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Poverty Justice Fund
Started in 1999, the Poverty Justice Fund has partnered with close to 100 organizations to assist the Sisters of Providence in their efforts to promote social justice and the integrity of Earth. There are many direct service organizations that help people, but this fund is aimed at systemic changes that promote human dignity and the integrity of all creation. The fund allows us to partner with others who are doing good work in an effort to create a more just...
Sister Ruth Johnson: kinship with creation
...for being around for as long as it has. If you listen carefully, they will respond to you, not in words, but in signs and energy.” When the Sisters of Providence decided to make ecological justice a priority during the early 1990s and opened White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1996, Sister Ruth was a supporter from the beginning. This is one of Sister Ruth’s fiber art projects, a nativity scene created from felted alpaca fiber. Sister...
A new way to raise consciousness and funds to combat climate change
Catholic Climate Action Projects (CathCAP) is a practical way for people of faith to pool funds and support climate justice activities. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice staff member Ann Testa waters the high tunnel gardens at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. CathCAP is a project of the Catholic Climate Covenant and is co-sponsored by the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests. It owes its inspiration to Pope Francis and his inspiring writings in “Laudato Si’.” Here’s how it works. First, participants try to reduce...
‘Change our politics and not just our policies’
Nuns on the Bus Several Sisters of Providence had the opportunity recently to meet with Sister Simone Campbell and the “Nuns on the Bus,” a Catholic group which places an emphasis on social justice. In anticipation of Pope Francis’s speaking engagement with Congress, Nuns on the Bus made stops in several states before heading to Washington, D.C., for the address. In Indiana, they stopped in Evansville and Indianapolis. Sister Mary Mundy and Sister Arrianne Whittaker both offered details regarding the...
Sister Emily TeKolste: Continuing to grow spiritually
More than eight years ago, Indianapolis native Sister Emily TeKolste became a woman religious with the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. “I became a Sister of Providence because I found a community whose spirit matched mine,” she recalled. “They are rooted in love, mercy and justice, both contemplative and action-oriented. I wanted to be a part of justice-making in the world and to do it in community.” A Period of Growth Since September 2016, Sister Emily admitted she...
Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
...of 1965 The Principles of Nonviolence In 2009, Sister Denise Wilkinson, SP, reflected on King and the principles of nonviolence, saying: “Using the following principles as a foundation, please join with the Sisters of Providence in prayerful reflection, discussion and prayer and perhaps even in acts of nonviolent resistance: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people, Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding, Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people, Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform,...
NETWORK’s Nuns on the Bus coming to Terre Haute!
...26-28, in addition to a closing ceremony on July 29, in Philadelphia. NETWORK is a Roman Catholic social justice lobby based in Washington, D.C. Its origin can be traced back to 1971, when 47 Catholics of justice gathered at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., to “shape a new ministry of justice. Sister Simone Campbell, SSS, serves as the organization’s executive director. Sister Simone has appeared on several national television shows and has received the “Defender of Democracy Award,” from the...
Death Penalty Education
...number includes 49 women. Twenty-seven states currently have prisoners on death row. California, Florida, Texas, and Alabama have the largest numbers, 636, 291, 180, and 166 respectively. Federal prisons currently have 40. The State of Indiana, after 15 years without an execution, plans to execute Joseph Corcoran this year on December 18. The sister demonstrators hold their sign declaring love, mercy and justice along the side of the busy highway in Terre Haute during Friday’s execution. The U.S. governments have...
Reflecting on the amazing life of Sister Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN: Martyr of the Amazon
...Sisters Susan, Patty and Arrianne about how the play inspired or challenged them. The following are their responses. We were deeply and powerfully inspired by Sister Dorothy’s life. She was totally one with the poor, not only in her ministry, but in her lifestyle, living as they lived. Furthermore, she didn’t just do things for those she served, but helped them to find their own voice against injustice. Her compassion was a compassion that would be satisfied only when justice...
Leadership Team shares statement on United States exit from Paris Climate Agreement
...clean energy economy. Christian Reformed Church Office of Social Justice Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action The Episcopal Church Faithful America Franciscan Action Network Friends Committee on National Legislation Jesuit Conference of Women Religious Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns Maryknoll Sisters Eastern Region USA Mennonite Central Committee, Washington Office Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team Union for Reform Judaism Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice The United Methodist Church – General Board...
Cherishing creation
...foundress, was there any other choice but for the Sisters of Providence to establish a center for eco-justice? White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, begun in 1996, also seeks to foster right relationship with all creation through advocacy, educational programming, spiritual growth experiences and ecological activities, such as organic gardening and management of alpacas. White Violet Center seeks to serve as a model of sustainability — economically, socially, spiritually and environmentally. Perhaps most importantly, the center’s vision is rooted in an...
Daily Prayer for Justice and Mercy
Jesus, united with the Father and the Holy Spirit, give us your compassion for those in prison. Mend in mercy the broken in mind and memory. Soften the hard of heart, the captives of anger. Free the innocent; parole the trustworthy. Awaken the repentance that restores hope. May prisoners’ families persevere in their love. Jesus, heal the victims of crime. They live with the scars. Lift to eternal peace those who die. Grant victims’ families the forgiveness that heals. Give...