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Always a challenge for me

By Lorrie Heber | June 13, 2018 |

Losing our carbon ‘weight’ is no longer a ‘need to,’ as in ‘I’ll get around to it someday.’ It’s a MUST do and a MUST do NOW!

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Sisters and interns: becoming a little bit of each other

By Cheryl Casselman | May 25, 2018 |

“There’s no way either one of us could go without being touched by the other after we’ve come in contact,” Sister Ruth explained. “We become a little bit them and they become a little bit us.”

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A poem inspired by spring at the Woods

By Sheila Galvin | April 27, 2018 |

Reserves
Did Trees stand tall at your arrival?
Did Wind whisper a welcome in your ear?

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Mecca of the Midwest by Jan Phillips

By Sisters of Providence | March 8, 2018 |

‘Abundance was all I saw, all I felt.’

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Learn more about White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

By Mary Riley | February 2, 2018 |

Teaching, caring, inspiring for all creation. At White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence, you’ll find a USDA certified organic garden,…

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Sign this petition!

By Sisters of Providence | November 20, 2017 |

Sign the Catholic Climate Petition and support the Pope’s ecological call

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Keeping Earth: Religious and Scientific Perspectives on the Environment

By Sister Ann Sullivan | September 8, 2017 |

From the time of the first humans assessing where they were and who created them and their world, there has been an understanding that the Universe was created by the…

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The gift of Earth: a prayer moment

By Joan Frisz | May 28, 2017 |

Challenges for the week to tend to the gift of Earth:
• Spend time in nature;
• Look out for life, human and other, in your little patch of the world;
• Live compassionately toward all God’s creatures;

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No time for despair: climate change reality

By Lorrie Heber | May 9, 2017 |

So, why must we change? Drought, floods, fires, extreme weather, uninhabitable places, rising sea levels, species extinction, refugees, disease, food insecurity, inescapable heat … I could go on. Virtually nothing that we know about Earth is untouched by climate change. And no one.

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Earth Day: A Holy Day of Obligation

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | April 20, 2017 |

Our fragile Earth IS HOLY

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Nature is a powerful healing source

By Josh Price | January 7, 2017 |

The notion of the healing power of nature is something I feel I have always been inherently aware of; however, hearing the quote from John Muir brought this idea to the surface of my thoughts and since then, I have found myself observing nature through this lens. Josh Price shares why he thinks White Violet Center is a magical place.

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Sister has life changing trip to Standing Rock Sioux Nation

By Cheryl Casselman | November 6, 2016 |

Sister of Providence Joni Luna recently traveled from Indiana to stand with the Native Americans keeping vigil of sacred burial ground on the high plains of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota.
They call themselves water protectors not protestors, as they peacefully protest the North Dakota Access pipeline.

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Ecospirituality has been defined as “a manifestation of the spiritual connection between human beings and the environment.” As members of one sacred Earth community, the Sisters of Providence have committed themselves individually and communally to care for our resources and to make decisions regarding their current and future use as they seek to balance their individual and SP communal economic needs with the sustainability needs of Earth community.

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