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Earth Day Every Day: Earth Defenders unite
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice has been celebrating Earth Day all month. This last week of April, we are focusing on “community.” Community is defined as: A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common, and A feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests and goals. As members of the human species, we are part of many communities. But at the same time, we all are part...
In Service to Life, All Life
The Sisters of Providence describe our purpose as honoring Divine Providence and furthering God’s loving plans by devoting ourselves to works of love, mercy and justice in service among God’s people. These works are undertaken in service to all life and care for all creation. Our recent proclamation, to join Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’ Action Platform, expresses the scope of life which we serve: Life of people, plants, animals and planet. It is our commitment to this integrated, or integral...
Sisters of Providence Support Seeking Justice and Denounce the Violence Inflicted on Black Americans since the Birth of This Nation
The Sisters of Providence leadership team and the Providence Community strongly condemn the heinous violence against and ultimate murder of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. We mourn with the Floyd family as yet again another unarmed black man’s life is snuffed out by individuals sworn to serve and protect all persons. Therein lies the problem. Do we really mean all persons? Are we ready to examine the structural roots of racism in our nation? Sister...
Jesus, our model for breaking boundaries
...stood up and stopped an angry mob from stoning a woman caught in adultery. He suggested that whoever was without sin should cast the first stone. God of love, mercy, justice Jesus’ teachings and actions flowed from his understanding of God. Jesus experienced and spoke of a God of Unconditional Love who embraces all people as beloved. He proclaimed a God of Mercy, who looks at our humanness — our incompleteness — with compassion and relates to the Divine spark...
A Reflection for the 2024 Senior Jubilarians
...with your gratitude. On Oct. 3, when I issued my first, “Let us be astonishing, sisters.” I also said: Let us open people’s eyes by our love, by our generosity, by our righteous indignation at the intolerable ways of the world.” It seems to me that we need each other more than ever to be faithful to this call — to be true to our purpose to be God’s love, mercy, and justice in the world and especially in...
Resources on racism, Black history, anti-racism
Books Alexander, Michelle. “The New Jim Crow” Baldwin, James. “The Fire Next Time” Coates, Tanehisi. “Between Me and the World” (written in the form of a letter to his son) DiAngelo, Robin. “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People To Talk About Racism” Douglas, Kelly Brown. “Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God” Kendi, Ibram X. “How to Be an Anti-racist” Kendi, Ibram X. “Stamped from the Beginning” Oluo, Ijeoma. “So You Want to Talk...
White Violet Center: Meet the new 2020 fall intern cohort
Margaret, Rose, Sister Mary, Mary, Madeline and Libby A popular refrain within the Community of Providence is “Sacred Creation” by Rufino Zaragoza, OFM. “Sacred the land, sacred the water, sacred the sky, holy and true. Sacred all life, sacred each other; all reflect God who is good.” We at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice experience these blessings day by day and season by season. We Sisters of Providence and White Violet Center staff give thanks for the blessings of our...
Appreciating Our Volunteers during Volunteer Appreciation Month
...bright, unique person that you are,” or many other inferential attributes. Heartfelt Gratitude April is Volunteer Appreciation Month. To say the Sisters of Providence appreciate their volunteers would not encompass the gratitude and esteem felt toward those who share their time and energy with the community. Time is our most precious resource and asset. Volunteers use their talent and share their time to further the Providence Community’s goals of showing and spreading God’s love, mercy and justice to the world,...
Earth as home
...National Catholic Rural Life Conference. One of the most obvious ways they invite others to join with them in moving toward their goal of providing hope and healing for Earth is participating in their ministry, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC), at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. WVC is a place where Earth is honored, animals are respected, natural garden items are offered to the local community and education and sharing knowledge is valued. All ages explore WVC through tours; retreats; individualized sabbatical,...
From us to you: Blessings to you for giving
...who are supposed to come [to the SPs], will find their way.” Nourish relationships with 290 Providence Associates and begin the journey with 23 new Candidates. These lay men and women take Love, Mercy and Justice into their neighborhoods and workplaces. Support the sisters’ varied ministries, serving the underserved and those without voices. Serve more than 1,100 people through virtual programs, retreats and workshops, many of whom have not been able to travel to the Woods in past years. Minister...
Tried and true farming techniques benefit Earth
The best technology for the job isn’t always something from The Jetsons. Sometimes Little House on the Prairie methods still work best. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Garden Manager Candace Minster works in the high tunnel. The use of solar heat in the high tunnel allows carrots, greens and more to be grown all winter long. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, uses technology to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers offered in a Community...
Discovering the Woods: A visit from a fresh perspective
...place to contemplate, pray and meditate. She had never seen such a site and asked me many questions about this ancient practice. As someone who likes to walk and run outdoors as a way to clear her mind, I’m sure this appealed to her on many different levels. The Log Cabin Chapel We then headed over to White Violet Center for Eco-Justice where I got to show her the gardens, orchard, bees, chickens and of course the alpacas. I pointed...