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Sadie Laing: My time at White Violet Center
Sadie Laing prepares water for the alpacas at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. For as long as she can remember, Sadie Laing has had an interest in sustainability and the arts. During a Google search for fiber arts, Sadie, 23, happened across White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) and was intrigued. The Rochester, Minnesota, native had finished her time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and spent a year at...
No time for despair: climate change reality
...Coordinating Commission on a plan for sharing this information with sisters, Providence Associates, and everyone else in the greater SP community and beyond. Look for more information and opportunities to see this presentation in the coming months. “Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening for the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life.” The Earth Charter, as quoted by Pope...
‘Green’ Investments
...Force, I offer this brief information on sustainability investing that I hope will be helpful in your conversations with an investor company agent as you make decisions for both sustainable Earth and you. Sustainable investing is a way of investing that provides strong returns while also allowing the investing party to stay true to their values. Sustainable investing focuses on doing good for the world, unlike more traditional investing, whose aims are generally strongly focused on individual gain. To my...
Season of Creation 2022: Care for Creation Resources
...Si’ Movement Money saving guide to going green at home Purdue Global: 45 Sustainability Resources You Need To Know Books All We can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson; Katharine Wilkinson Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants, by Robin Kimmerer Care for Creation – A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth, by Ilia Delio, O.S.F. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, by Paul Hawken...
From farming to teaching to counseling to care of Earth: Sister Ann Sullivan’s story
...for the Sisters of Providence International Assembly which passed almost unanimously. Thereafter, the Sisters of Providence leadership created a planning committee comprised of Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College personnel, experts in organic farming and area farmers. They sought help from Purdue University, where there was some interest in organic farming. The organic gardeners in Terre Haute helped to educate White Violet staff and to get their first beehives started. Educational programs on issues of sustainability through the lens of...
How to Meet with Congress
...that they support peace, justice, and sustainability. Forming a Delegation: Gather a group of three or more who commit to visiting local offices of legislators Start by designating a group leader and a note-taker. Group Leader: Before Meeting Set a pre-meeting date and location with legislator’s office staff, Find out how much time you have for the lobby visit, Decide which issues will be raised as well as the “ask,” Plan who in the delegation will raise which issues; decide...
Today is Monday in case you were wondering.
...19-25, is a great time to take a moment and thank our volunteers and all others who donate their time and talent to so many wonderful organizations. This week we will be highlighting a few of our current volunteers so we can shine a light on all they do. April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the very first Earth Day. The Sisters of Providence are passionate about their commitment to sustainability and the care of our resources here...
A Prayer for Arbor Day, April 24, 2020
...why not make a stronger commitment to sustainability by signing our Providence Climate Agreement? Remote preparation During the days preceding your individual or group prayer, set aside a time to experience a tree. Choose a window where you can simply gaze at it. Go for a walk and settle before it. Invite it to speak to you, then listen closely. Speak to it. Praise it in a haiku or other small poem. Sketch a branch. Hug it to share its...
Political Engagement Committee: Our Platform
...in African cities: Scope, potentiality and challenges. (Development Southern Africa), Elmond Bandauko, Elias Maxhindu, Ndarova Audrey Kwangwama, Godfery Chikowore, 2016 The other infrastructure gap: Sustainability – human rights and environmental perspectives. (United Nations Human Rights), Heinrich Boll Stiftung, 2018 4. We support caring for the Earth through agriculture by: Reducing tillage, Expanding crop rotations, Planting cover crops, Reintegrating livestock into crop production systems, and Capturing the excess carbon generated by other related industries Supporting Articles Maintain healthy soil with crop...
Meaningful work
...Providence have in recent weeks been engaged in reflection on and conversation about their “ministry stories” as together we move forward with our 2011 Chapter commitment to “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.“ The process has encouraged us to question ourselves about our individual and corporate ministries and to consider the impact of our past, present and future ministries on advancing the...
Evolving Providence in time of pandemic and beyond
...she said. Programs to which the sisters now welcome their neighbors focus on healthy aging, memory care, sustainability, Taizé prayer and a variety of ecumenical retreats and workshops on prayer and spirituality. A group of high school students from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis visit and tour Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. These kinds of programs will become even more important as the United States and the Wabash Valley emerge into the reality of a post pandemic age in coming months. Always open...
Newsnotes
...greet visitors to the Sisters of Providence booth. 20 years serving together 2020 marked the 20th year that White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) welcomed students from the Center for Service and Justice at Creighton University on their alternative spring break. “We were attracted to the combination of faith, justice, and environmental sustainability WVC and the Sisters of Providence offered,” said Ken Reed-Bouley, the current director of the center at the Jesuit University. Eight students and their advisors traveled all...