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Calls from the Woods provide a listening ear
...Sisters of Providence, even after I tell them that I’m not a sister. Calling during the phonathon reminds me that I’m furthering our relationship with these folks, rather than just asking for a donation. Many times they’ll share personal struggles or prayer requests for family and friends. I hope to be an extension of the sisters’ mercy when I remind them that, rest assured, the sisters pray for them daily. We forward these prayers to a sister who enters them...
Prayers are never lost
Prayers are never lost.
Pouring out your heart in prayer
...I find myself overwhelmed by the prayer of those who have such deep faith. When I enter the Shrines of Our Lady of Providence or of Saint Mother Theodore and take a minute to read what people are pouring out to our loving God, it makes my day worth getting out of bed. We started something new at the shrines recently, a chance for people to send their prayers from a distance and have us light a candle for them....
Grumbling with Saint Mother Theodore
...for all those who have to endure my grumbling. Saint Mother Theodore, truly I have great need of your prayers. I am quite a grumbler. I know I am in good hands. This saint understands. Need prayers? The Sisters of Providence are always happy to pray for you! Send in your prayer request here. Or, if you would like, a sister can light a candle for you and pray for your request at the shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin....
Congregation releases calls for action, days of prayer in anticipation of Inauguration Day
...Chaos” Join the Poor People’s Campaign for a 30-minute prayer service at 8 p.m., EST, on Sunday, January 17 as a part of a “National Call to Love, Light and Leadership.” Monday, January 18 Prayer Vigil You are all invited to join the interfaith community for a 24-hour prayer vigil. Share your prayers online with the hashtag #PeaceWithJustice. Pax Christi USA has prepared a prayer service based on the words and prayers of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK...
March 7, 2021: Third Sunday of Lent
...in return when we should remember to do good things simply because they are good and pray to God just to spend time with God. This week, consciously pray in gratitude and love. If you do pray for something, let those prayers be for something for someone else. There is always need in the world of prayers for others. Let your only reward be a closer relationship with our loving and merciful God. That is the greatest reward of all....
The Philosophy of Fair Trade
...challenge facing the world” with poverty and economic justice following at 44 percent. However, with fair trade, everyone benefits. If you regularly shop at grocery stores, check out the produce aisles by looking for the fair trade label on items such as avocados, bananas, chocolate/cocoa, coffee, and tea. Fair trade is not limited to agricultural products. You should think about fair trade every time you shop. “Visibility of Fairtrade products has increased since 2021 for nearly all major product categories...
Witness
...the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each of you, so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.” A ‘Teachable’ Moment I believe Will LeCroy can teach us an essential truth: Who among us deserves to be labeled, judged, discarded even, according to the worst thing we ever did? Rather are we not called to honor human dignity and extend God’s loving design to all creation, to all...
Sister Margaret Heese (formerly Sister Margaret Bernard)
...told by some of her friends – stories known only to a few. Margaret talked Sister Barbara Bluntzer into getting her ears pierced. Sister Jean Fuqua felt honored that Margaret let her use the best sewing machine in the sewing room. Sisters Margaret Norris and Joseph Fillenwarth still can’t believe Margaret used the sewing machine to sew name labels on her clothes. As the youngest sister in a local community, band member Sister Joyce Brophy was given a pocket watch...
WVC adds ‘Real Organic Project’ certification
...protect the integrity of the organic label. Organic farming has always been based on “feed the soil, not the plant.” Young plants inside the greenhouse. Real organic farming relies on the microbial activity of the soil to slowly release nutrients to the plant. In recent years, many organic farmers have grown distraught over USDA decisions that have negated this fundamental truth, even though growing in soil is original to the USDA Organic standards. Further, rules have been overlooked regarding the...
Everything is Connected – Our Consumption
...plastic particles themselves and the chemicals used in their manufacture. What Needs to Change? We need to move beyond consume-and-throwaway systems toward circular approaches that work within ecological limits. This means reusing, recycling and sharing materials and products. Governments must do more to make companies accountable for the impacts of their activities and supply chains. They also need to help consumers make sustainable choices, for example, through targeted taxation and requirements for clearer labeling on goods. Households and firms should...
Sister Florence Norton (formerly Sister Thomas Ann)
...was 94 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 77 years. Sister Denise continued: However, when Florence celebrated her golden jubilees with her partners in ministry, the parishioners and staff of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Chicago, she herself chose the gospel just proclaimed. The central character of today’s gospel is Thomas, forever labeled as Doubting Thomas. Of all the gospels Florence could have chosen, why this one? It seems an unlikely choice for the woman...