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Meet us at the Terre Haute Farmers Market!
For more than 19 years, the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) has proudly participated and supported the Terre Haute Farmers Market, located in the parking lot outside of the Meadows Shopping Center during the summer and early fall. The Terre Haute Farmers Market has been able to evolve into a yearlong experience, offered every Saturday morning beginning in late May through the end of October, and then at various times from November through April. The market currently hosts 40-plus...
What is White Violet Center all about?
Ever wondered why the Sisters of Providence are so devoted to environmental justice? If so, our new video featuring White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a Sisters of Providence ministry since 1996, may have answers for you. In the video Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, says, “As Sisters of Providence, we know that one of our greatest assets is our land, our Woods.” She talks about how the land ethic helps balance the needs of the people in the community with the...
Mercy to Earth
Love, mercy and justice are central to the mission of the Sisters of Providence. The sisters have come to see that mission extending to all creation. As we focus on mercy in this issue of HOPE, several Sisters of Providence answer the question, “What is one way to show mercy to Earth?” – Sister Denise Wilkinson “Since mercy is an attitude of on-going respect and love between/among equals, I believe one way to show mercy toward Earth is to stop...
Leadership statement on recent federal executions
...Paula Damiano (back, left) and Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp (back, right) hold a Sisters of Providence Love, Mercy, Justice sign during a July 13 press conference as Priscilla Hutton speaks. We were both surprised and saddened to see the administration carry out the execution of Wesley Ira Purkey, who was impaired with Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and brain damage. The execution of Dustin Lee Honken hit us hard as well, as our own Sister Betty Donoghue ministered with him. And we were aghast...
This Easter: What is the state of your heart?
...publicly tortured and humiliated – is remembered as saying, “Father, forgive them …” It takes an extravagant heart to forgive such trespasses. It takes a compassionate heart not to let the violence of war, of school shootings, of differences of opinion make us numb or hardened. Peace is Possible The resurrected Jesus invites us to believe that there is an alternative to all of this. Death does not have the last word. Peace is possible. Cease Fire is doable. Love...
Fathers speak out against death penalty
...emotions. Months, maybe years, pass before some achieve a measure of peace. Some never do. Paul Stevens and Emmett “Bud” Welch found themselves at the brink in their efforts to cope with the acts of violence that took their daughters’ lives. Paul’s daughter Cindy was babysitting for an Evansville woman in 1969. The woman’s estranged husband went to the residence and murdered Cindy. It was to have been Cindy’s last night of babysitting for the client because of the fear...
A Note from Sister Barbara Battista, April 9, 2024
We asked Sister of Providence, Barbara Battista, how she chose the Peace Learning Center of Indianapolis (PLC) to offer an in-service workshop on Implicit Bias. “Well, that was not a difficult decision at all! Many of our Sisters are familiar with the Center and have also participated in their training and have served on committees. We have professional relationships with many of the staff members at the Peace Learning Center. In particular, we know that we learn by doing and...
Musings on International Day of Friendship
July 30 was International Day of Friendship. The United Nations website says about the day: “The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendships between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. Our world faces many challenges, crises and forces of division – such as poverty, violence, and human rights abuses – among many others – that undermine peace, security, development and social...
Remembering Pope Francis: Champion of the poor, the marginalized and the environment
May he rest in Peace With heavy hearts, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods acknowledge Pope Francis’s passing today. We join people everywhere in mourning for him, who became a symbol of hope, both in his person and in his ministry. From the moment he was introduced as pope and greeted the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square, people knew he would be different. Almost immediately, he asked those present to pray for him, and he knelt in humility...
Celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
...U.S. world and the global world right now, there is war, violence, racism, and pain of every kind. As Christians, a month ago, we celebrated the Light of God coming into the world, bringing peace and goodwill. Yet, there seems not to be goodwill and light for all. A saying of Martin Luther King Jr. may be our guide this January 20: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can...
No longer slaves, but brothers and sisters
...experienced sexual exploitation beginning at a preschool age. “Dreamcatcher” is a 2015 Sundance Film documentary that follows Brenda who now works as a community advocate with and for prostitutes and young girls. Not only is Brenda a survivor of human trafficking, she co-founded the Dreamcatcher Foundation, to make a difference in the lives of others. In his World Day of Peace Message, “No Longer Slaves but Brothers and Sisters,” Pope Francis states” —– “Today, as in the past, slavery is...
Moving from darkness to light
Every morning when praying the Canticle of Zechariah (Benedictus), I stop and reflect on this stanza in particular: “In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.” These words offer so much consolation, especially during this pandemic. How my heart, our hearts long for light in the coming days as...