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World AIDS Day: Sisters respond to AIDS epidemic, part 2

By Ezra (Kyle) Meadors | December 1, 2018 |

In 1993, Sister Carole Kimes was ministering as a hospice nurse in Indianapolis. “One of my patients who touched me most was Bill,” said Sister Carole. “He taught me how those living with AIDS were alienated from others due to fear. He taught me about loving the person and not fearing the person because of diagnosis.”

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Take the pledge to support asylum seekers

By Sisters of Providence | November 30, 2018 |

The Leadership Team and many Sisters of Providence have joined more than 4,000 persons who have already pledged to support asylum seekers. Won’t you join us? We want to share…

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Leadership Team shares LCWR statement on public charge comment deadline

By Sisters of Providence | November 30, 2018 |

The Leadership Team and Justice Promoter wanted to share with you this updated message from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR): Dear Friends, If you haven’t already we hope…

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Remembering sisters’ loving response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic

By Ezra (Kyle) Meadors | November 30, 2018 |

“It struck me as something I would be very interested in. I was attracted to the fact that it was a place for people who are alienated,” Sister Marilyn Therese Lipps remembered thinking after reading about a new center opening up in the 1980s in response to the local AIDS crisis.

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Crossing the Borders of our Hearts

By Sister Donna Butler | November 29, 2018 |

While we may not be able physically to minister to the many families at the U.S border, we are not powerless

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‘Walking Toward Hope’

By Sisters of Providence | November 27, 2018 |

This year, you are invited to join the spiritual journey of “Walking Toward Hope,” by participating in the eight-part series

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‘Green’ Investments

By Sister Barbara Sheehan | November 15, 2018 |

Will you join in with your investment choices? Will you sign on to the Providence Climate Agreement if you haven’t done so?

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Well-Being … What does it mean? Consider …

By Jude Magers | November 14, 2018 |

Well-being is two words brought together as a way to express life experience

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Writing a Manifesto

By Sisters of Providence | October 5, 2018 |

… our recent focus on intersectionality helped illustrate the inescapable connections between people and a dangerously changing planet …

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Celebrating the Feast of Saint Francis

By Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp | October 4, 2018 |

I can’t help but believe that if our hearts were so totally converted, as Francis allowed his to be, Earth might be an entirely different world

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Call to Action: Attend Town Hall meetings and other Meet-the-Candidate events!

By Sisters of Providence | October 1, 2018 |

These are excellent opportunities to ask candidates about their commitment to environmentally sound decision-making and impress upon them the importance of this matter to the Providence Community

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Leadership Team shares LCWR statement on immigration

By Sisters of Providence | September 25, 2018 |

This attempt to target the most vulnerable within the immigrant community violates the tenets of our faith and threatens the values of our nation

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“Without distinction of persons, do good to all for the love of God.” -Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. Join us on our journey of advocacy and action for all people and for all Gods’ creation. Learn more about our mission for environmental and social justice.

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