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First Hundred Days Strategy
...than 248,000 retailers participate in SNAP nationwide. Retailers accept SNAP as a form of payment for food purchases and redeemed a total of about $55.6 billion in benefits in 2019. (SNAP by State). WIC – (Women, Infants, Children)provides free healthy foods for low-income pregnant and postpartum women with infants and children. The WIC program also provides personalized nutrition education, breastfeeding support, referrals to other services, and more. (WIC Fact Sheet). Food Insecurity in America: Food insecurity occurs when people cannot...
Sister Jane Bodine (formerly Sister Janet)
...of the present Mother Theodore Hall, and having established a firm foundation of fundraising on which we continue to build. That experience and her growing reputation as a “pioneer in fundraising” for women religious, led to the Lilly Endowment in Indianapolis in 1988 offering her a $2.5 million grant to educate leaders of congregations in the United States on the principles and processes of fundraising. She became director of the Development Education Program for Religious Communities and for the next...
‘Were you there when they crucified, my Lord?’
‘I reflect upon the people who were there … the women grieving at the foot of the cross, especially Jesus’ mother.’ Hardly a Good Friday has passed that I have not heard or sung those soulful words of the African-American Spiritual, “Were you there when they crucified, my Lord?” As I write, I find myself humming the tune that accompanies the phrases that always catch in my throat, “Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there...
You asked and we’re answering!
...School in River Grove, Ill., and Providence Cristo Rey High School in Indianapolis, Ind. In addition, some sisters do teach in classrooms or are involved in some other capacity in schools. Our mission statement addresses the other part of your question, “where in the world do you go and what do you do there.” The Sisters of Providence are a community of Catholic women religious who collaborate with others to create a more just and hope-filled world through prayer, education,...
Newsnotes from the Sisters of Providence winter 2022
...women to become Sisters of Providence! Learn more about becoming a Sister of Providence at Become.SistersofProvidence.org Thank you for your generous help The restored St. Joseph Lake at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Thanks to all of you and many others, St. Joseph’s Lake has been completely restored! Because of your generous donations and prayers, Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods had the opportunity to gather with Father Terry Johnson in mid-September for blessings of the restored lake and a statue of St....
Sister Corbin Hannah professes final vows
...time on Earth with the pandemic and global uprising for Black lives,” Sister Corbin said. “There is a significant potential for change during this painful time. And professing perpetual vows is my ‘yes’ to giving my life to be a positive force to bring about more love, mercy, and justice in our world.” “We are always welcoming new women who wish to join in our mission,” said Sister Jenny Howard, a member of the Congregation Leadership. “The purpose of this...