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Nun opposes Texas religious policy at executions

By Jason Moon | November 3, 2021 |

Watch this Associated Press interview with our Justice Promoter Sister Barbara Battista in which she explains why she signed a brief submitted to the Supreme Court against a policy in…

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Advocates hope Supreme Court case will expand religious rights on death row

By Jason Moon | October 25, 2021 |

“To deny a person in their last moments of life another human being who’s there not as part of the killing machine just seems such an abuse of power.” Sister…

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Archdiocese Corrections Ministry honors Sister Dorothy Rasche

By Jason Moon | October 25, 2021 |

‘Sister Dorothy is a stalwart in visiting those who are incarcerated.’

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Laudato Si’ Platform Commitment Statement

By Sisters of Providence | October 22, 2021 |

This commitment is made in love, mercy and justice, knowing that we are participating in God’s Providential work of transformation, and trusting in “that Providence that so far has never failed us.”

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Redecorating our Guest Room

By Lorrie Heber | October 20, 2021 |

This process will reinvigorate the existing growth

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Nun says border situation alarming and confusing

By Jason Moon | October 13, 2021 |

“It is alarming and confusing to have such an exaggerated response to families who are seeking an opportunity to be heard and to seek asylum.” — Sister Tracey Horan If…

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Sisters, VCHD team up for mobile vaccine clinic

By Jason Moon | September 24, 2021 |

The Sisters of Providence urge all people eligible for vaccination to attend any of the VCHD mobile clinics

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Sisters of Providence ministry founders

By Jason Moon | September 23, 2021 |

any Sisters of Providence have followed in the footsteps of foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and her early companions by establishing and founding ministries to meet the needs of those around them throughout the years. Here is a look at just a few of those ministries:

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Love, mercy, justice: working together to welcome the stranger

By Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp | September 23, 2021 |

ne TeKolste’s reflection on her family’s journey to welcome an asylum family with the same love with which Mother Theodore and her companions were welcomed by the Thralls family more than 180 years ago.

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What is asylum?

By Sister Tracey Horan | September 23, 2021 |

t definition of asylum in the U.S. is based on the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees. It was created when countries came together in the wake of the Holocaust and committed that never again would they return people fleeing persecution to danger.

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Mother Theodore, Providence Associate Kate Childs Graham: writers encouraging goodness

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | September 23, 2021 |

It’s doubtful Mother Theodore wrote so her words would be preserved. She may have written to encourage others to persevere. Providence Associate Kate Childs Graham, speech writer for Vice President Kamala Harris, seems to have that same hope — that her writing will encourage others to persevere in living lives of faith, commitment, candor and compassion.

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Sisters to take part in historical marker dedication

By Jason Moon | September 17, 2021 |

‘We’re righting a wrong that happened 120 years ago.’

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