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General Chapter 2011
...to it.” Saint Mother Theodore Guerin To free ourselves to better respond to urgent global issues, especially those impacting women and Earth: We will engage in a Congregation-wide assessment of all of our ministries to determine their sustainability and effectiveness as lived expressions of love, mercy and justice. We will create new forms of collaboration with Providence Associates and other partners for the mission. We will commit to those ministries which best respond to the signs of the times and...
Sister Helen Vinton brings hope in an unsteady environment
...decade after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, SMHA recovered 1,064 homes, businesses and churches in 1120 villages with 10.5 million dollars, all in private donations. SMHA responded to the BP oil spill which severely impacted family fishers. SMHA created an “honor loan” program that gave fishers a way to pay their bills in the short term while they could not fish. SMHA established a permanent Fisher Loan Fund for the long-term sustainability of the industry. This fund was started from the...
Clothed in simplicity
...place. This rack illustrates something I love about the Sisters of Providence. This exchange of clothing represents sharing, simple living, re-using resources and living sustainability. It also represents continuity with the past. Yesterday as I was looking, this realization struck me. After Vatican II, Congregations of religious sisters were asked to take a new look at themselves. They were asked to adapt to the conditions of the time. Their habit, or clothing, was to “be suited to the circumstances of...
Did you know … cloth diapering makes a difference?
...land ethics,” he said. “They fit perfectly with the values of financial sustainability, as well as taking care of the earth. Ryan and his wife, Kristen, know about the cost savings first-hand. “We switched to cloth diapers to save ourselves all that money versus going to the store two and three times a week and spending $3,000 by the time our daughter is potty trained,” Ryan said. “The savings has been great.” Organic cotton diapers are natural and safer for...
SP mission: alive with the times
...their sustainability and effectiveness, to create new forms of collaboration, and to develop a Land Ethic to guide our decision-making on our use of all our lands now and into the future. From 1840 to 2013 our mission has remained unchanged. The expression of that mission, the way we live it out has evolved so that we can continue to serve people facing the pressing needs of the times. Like Saint Mother Theodore, we Sisters of Providence throughout our history...
Sister Denise Wilkinson: A Reflection
...the General Chapter (2014), Providence Health Care attains Medicare certification (2013) and admits lay persons for short-term rehabilitation and therapy, and later for long-term care (2015), National Religious Retirement Office consultants engaged for long range planning to assess, property, buildings and operations; resulted in decommissioning of Owens Hall and major decisions toward sustainability in operations (2015), Established Justice Coordinating Commission (2016), Mission Integration program established for staffs of sponsored institutions and ministries (2016), Approved of co-ed at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College...
New Postulant enters Sisters of Providence
...almost every way you can name. But something didn’t feel right.” Emily TeKolste (right) with General Superior Sister Denise Wilkinson, with the keys to her new home in the formation community at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Emily added her knowledge of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice – a ministry of the Sisters of Providence – also played a role in her decision. “I was particularly interested in that because of my background in sustainability issues and work in sustainable agriculture,” she said....
New energy, focus for justice
...well, you will not be surprised by this list. The sisters’ bold commitment to environmental sustainability has been lived out through the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and its programming over the past 20 years. The issue of human trafficking might bring back memories of the sisters’ involvement in a human trafficking awareness campaign leading up to Super Bowl 2012 in Indianapolis. Ministries like Providence in the Desert in Coachella, California, and Providence Family Services in Chicago, Illinois, have extended...
From fashion to fiber arts
...study. “It’s doing a really good job of filling in the holes in my formal education … I was always interested in sustainability, but didn’t really know how to approach it. I wasn’t sure how I could get involved … I think it’s helping to shape my future educational decisions.” As a child, Sadie spent much of her time doodling and sketching clothes. She felt it was the only thing she could imagine herself doing, and thus pursued it in...
The Practice of Homemaking and Community Shaping
...called to do this — and to understand, accept, and live with the deep differences in perceptions of home and community that exist among us. In response to our growing awareness that Earth is our home and needs our care, some special practices of homemaking are moving into the foreground today. As we engage in various practices that promote sustainability — healing our land, reducing, reusing, recycling, spinning, knitting, weaving, simplifying our lives — we participate in some of the...
The art of hands-on learning
...sisters and staff here are so devoted to sustainability and seem genuinely excited to be doing what they are doing every day.” Mallory is quite talented herself. She began creating oil paintings in high school for family and friends, working from photographs. Now she is teaching herself how to make illustrations with pen and ink and would like to someday participate in a botanical illustration program. Mallory enjoys working in the garden She has worked as a farm assistant at...
Restlessness led to liberation as a woman religious
...the Sisters of Providence. The adventure began and I have not looked back. It is a life of liberation. That liberation is a result of the grace that comes in committing to the vows of poverty (sustainability), chastity (unbounded love for Creation) and obedience (listening to movement of the Spirit.) I am free to follow the Gospel values with the example of Jesus guiding my daily choices. There is freedom in seeing the world through the lens of Providence. Come...