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White Violet Center: Though the world may pause, life always moves forward
...have been the most exciting moment of my seven months here! I am looking forward to my next few months here, and all that fall will bring.” I came here with the simple idea that I could learn more about farming and sustainability, but I have been learning so much more! I’m learning to see plant biology through a wholly new perspective, how to live in mutual respect with animals that are not pets, and what soil actually is and how...
WVC announces personnel changes
...our other visitors on sustainability, soil health, crop health and the benefits of organic agriculture.” Minster said her new position will primarily focus on the development of the center’s flower production. “A few years ago, I noticed that our cut flowers were growing in popularity and I took an online flower farming class to help determine if flower farming could be a viable option for WVC,” she said. “I knew that we wouldn’t be able to expand flower production without...
Sister Susan Paweski
...poverty, chastity and obedience, which I translate as sustainability, right relationship and mutuality, open the way to fully interact with our world. My focus is the God-quest not the Me-quest. It is about the Other and living in, with and through God and Creation in all its manifestations. Providence has been present in my life since the earliest days. I could say only YES to Providence that brought me here. Favorites tv show: David Letterman flower: African Violet vacation spot:...
Laudato Si’ Platform Commitment Statement
We, the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, and our wider Providence Community, publicly commit to join the worldwide Catholic community in responding to Pope Francis’ appeal to participate in a seven-year journey toward sustainability and integral ecology by developing a Laudato Si’ Action Platform. This commitment marks our willingness: To take up the “urgent appeal” of Laudato Si’ to listen and respond to the lurings of Providence to attend to the cry of the Earth and the cry...
Reflections for Foundation Day 2021
...made in the image of God, we, like our Mother Theodore, will need to change our minds and our hearts about who should sit at our tables. *** It was easy for me to find an example of resonance in our new RESOURCES/SUSTAINABILITY direction with something from Mother Theodore’s time. In the circular letter dated July 6, 1853, calling her sisters home to Saint Mary’s for the annual retreat, she announces: “By the help of God and the union which...
Providence Community commits to develop Laudato Si’ Action Platform
There is still much to be done in the struggle against climate change. On Oct. 22, 2021, Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, general superior, signed a statement formally committing the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and the wider Providence Community to “respond to Pope Francis’ appeal to participate in a seven-year journey toward sustainability and integral ecology.” photo taken at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods by Dr. Primo Andres This action is a continuation of the work begun by the Sisters’ General Chapter...