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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...
Sustainable farm living and learning
Current White Violet Center for Eco-Justice interns, from left are, Becca, Elaine, Alexis, Julia, Ezra and Sasha. Interns from New Jersey, Texas, Chicago, California, Louisiana, and Indiana are living in community and learning about sustainable agriculture at White Violet Center this summer. Here’s a quick introduction. Julia Duphiney, of Ocean Grove, New Jersey, is an animation student at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Becca Goodman, of Indianapolis and Sullivan County, IN, is an environmental science sophomore who just transferred...
Come out to our Volunteer Open House
...the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice gardens. Volunteer opportunities range from working in the organic White Violet Center for Eco-Justice farm in the garden or with the alpacas and chickens, administrative support/welcome desks, I.T. programming, store assistance at the White Violet Farm Store or Linden Leaf Gifts, visiting sisters and other health care residents, assisting in our Resource Center or Providence Food Pantry, researching and writing for our Mission Advancement office, or many one-time events like Christmas Fun at the...
University of Scranton: Week of service 2019
This May, students from The University of Scranton, a Catholic and Jesuit university in Pennsylvania, spent a week of service with the Sisters of Providence. During their time at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice they weeded, mulched and planted. They also did alpaca and chicken chores. They even got to experience the birth of a cria who was named Providence Ignatius in celebration of our ongoing relationship with Jesuit schools. Students also had the opportunity to volunteer at Providence Food...
Isabelle McCurdy: Involved in all aspects at WVC
White Violet Center intern Isabelle McCurdy takes a family on a tour of the facility, showing them the chickens. After Isabelle McCurdy graduated from high school, she wanted to take a year off before attending college in order to pursue one of her passions. Social justice. While exploring the topic, she found the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) website. Being a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, Isabelle, 19, was immediately intrigued after seeing the...
Growing passion for sustainable agriculture
...has given me many unique experiences with the garden as well as fiber arts and the animals. Liv Charlton participates in a tatting workshop for interns at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. I have a cat at home, but that’s the most experience with caring for an animal that I’ve ever had! Working with the chickens and alpacas was a completely new thing for me. Despite being told by a previous intern that “the alpacas can sense...
Sisters of Providence celebrate Jubilees
...Mental Health Center, Spoon River Center, Henry County, Cambridge (1979-84). In Indiana: Department Chairperson of Psychology, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1984-88); Provincial Councilor, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1988-92); Assistant Professor of Psychology, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1992-95); Director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (1995-2008); Instructor of Psychology and Theology, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2010-15); Counselor, Consultant, Retreat/workshop presenter, Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2015-18); Consultant, Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (2018-20). 70-year Jubilarians Sister Kathleen Dede,...
Celebrate 2016 with the SPs!
...Huong Pham marked her silver jubilee. Cause for celebration indeed! Their gifts continue to touch people’s lives on a daily basis as a child advocate, nurse, hospital chaplain and a minister of care with those in a nursing home setting. The White Violet Center for Eco-Justice celebrated 20 years of teaching, caring and inspiring for all creation. This ministry was selected as a west-central Hoosier Green Light Award recipient by Sustainable Indiana 2016, an Earth Charter Indiana initiative. Also during...
Mary Catherine Duffy
...Principal, Colegio San Jose, Arequipa (1971-75). In Indiana: Archdiocese Hispanic Apostolate, St. Mary Parish, Indianapolis (1975-78); Second Councilor Director of Christian Development, St. Gabriel Provincial House, Indianapolis (1978-82); Provincial Councilor/Care of Parents, St. Gabriel Provincial House, Indianapolis (1982-86); Religion Teacher/Care of Parent, St. Matthew School, Indianapolis (1986-87); Hispanic Wholistic Education Center, St. Mary Parish, Indianapolis (1987-88); Executive Director, Hispanic Education Center, Indianapolis (1988-97); Executive Director, Hispanic Education Center, Indianapolis (1998-2004); Immigration Assistance, Marian Center, Indianapolis (2004-14); Volunteer consultant for immigration...
Update: St. Mary’s Senior Housing
...others you know. Creighton University lends a hand Nine students and two chaperones from Creighton University, a Jesuit university located in Omaha, Nebraska, spent their spring break helping out at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. They worked in the garden, cleaned and painted in the Center, and also volunteered at Providence Food Pantry and Helping Hands Thrift store in West Terre Haute. They also got to spend time with the alpacas and chickens. We’re so thankful for their help and...
Earth Day should be every day
...Restore our Earth! It can seem a bit daunting but there is still a path for us all to work together to heal our planet. When much of the world went into lockdown this past year, we saw countless stories of how changes in our behavior can positively impact our world for the better. With this in mind, the team at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, wanted to find ways to still...
Social Justice: Answering the Call
...a young woman named Emily TeKolste was in Terre Haute when Nuns on the Bus made a stop. At Xavier University, Emily had been involved in working for justice in organizations like the Dorothy Day Center for Faith & Justice, and was interested in the Sisters of Providence. Chatting with Emily, one of the sisters on the bus suggested she consider religious life. Emily replied, “I’m on it.” Emily soon entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence. In 2019,...