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Volunteers find friendship, inspiration, joy
...to the doctor, worked in reception areas, re-glued shells in St. Anne Shell Chapel, volunteered at the West Terre Haute Providence Food Pantry. Soaking up the sisters Providence Associate Ann Kevin Thesing says volunteering at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods feeds her. “It inspires me. It fills me up. It centers me,” she says. Deanna Ruston spends time visiting and praying with Sister Suzanne Buthod during a volunteer week at the Woods. Ann Kevin tried out several jobs in her first years volunteering....
Providence Family Services’ Annual Rummage Sale Breaks Records
...treasures with nary a frown. The sorters arrived with a spring in their step And finished their job quickly with cheer and with pep. On Saturday morning, in spite of the mist, The shoppers arrived early and they came with their list. Friday and Saturday all enjoyed the great food Prepared lovingly by Sisters Lucy and Mary Fran—it was so good! On Sunday the whole Carcanaquez clan Cooked and served “comida”– all according to plan. The clean-up crew was efficient...
Renewing spiritually at the Woods
...themselves. Ruth has returned to her busy life. She continues to work at her business, which she feels is more of a ministry. She prays that the food she bakes will help people feel the love of Christ. When the world gets crazy, she reflects back on her time at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and her own personal journey. “The retreat armed me with everything I need.” She refers to her experience as a never ending gift. With all that happened during...
Experiencing change through the Woods
...Butler regarding Peace and Justice issues. I enjoy working with Sister Joseph Fillenwarth and Providence Food Pantry. I enjoy working with Sister Ann Casper, the executive director for Mission Advancement, and all the other sisters and colleagues I work closely with. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I have purpose. And I owe all of this to the Sisters of Providence. Thank you. I am very grateful. Read more stories of people whose lives have...
Human Rights Day: ‘I’m grateful I had the opportunity to participate’
...risk.” Sister Mary also saw Dr. Kapila speak at the CANDLES Holocaust Museum later that evening. She also was a spectator for Bill Foley, an Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist who presented “Art Meets News: The Stories and Photographs of Bill Foley,” during Human Rights Day. “His work for justice, getting the story out from very dangerous, troubled places in the world, as well as his compassion and deep human interest in persons being affected by violence, natural disasters, lack of food,...
A reflection for Easter
...Sisters Joseph and Patty Fillenwarth. More than a year ago, Sister Joseph was diagnosed with cancer. From the day of the diagnosis on, her mantra was “be positive.” She never missed a day ministering on behalf of Providence Food Pantry in West Terre Haute. Her warm smile never dimmed. During chemotherapy, she lost all of her beautiful white and wavy hair, so she began to sport a number of colorful scarves that sisters in our sewing room had fashioned for...
A Father’s Day Tribute!
...became the thing to do,” Sister Mary Beth said. “He was a master gardener who taught us a love of the land and how to grow food for our table that lasted throughout the winter until the next planting season. Half of our backyard was designated for growing potatoes and delicious vegetables! “Every tree in our yard was once a tiny sapling that he brought home from some wooded area near our home. My dad related to God through nature.”...
Meet Emily: Sister of Providence postulant introduces herself
...in the Dorothy Day Center for Faith & Justice and the Academic Service Learning program. I spent a semester in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood and took classes centered around urban communities, poverty, and injustice. During my service learning, I experienced the importance of relationships in work for justice. At one site, I worked with Sharon, who was employed as an AmeriCorps volunteer to run the food pantry. To me, AmeriCorps programs were volunteer opportunities. But I learned that Sharon found this...
A Reflection for the Installation of New Leadership
...of you participate right here on this campus or in a daycare for seniors in a crowded neighborhood of Taipei, Taiwan, or in a center for family services in a crowded neighborhood of Chicago. Communion is felt when the graduates walk across the stage in one of our schools or when people leave our food pantry or one of our spirituality programs and feel nourished. It happens every time an Associate makes his or her commitment, every time the needs...
We must pray: it is our…
We must pray: it is our food without which nourishment we perish.
Thoughts on Hydraulic Fracking
...the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of people across the United States and across the globe. (Note: This information came courtesy of www.foodandwaterwatch.org). Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as “fracking,” is a technique to extract natural gas from harder to access unconventional sources trapped in rock formations such as shale gas, coal bed methane and tight gas. (Note: This information came courtesy of Fracking and Climate Change). Reading scientific reports and reports of persons living in the area...
What has happened to us since that first Thanksgiving?
...included 50 percent who were on the Mayflower (all who remained of the 100 who had landed) and 90 Native Americans from among the Wampanoag tribe. The Native Americans were included and celebrated as instruments of God’s Providence. The Wampanoag leader, Massasoit, had given food to the colonists during the first winter, when supplies brought from England were insufficient. Squanto, a Patuxet Native American who resided with the Wampanoag tribe, taught the Pilgrims how to catch eel and grow corn,...