to this Gospel call is a crime, I’m glad to be called guilty,” she said. “Being a prisoner of conscience or being a probationer of conscience is being part of a growing community of peacemakers willing to do a non-violent act of civil disobedience. I prefer to think of it...