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Our Providence Community 2025-26 Laudato Si Action Platform Plan
...God for the harm humans have done to Earth, and the social mission of Jesus the Christ, who calls us to co-create and care for all of creation. Significant Milestones in Our Care for Creation 1996 Chapter: Established the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice 2011 Chapter: Adopted the Sisters of Providence Land Ethic 2016 Chapter: Established the Climate Change Task Force (CCTF), now known as the Climate Crisis Task Force 2018 Annual Meeting: Committed to the Providence Climate Agreement 2021...
Meaningful new names for the roads of Saint Mary’s
...days, she was a member of the basketball team that played in the first recorded intercollegiate basketball game in school history when SMWC defeated Indiana Normal College in 1920. She became a revered English teacher and was in charge of the college Alumni program for many decades. More meaning Pomeroy Avenue crosses White Violet Place, a short road that ends at the Whites Violet Center for Eco Justice and the Farm Store. The next road is O’Shaughnessy Place, which offers...
From foodie to environmentalist
Lorrie Heber became the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice director during the spring of 2014. If you know how to cut up a whole chicken, grow your own vegetables or ever watched Julia Child’s cooking show you might have something in common with the new director of White Violet Center (WVC). Lorrie Heber is a foodie, but don’t expect her to have a snobbish attitude about it. She wants to share her love of food with everyone! She is passionate...
Sister Ann Sullivan celebrates golden jubilee
Sister Ann Sullivan, founding director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, was one of 10 Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods who recently celebrated their 50th anniversary as members of the Congregation. We join in the celebration by congratulating Sister Ann on this special anniversary! You see, in 1991 there was no White Violet Center, but the seed of that possibility was alive and growing is Sister Ann. It was Sister Ann who provided the soil in which this ministry...
A living Land Ethic
...of Providence (in training). I look forward to the ways our Land Ethic will continue to unfold as we reverence, in Mama T’s words, this “portion of (our) inheritance.” Wanna be like Aldo? • Connect with the White Violet Center – basically everything White Violet does oozes Land Ethic. Get involved – attend a workshop, volunteer, buy a garden share, support the work, and tell a friend. • Are you more EGO or ECO? Find out. Do an inventory of...
My secret life …
Late in 2014, I found myself retired for the third time and began the process of seeking volunteer opportunities. My first stop was at the Sisters of Providence. OK, it was Providential! I soon found myself caring for a Marian shrine near Providence Hall, but as Providence would have it, I stopped in at the White Violet Center to see about providing a bit of alpaca care and maybe some gardening. I had admired the charm of the alpacas for...
Sister Ruth Johnson: kinship with creation
Sister Ruth Johnson, above right, lives out her kinship with creation these days as a volunteer and fiber artist at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Above she demonstrates her alpaca fiber art to a young visitor at the annual Earth Day celebration at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. At the age of 4, Sister Ruth Johnson’s family moved to the country. She thinks she was being prepared for her belief, understanding and connection...
Did you know we need volunteer knitters?
...debut of the new Linden Leaf Gifts, a wonderful space to find unique items handmade by local artisans and a variety of fair-trade items. It is also now home to White Violet Center for Eco-Justice’s fiber arts items, many made from our very own alpacas. Since moving White Violet Center’s fiber items to Linden Leaf Gifts, sales have gone through the roof! Our hardworking volunteers make us proud. One volunteer, Janice Dukes, is a retired faculty member from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods...
Sisters of Providence “employ” special education students
...53 Vigo County high school seniors who completed their work skills training program. The official name is Covered Bridge Special Education District Community Work Skills Training Program. Each student interviews for a job in the community with collaborating employers. Four of those students have spent this school year working with the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Dustin Green and Erika Herrick have been working at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, Jessica Herrick worked in Environmental Services and Jordan Ames...
New Providence Associate candidates share what brought them here
...Providence.” “I am on a journey to increase my spirituality and faith. I’m semi-retired and have more time to put into the effort.” “I think each Sister of Providence is an ordinary person. But collectively they are far from ordinary. They are extraordinary.” “I’m a naturalist and an environmental educator. Ten years ago I met my first alpaca. This February I attended an alpaca workshop at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. I left feeling like I wasn’t leaving for good....
Deep love and healing
White Violet Center intern Ezra Meaders holds alpaca cria Danny. To hear Ezra Kyle Meadors talk about his history with the Sisters of Providence is to feel his deep love for the community, Mother Theodore and the sisters and his gratitude for the strain of Providence running through his life. Though he’s known the sisters since 2006 and has been a Providence Associate since 2012, Ezra did not originally plan to spend this time as an intern at White Violet...
Heber to attend Al Gore’s climate change training
...throughout the year. Those tools will help the Sisters of Providence regarding their justice focus of care for creation and the environment.” Lorrie said she is planning for presentations to take place at White Violet Center throughout the year. “White Violet Center provides a natural platform for advancing education and advocacy around climate change,” she said. “I plan to have presentations here and throughout the community and to incorporate what I’ve learned into our events, such as Earth Day Celebration.”...