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Racism’s infection within American healthcare
...most institutions in America do, with only the white man and the white body in mind. And this error has yet to be rectified. The United States’ white-centric view on public health has led to harmful, life-threatening consequences, evident through the racial health disparity occurring currently with the COVID-19 pandemic. A disproportionate number of people of color are being hospitalized and killed by this virus compared to white Americans. Though this health disparity can be attributed to a number of...
Newsnotes from the Sisters of Providence fall 2021
...age of 88. They grow up so fast! Sister Ann Sullivan in the greenhouse during her years as director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice White Violet Center for Eco-Justice has been in existence for 25 years — a quarter of a century! During the Sisters of Providence 1991 General Chapter, the Congregation committed to eco-justice and eco-spirituality. Sister Ann Sullivan, SP, offered a proposal which resulted in creating White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. The ministry opened in 1996. Happy...
Cherishing creation
...foundress, was there any other choice but for the Sisters of Providence to establish a center for eco-justice? White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, begun in 1996, also seeks to foster right relationship with all creation through advocacy, educational programming, spiritual growth experiences and ecological activities, such as organic gardening and management of alpacas. White Violet Center seeks to serve as a model of sustainability — economically, socially, spiritually and environmentally. Perhaps most importantly, the center’s vision is rooted in an...
Farm Store opening this spring
Preparations have already begun to transform a room at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice into a Farm Store. Citing changes in current consumer preference, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Director Lorrie Heber said the facility is moving forward with plans to create its own Farm Store. “Some of our traditional market channels to sell produce have changed,” Lorrie said. “We are responding to those changes.” Lorrie said “flash sales” at the center last year helped with the progress of creating...
Sustainable agriculture internships
An internship at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, might mean planting, weeding or harvesting green beans. An internship at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice has been described as the chance of a lifetime by those who have come and gone. There are many sustainable agriculture learning experiences in the world, but one at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, includes hundreds of Catholic Sisters of Providence from which to learn and be inspired. I’ve been told it’s one of...
Maren Van Cleave: A wonderful year at WVC
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice intern Maren Van Cleave cleans lettuce from the White Violet Center garden. When she came to White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC), Maren Van Cleave was very interested in fiber art and in owning her own farm someday. Spending a year at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods added more fuel to her desires. “I think it’s been interesting to see how a farm works,” the Blackfoot, Idaho, native said. “What goes into getting all of this food to...
Rainy day on and off the farm
Tuesday was a rainy day in Vigo County, Indiana, but it didn’t mean everyone at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice organic farm was sitting around twiddling their thumbs. Three interns pictured above (from left) Sasha, Ezra and Elaine took these three young alpacas (Sullie, Danny and Lilah) out for a walk on leads, otherwise called halter training. Aren’t they a cute bunch (the alpacas AND interns)! Then, a group of students from the sustainable farm at DePauw University at...
Breathing time on this organic farm
Ann Testa uses salad spinner to clean organic arugula grown at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. The small organic farm at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods packs a big punch in the way of educational and service opportunities. In fact, that’s how Ann Testa came to White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. She was an intern and AmeriCorps volunteer before becoming a full-time staff member. Now she’s training and working alongside interns and volunteers in the USDA certified organic gardens, alpaca pastures, fiber rooms, and kitchen....
Sisters and interns: becoming a little bit of each other
A relationship of connection and reverence. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice interns Liv Charlton, left and Virginia Cheij with Sister Ruth Johnson, SP. Most interns who spend months living among the Sisters of Providence while working and learning from the land gain much from the experience. Liv Charlton became an intern at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, last year shortly after graduating from high school in Des Moines, Iowa. “From being around the...
What is White Violet Center all about?
Ever wondered why the Sisters of Providence are so devoted to environmental justice? If so, our new video featuring White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a Sisters of Providence ministry since 1996, may have answers for you. In the video Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, SP, says, “As Sisters of Providence, we know that one of our greatest assets is our land, our Woods.” She talks about how the land ethic helps balance the needs of the people in the community with the...
Putting a face on the Foley Legacy Fund
...in order to break the cycle of poverty for them and their families. The Foley Legacy Fund has made the social worker position a reality. This needed position is helping students with depression, problems at home, peer challenges, food insecurity, and more. This support person also helps with the risk prevention team by providing insight into the challenges being faced by all students. White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods The Foley Legacy Fund makes a difference for the White...
Memories of Providence Brittany (RIP)
...the first alpaca born at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Sister Ann – who was the director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at the time – took some time recently to recall her memories of Providence Brittany, who she said, was quite the socialite with a tinge of spunk. “We tried a new type of socializing recommended at that time, of touching the crias as much as possible to accustom them to touch and making it easier to handle them,” Sister Ann...