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...One candidate said she is motivated by social justice, diversity and equality and she sees all these values lived out by the sisters. Another said she works as a caregiver. She said she has been coming to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for years. She will come out and just sit on the grounds to find peace and solace. She said that when a client she cares for passes on, a piece of her goes with them. So she comes here to the...
Human Rights Day: ‘I’m grateful I had the opportunity to participate’
...mercy and justice. It’s about education, too. “Even though some of the topics are about people whose human rights are denied and places where freedom, justice, and peace are non-existent, I still come away with hope because light is being shown and injustice is exposed for what it is.” Sister Marsha added she was pleased to see so many area youth stop by the Sisters of Providence booth. Sister Donna Butler (seated) and Sister Marsha Speth look over the schedule...
For our Congregation, this is Eco-Justice
...invitation of justice, of right relationship, with Earth. Pope Francis in his encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care of our Common Home, expresses the moral and ethical realities of our injustices to Earth and human thriving. Expressed in the Pope’s Laudato Deum, God is calling us to conversion and transformation attitudinally and behaviorally. This change of heart and action is both individual and collective, personal and with/for others. Eco-justice addresses environmental injustices. These occur when hazardous wastes, resource extractions, fossil fuel...
A look at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and Sister Ann Sullivan
Here we have a photograph of Sister Ann Sullivan (back) and Sister Jean Fuqua weaving at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. The photo was taken in 2001. During the Sisters of Providence 1991 General Chapter, the Congregation made a commitment to eco-justice and eco-spirituality. Sister Ann Sullivan offered a proposal to the Congregation to strengthen the commitment and as a result, a task force was eventually created to develop a plan of implementation to establish Saint Mary-of-the-Woods as an eco-justice...
Prayer for peace within a family
...to You in this, our hour of regrouping, our pause between battles. We need something new. We need fresh forgiveness. Teach us to see each other with new eyes, eyes that focus on the future and the ways we might mend. May peace pursue us recklessly, thoroughly, as doggedly as we argue, as loudly as we cry. Turn us toward one another to see the hurting humans we are. Oh God, be present in our family. Make peace possible. Amen....
A Note from Sister Barbara Battista: August 12, 2024
I have indeed been active in politics. That might surprise you because I am a vowed Sister of Providence. But think about it – if you know any members of our Providence Community (Associates, staff, volunteers, students, and supporters) you know that we all believe in Love, Mercy, and Justice. As citizens, we have the right to vote. Voting is how we speak for Justice. The policies proposed by our elected officials have a lasting impact on justice in our society. Recently...
Breaking boundaries as Providence people
...an Implicit Bias Training by the Peace Learning Center of Indianapolis. Our Task Force on Racial Equality and Equity challenges us to explore the systemic roots of racism and offers actions towards equity for all. As part of our personal and collective work in breaking down racial barriers within the human community, we will soon work toward deeper awareness of harm inflicted on the Indigenous Peoples of this land we call ‘The Woods.’ God of love, mercy and justice, acknowledging...
The Season of Creation 2022: Listen to the Voice of Creation
...the fires of injustice that we have caused. On the contrary, the fire that called to Moses as he tended the flock on Mount Horeb did not consume or destroy the bush. This flame of the Spirit revealed God’s presence. This holy fire affirmed that God heard the cries of all who suffered. And it promised to be with us as we followed in faith to our deliverance from injustice. Listen to the Voice of Creation In this Season of...
Born Free: Human Rights and Dignity
...help! Jewish Voice for Peace, Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, Sisters of Providence Justice Coordinating Commission, and Get involved! Human Rights Day December 10, 2025: celebrated around the world. The 2025 Celebration will be for 77 years of working toward Human Rights for all. Born Free Born free. As free as the wind blows. As free as the grass grows. Born free to follow your heart. Live free. And beauty surrounds you. The world still astounds you. Each time you...
Sister Ann Michele Kiefer
...her what she could not do for herself, giving her a new freedom and a new happiness. We thank you too, Sister Ann Michele, for sharing your enthusiasm for life, your sense of humor, your playfulness, your quick wit, your struggles and successes, your recovery, your compassion, your hope, and your peace with those of us who were privileged to be part of your life. May you now rest peacefully in the loving arms of our Provident God forever. Amen....
Sister Suzanne Smith (formerly Sister Louis)
...on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ And if a person of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon such a one; but if not, it shall return to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his or her wages; do not go from house to house.” Suzanne was a traveler! And I suspect with her calm and laid-back disposition, she brought...
April 7, 2024: Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday of Divine Mercy
Gospel: John 20: 19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so...