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Prayer in this Time of Need
Please join us on this National Day of Prayer, in praying this prayer (see below) together with the Sisters of Providence. The Sisters of Providence are praying for you and your families daily. Sister Paula Damiano shares with us how she came to write this special prayer in these anxious times. Note from Sister Paula, author of Prayer in this Time of Need: I was asked what it was that made me write this prayer. I can only say that...
Letter to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
The following is a letter the Congregation’s General Council and Justice Coordinating Commission created for Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan: Dear Cardinal Dolan, We write to you as the Congregational Leadership Team and the Justice Coordinating Commission of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. We want you to know that we remember you in our Eucharistic liturgies when we seek God’s guidance for all Church leaders. Yours is a special responsibility considering your role in leading...
Political Engagement Committee: Our Platform
On May 19, 2020, the Climate Change Task Force affirmed the following platform to inform and encourage discussion among the Providence Community, to aid in identifying candidates for elected office who support these positions, and to engage candidates in a discussion about policies related to global climate change. From the Providence Climate Agreement: “Mindful of the effects of climate injustice on the cosmos, Earth, and all creatures of Earth, particularly the most vulnerable, we commit to work for climate justice...
Reforestation is critical to meeting Paris Climate Change accord targets, research says
Note: The following blog links to one of our Platform Tenets regarding supporting reforestation and ecological restoration. Sarah Wesseler, a Brooklyn-based writer, recently reported that climate change experts accept that reducing greenhouse gas emissions – even doing so substantially – won’t be sufficient for limiting atmospheric warming to the 2-degree Celsius (3.6-degrees Fahrenheit) goal of the Paris Climate Agreement. And with carbon capture technologies years away from maturity and widespread commercialization, one option is to take advantage of proven nature-based...
Complexity of Life and its Dependence on the Environment
Note: The following blog links to one of our Platform Tenets regarding supporting reforestation and ecological restoration. In Chapter 1 of “Our Planet, Our Health, Our Responsibility,” Werner Arber writes that because of the extensive scientific research carried out over the past 200 years, we have obtained increasingly better insights into the ongoing evolution of living organisms and their habitats. We have thereby acquired information on the complexity of life and its dependence on the environment, which lead us to...
Leadership Team shares statement on United States exit from Paris Climate Agreement
Note: The following statement was crafted by several national faith organizations. The Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR), of which the Congregation is a member, also joined in sharing their dismay as the United States formally exited from the Paris Climate Agreement. As religious organizations representing a diversity of faith traditions we profoundly regret that today the United States formally exits the Paris Agreement on climate change, the world’s best framework for action to address the climate crisis. Global climate...
‘Tis the Season of Visions and Dreams
Visions and dreams still have the power to bring about transformative change. What do Pope Francis, Greta Thunberg, and the Sisters of Providence have in common as they dream dreams? How do they call us to bring these dreams to action? All over the world, young people are leading the way in the struggle for climate justice. Greta Thunberg has inspired youth as they dream of a world without climate deniers: Those who – fueled by short-term financial interests of...
Our Letter to President Biden
Note: Just prior to the 2021 Inauguration, we sent a letter to President Biden, which was signed by many others, including Providence Associates and other women religious, that explained our climate position and congratulated him not only for his presidential victory but for his climate platform. Here is the letter in its entirety: Dear President Joseph R. Biden, The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, Providence Associates, and our Partners in Mission congratulate you on your election and offer...
Welcoming the Spring Equinox
This Saturday, March 20 is the spring equinox this year. Yes, some of you may have learned that the spring equinox is March 21. It is a “movable feast” because of a complicated relationship of Sun and Earth, in Earth’s yearly trip around Sun. It is probably worth noting that I use those capitals and don’t say, “the sun and the earth.” Years ago, Sister Barbara Doherty told a group of Sisters at some meeting that in her study of...
Earth Day Every Day: Follow the cabbage
“We eat by the grace of nature, not industry, and what we’re eating is never anything more or less than the body of the world.” Michael Pollan I was so taken by that line as I was finishing “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan, hot off the press in 2006. Those words still resonate 15 years later. Whenever I give myself the time to stop and think about the food on my plate, it’s a marvel that any of it...
Mason jar soil test
Plants need sun, water and healthy soil to grow. You can’t control the sun and nature and where you live will heavily influence your water. But you can have a beneficial impact on your soil if you know what it needs. Learn how to easily take a mason jar soil sample in your backyard. Check out this video. https://youtu.be/IW8cCxAkGA8...
Grow your own plants from seeds
Every cabbage starts as a seed. Growing your own plants from seed is an economical way to grow a large number of plants. There are so many varieties to choose from–way more than you can find in nurseries and garden centers. You don’t need a lot of fancy equipment to get started, in fact, you can raid your recycle pile! https://youtu.be/azP5r32LWYg...