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Our Future and Land Justice
...active land repatriation advocacy across New York State. Sisters of Providence Land Ethic As members of one sacred Earth community, we Sisters of Providence commit ourselves individually and communally to care for our resources and to make decisions regarding their current and future use as we seek to balance our individual and SP communal economic needs with the sustainability needs of the Earth community. Read our entire Land Ethic here. Call to Action Find out the origin of your land...
Sisters honor past, present White Violet Center directors
...community living?” Sister Maureen Freeman General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski (right) presenting the Laudato Si’ award to former White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Director, Sister Maureen Freeman, CSJ. Sister Maureen, a Sister of St. Joseph, was the second director for WVC. Sister Dawn said during her tenure, the fiber industry continued to expand while Sister Maureen also introduced chickens to the center as well as establishing a business plan to help develop the center’s sustainability. “One of the great gifts...
Moving forward with the Legacy of Care for Creation
...climate change and more. Through this task force, the Congregation reached out to everyone within the Providence Community and committed to a “seven-year journey toward sustainability and integral ecology by developing a Laudato Si’ Action Platform Plan.” The platform names seven goals, including: Response to the cry of the Earth, Response to the cry of the Poor, Ecological Economics, Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles, Ecological Education, Ecological Spirituality, and Community Resilience and Empowerment. As it turns out, seven years was too...
2026 Earth Day in Photos!
...was incredible to honor Sister Ann along with, Sister Maureen Freeman, Lorrie Heber, and Mary Riley for their contributions to White Violet for the past 30 years! From vendors like Hallie Hound Barkery and Earth Drops that have been with us for so many years to our strong community partners such as ISU’s Office of Sustainability and Vigo County Invasives Management, we are grateful for all of the folks in our community that show up each year to help us...
Welcoming our 2021 WVC Summer Interns!
...will allow me to implement the skills and techniques I’ve learned in a hands-on way.” Madeline (Maddie) Gullion Madeline (Maddie) Guillion The Muncie, Ind., native just graduated from Earlham College with a major in environmental sustainability – with a focus on culture and justice – and a minor in creative writing. “The internship at WVC draws me because of my interest in sustainable agriculture and my experience with environmental justice,” Maddie proclaimed. “I have worked in campus and community sustainability...
Our Providence Community 2025-26 Laudato Si Action Platform Plan
...and sustainability. In Laudate Deum, Pope Francis pints to the current climate crisis: “Despite all attempts to deny, conceal, gloss over or relativize the issue, the signs of climate change are here and increasingly evident. No one can ignore the fact that in recent years we have witnessed extreme weather phenomena, frequent periods of unusual heat, drought and other cries of protest on the part of the earth that are only a few palpable expressions of a silent disease that...
‘We’re All in This Together: Eat, Shop, Support Local’
...to action to all members of our community. General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski chatting with a guest during the 2024 Earth Day Festival at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A place to come together for support, for education, for camaraderie. For those working toward sustainability and protecting our Earth, it is a chance to be together and acknowledge the work we are all doing in one way or another to create a better world for future generations. In that same spirit, we have...
Life on the farm at White Violet Center: Meet our summer crop of interns
...wildlife biology and minors in chemistry and professional writing. “I am intrigued with learning more about sustainability as it pertains to agriculture… Having taken many trips and volunteering at White Violet Center, I would like to learn and grow closer with the community that calls it their home.” Sarah Jesse, Cleveland, Ohio Sarah Jesse Sarah has her B.A, in Theology and Psychology and an M.A. in Theology from Notre Dame University. She currently works with Residential Life as rector for a women’s...
What is White Violet Center all about?
...in financial sustainability and environmental sustainability, but spiritual sustainability is just as important to us,” she explains. “We understand Providence as God’s care for all of creation. And, so, this loving, Provident God set forth into motion this web of life. And we’re called to be co-creators with that God to sustain and nourish that life. So the purposes of God are riding on our existence. What we do does matter. And what we do here at White Violet matters.”...
Sustainability and social change
...to learn more about fiber art and sustainable agriculture. Looking forward, Isabelle plans to pursue a college degree in a sustainability related field. “I want to do something that can touch a lot of people … and I feel like this is the way to do it,” she said. “Everyone here was open and friendly … people were just very interesting and genuine,” she said. “Everyone on the staff, and even the sisters; they’re all hilarious and spunky and sassy....
Meet Emily: Sister of Providence postulant introduces herself
...woman who has ever entered the Sisters of Providence. During college, my coursework and extracurricular activities fostered an interest in environmentalism and sustainability. I served as a Student Sustainability Intern, coordinating efforts between the university-wide sustainability committee and the student body. After graduating, I returned to Indianapolis and worked in farm-based education and online publishing. To foster the types of relationships I grew to value in college, I moved into the Catholic Worker community. It accepted people at various stages...
Spirituality, justice, love of fresh food fuel Providence Associate’s sustainable lifestyle.
...heavily in areas of sustainability, having served on boards for local farmers’ markets, the local food co-op, the area Food Policy Council, the Commission on Sustainability and more. Sharing healthful food Much of her efforts currently are around the Healthful Food for All Fund, a program she helped found that purchases foods left after the farmer’s market for half price and donates them to local charities. This year the Sisters of Providence Peace with Justice Fund helped support the effort....