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Sister Rose Marita Riordan
...Care, where she volunteered for years, they called her the “white tornado!” A former colleague at the day care wrote, “She was a remarkable woman who in her 80s could work circles around the rest of us,” said Sister Ann Casper in her commentary for Sister Rose Marita Riordan, who died on Sunday, March 19, at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 95 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 78 years. Others marveled at her agility, crawling around...
Sister Emily TeKolste professes first vows with Sisters of Providence
...related issues. Sister Simone Campbell, SSS, serves as the executive director of the organization. During the ceremony on June 30, Sister Emily was presented the symbol of the Congregation, a white cross with a black symbol to represent Christ in the world, described by some as the white cross of gladness. This symbol is worn by all professed sisters as a sign of her vowed commitment to God and neighbor. “I felt really loved and supported as family and friends...
Sister Bernadetta Ryan
...and buildings had been burned and the necessary proof was not available. Undaunted, she marched her father to the Visa Office and said, “Look here is my proof of birth!” And there she stood, a white haired lady with a white haired father. She got her visa! To all in Community who knew Bernadetta knew of her loving devotion to her father and the wonderful disposition in caring for him way into his late 90s. This truly was a star...
Why is it so difficult to talk about racism?
Last year ended with white people phoning law enforcement for Black people utilizing city parks, being real estate agents and cleaning their yards. Then followed 2020. It feels like we are living in some really dark times. Providence Associates Lynda Parker and Pearlette Springer First, it was the pandemic. It left us sheltered-in-place for weeks on end. Then we learned that Blacks and Hispanics are being affected by COVID-19 at a higher rate than whites. Yet there are no testing...
Resources on racism, Black history, anti-racism
Books Alexander, Michelle. “The New Jim Crow” Baldwin, James. “The Fire Next Time” Coates, Tanehisi. “Between Me and the World” (written in the form of a letter to his son) DiAngelo, Robin. “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People To Talk About Racism” Douglas, Kelly Brown. “Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God” Kendi, Ibram X. “How to Be an Anti-racist” Kendi, Ibram X. “Stamped from the Beginning” Oluo, Ijeoma. “So You Want to Talk...
“Racial Justice and the Catholic Church” book review
...Catholic Church.” It is worth reading — and perhaps inviting others to join you in a book discussion. We might be able to start finding ways to engage in a truly universal faith tradition, embracing the Paschal Mystery that life comes after death — in this case, death to white supremacy. Hear more from Father Bryan Massingale at NETWORK’s upcoming event, “White Supremacy and American Christianity” April 9 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Register for the event here. (Originally published at networklobby.org.)...
Oral history: Sister Barbara Ann Bluntzer
...being in Chicago. School integration Sister Barbara Ann tells of the challenges of her first time in Oklahoma City schools because they were not integrated at that time. And an all-white parish and a white pastor liked it that way. An African American physician came to the school to enroll his children, but the pastor would not allow it. The doctor then went to the Bishop, and the children were enrolled in school. When she returned to teach a few...
Death Penalty Education
...(murdered by the state): The Death Penalty Information Center reports that since 1976 there have been 1,594 executions across the country. More than 75 percent of death row defendants who have been executed were sentenced to death for killing white victims, even though in society as a whole about half* of all homicide victims are African American. Seventy-five percent of murder victims in cases resulting in execution were white, even though nationally only 50 percent of murder victims are white....
Newsnotes Fall 2020
...loving care to a world in need. Farm store responds This past March when the world shut down, the White Violet Center team knew we needed to come up with a plan. After all, the chickens and the crops we had already planted didn’t know there was a pandemic. So within a week of the stay-at-home order, our new website was up and running. At a time when there was a lot of food insecurity, customers could submit their orders...
Caring for God’s gifts: the natural environment and faith
...or her contributions, they will readily locate them in many responsible publications. Most of the best organizations have excellent Web sites on crucial issues. For those who use the Internet, a few of the reliable organizations include: www.whiteviolet.org www.environmentaldefense.org www.networklobby.org www.earthcharter.org www.sojo.net www.sierraclub.org A net search for “environmental issues” on Google or Yahoo will yield many other possibilities. Your own interest and ingenuity will lead you to many other sources. We live in an era that makes great demands on...
Our special practices
...the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice — “hope and healing for earth.” This perception is offering us a still newer lens through which to more clearly identify who we are as Sisters of Providence. Clearly, the externals of any practice are not static. They change continually. Each period of history requires that we find new ways to express the truth of the mandates of the Gospel. Hospitality in the year 2005 is expressed very differently than it was in 1540...
The charism of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
...hospitality offered through Saint Mary’s residential life and health care facilities. The Congregation continues to sponsor ministries whose roots can be traced to those she began, but which challenge her daughters to “lean with all their weight on Providence” by adapting to contemporary needs. The White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods continues not only cultivation of the grounds and education, but also strives to relate local and global perspectives. Providence Self Sufficiency Ministries, a separately incorporated sponsored ministry...