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Sisters of Providence celebrate Senior Jubilees
...Vice President of Student Affairs, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (1976-82), * Saint Mary-of-the-Woods: Director of Alumnae Affairs, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (1983-85), * Indianapolis: Prison Chaplain/CPE Student, St. Joan of Arc Parish (1985-86), * Chicago: Staff Person, 8th Day Center for Justice (1986-2002), * Greenville, Ill.: Prisoner of Conscience, Federal Prison Camp of Greenville (2002-03), and * Chicago: Staff Person/Justice Promoter for Sisters of Providence, 8th Day Center for Justice (2003-18). Sister Thomas Jeanne Doriot is a native of Fort Wayne, Ind....
Permissive attitude toward racism inspires book club
...and discount their experiences Prisons are for minorities: many, not just a few, innocent people are in prison. Understanding white America is the norm. You cannot be white in this country and not be racist. It is part of the culture. Sue Ellen Pabst Sue pointed out, “Once you learn this information you cannot un-know it.” Both sisters now have a better understanding of systemic racism. Both are motivated to pay better attention to the injustice in our legal and prison...
Prayerful reflections from the Gathering in Solidarity event
...you mine. Blessed are you, ridiculed because of us, resisting all injustice, My kingdom is already yours.” After reading the poem, Sister Tracey invited everyone to sing “Canticle of the Turning”, which was printed in the event’s program. Sister Rita Clare Gerardot talks about her experience with prison ministry and prayer for death row prisoners, their families and the victims of violence and their families. Speaking up for justice Several sisters spoke about their personal experiences witnessing injustice through their...
“You don’t give up on a person” Sister Rita Clare’s journey with a prisoner
...youth. Sister Rita Clare says David has learned to give back. He helps inmates with appeals. He’s designed and sold Christmas cards and raised $95K for at-risk children in the U.S. A friend David’s death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 2014. He has since been imprisoned in Springfield, Missouri in a prison that provides for his serious diabetes complications, including blindness in his left eye and open sores on his feet. Sister Rita Clare writes him a...
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...
Being ‘Stickered’
...have a special message on the back of a label; my label last Saturday was the word ‘GORGEOUS,’ so I looked out at the autumn colored trees and whispered: ‘You are gorgeous; thank you for being you.’” On the opposite end of the question is Sister Janice Smith, “NO! I don’t look forward to being stickered. I am always so afraid that I will forget to go get them that it generally is another stressor to me. But it does help...
White Violet Center earns ‘Real Organic Project’ designation
...of enforcement of some vital USDA Organic standards to protect soil health and animal welfare, organic farmers rallied together to fight to protect the integrity of the organic label. This is what originally motivated WVC Farm Manager John-Michael Elmore to apply for this certification. “We (WVC) are already certified organic, so this became an extension of that. USDA organic certification is getting manipulated by large agri-businesses, and doesn’t fully represent the original intent of the organic movement,” John-Michael said. “While it’s still an important regulatory standard,...
Season of Creation 2022: Fair Trade and Climate Change
...Industry Consider buying second hand clothing, repairing and repurposing clothing, participating in a clothing swap, etc. Some stores that sell Fair Trade clothing include Athleta, Linden Leaf Gifts, Mata Traders, and MarketPlace: Handwork of India, Patagonia. Some brands such as Patagonia have a second-hand label – theirs is Worn Well. Check other stores and buy second hand through them. For tips on being fashionable inexpensively, click here. Read The Conscious Closet: A Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good...
Three Sisters of Providence arrested in Georgia for participation in non-violent protest at Army base
...and was sentenced to six months in prison on federal trespassing charges. The three sisters who were arrested Sunday were led away from the military base in hand cuffs and later shackled and forced to spend the night in the Muscogee County Jail. They were arraigned Monday in U.S. Federal Court in Columbus. They appeared before U.S. Magistrate G. Mallon Faircloth, who is the same judge who sentenced Sister Kathleen to prison. Sisters Adele, Rita Clare and Joann pleaded not...
Congregation statement on ACLU lawsuit
The Sisters of Providence support the life and respect the dignity of all persons as we seek an end to the death penalty in our nation. We join with the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, Death Penalty Action, Indiana Abolition Coalition and other organizations and individuals in filing a lawsuit to protect our First Amendment Rights that allow us to peacefully protest outside the main entrance of the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, and to hold prayer vigils...
Sister Betty Donoghue (formerly Sister Clare Patrice)
...and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then those who were chosen will answer, ‘When did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the Holy One will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of...
Sister Nancy Nolan (formerly Sister Jean Paula)
...said yes. Thus began a nearly 30-year stint as an administrator of some form or another. During a volunteer dinner for the United States Penitentiary Prison Camp in Terre Haute, Sister Nancy Nolan was named Volunteer of the Year. I love Sister Mary Fran Keusal’s account of Nancy as administrator: After opening the door to let in the children in the morning Nancy would stand at the door and greet each child as he or she came through the door....