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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...
Creighton Students Volunteer at the Farm
Alternative break groups from Creighton University have volunteered at the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, for many years. The Nebraska based Jesuit university has similar values to that of the Sisters of Providence and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College: Service, justice and academic excellence. The White Violet Center for Eco-Justice Farm seemed a perfect place for students to learn about sustainability and get their hands dirty in the garden. University of Creighton students on their alternative break volunteering for Providence...
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...
From uncomfortable to comfortable
Students from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, spent their fall break giving service at White Violet Center. From left, Bianca Mina, Alyssa Yuen, Lindsey Mack, Ameer Chughtai, and Will Moore. Five students from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, spent their fall break at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice giving service and learning more about sustainable living this week. Alyssa Yuen, Ameer Chughtai, Bianca Mina, Lindsey Mack, and Will Moore arrived last Sunday and will begin the eight hour drive home...
Sister Kathleen Desautels: Collaborating for justice
Sister Kathleen Desautels, second from left, with other peacemakers at a recent protest against the School of Americas. For nearly three decades, Sister Kathleen Desautels (formerly Sister Mary Colleen) has been at the forefront of justice. As a staff member at the 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago, Sister Kathleen knows a lot about collaborating for justice. The Sisters of Providence are one of six Catholic religious congregations who founded the center in 1974. Today a total of 34...
Margaret Lynch
...Indianapolis (1982-83); Teacher, Indianapolis Scecina High School, Indianapolis (1983-84); Director of Youth Ministry, Diocese of Evansville, Evansville (1986-87); Director of Religious Education, St. Joan of Arc Religious Education Center, Kokomo (1987-92); Pastoral Associate for Adult Formation, St. Paul Parish, Marion (1993-94); Adult Education Teacher/Staff, Providence Self Sufficiency Ministries/Beechwood Center, New Albany (1994-97); Adult Education Teacher/Staff, Providence Self Sufficiency Ministries/Parkview Center, New Albany (1997-98); Parish Life Coordinator, St. Leonard (West Terre Haute), St. Mary Parish, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village (1998-2005); Ministry of...
Linda Kaliker
...the manager of the Providence Center Gift Shop, now known as Linden Leaf Gifts. Sister Linda Kaliker (formerly Sister Marie Theodore) Complete Ministry In Indiana: Teacher, St. Ann School, Indianapolis (1962-64); Teacher, St. Joseph School, Jasper (1967-74); Teacher, Holy Spirit School, Indianapolis (1974-81); Residential Superintendent, Riverview Care Center, Fort Wayne (1987-89); Consultant, Sears Telecatalog, Fort Wayne (1989-93); Adult Literacy Consultant, Idea Center, Huntington (1993-94); Manager, Providence Center Gift Shop, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1995-98); Gift Shop Staff, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1998-205); Assistant Manager...
Holy and profane
...of the interns at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, and his friend Tony, who was visiting. Through this conversation, I realized how closely my interaction with my uncles relates to the mission of the White Violet Center to promote health and healing for all creation. Eco-spirituality rests on the idea that all creation is holy. A theological or philosophical outlook that separates the holy from the profane gives us license to abuse the “profane.” Ezra, Tony and I had...
Being ‘Stickered’
...have a special message on the back of a label; my label last Saturday was the word ‘GORGEOUS,’ so I looked out at the autumn colored trees and whispered: ‘You are gorgeous; thank you for being you.’” On the opposite end of the question is Sister Janice Smith, “NO! I don’t look forward to being stickered. I am always so afraid that I will forget to go get them that it generally is another stressor to me. But it does help...
Gentle Yoga in O’Shaughnessy Hall
February 22 at 9:00 am – 10:00 am EST O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall, Providence Spirituality & Conference Center 1 Sisters of Providence Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876 Sisters of Providence White Violet Center for Eco-Justice 812-535-2930 View Facilitator Website $15 Join us for the upcoming Gentle Yoga Program! The program will take place on Sunday, February 22, from 9-10 a.m. Explore a new kind of Yoga Studio in O’Shaughnessy Hall on the campus of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana! Built in 1921, this historic...
Peace & Justice
As a community dedicated to advocating for the marginalized, we Sisters of Providence join our voices with others in speaking out about many peace and justice issues of great importance in our world. Learn more about justice concerns dear to our hearts here....
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...