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Sister Helen Jean Vinton: a woman for all time

Sister Helen Jean instilled in me the sense that God’s creation given to us must be protected. Her quiet way, her love for God’s creation and her passion for teaching influenced so many young minds.

Sister Ann Casper
April 20, 2015
Alumni, As seen in HOPE, Environmental Justice

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Ecological pioneer teacher leaves lasting impression

“[Sister Helen Jean] taught all of us … a way of thinking and living in a much bigger world than most of us had experienced before. Caring for each other, the earth and people we would never know was as normal as breathing to Sister Helen.” — Julia Boarini Conaghan, ’73

Sister Ann Casper
April 20, 2015
Alumni, As seen in HOPE, Education, Environmental Justice, Sisters in Ministry

Blog, Features

Sustainability midst the bustle

How does one fit living an ecologically friendly lifestyle into the busyness of life? For Providence Associates Jennifer and Duane Drake, it’s about being gentle with themselves in the process.

Amy Miranda
April 18, 2015
As seen in HOPE, Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Meet a Providence Associate, Peace & Justice, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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Cherishing creation

"Our promise in this time is to be God’s loving care for all creation, to be one of the ways God sustains life. We desire to live in right relationship with our Earth and with all that dwells on Earth."

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A living Land Ethic

True confessions of a former White Violet Center intern: staff meetings were sometimes a chance to daydream ... but when we met to hear more about the Sisters of Providence Land Ethic I quickly found that this would not be that kind of staff meeting. This was big.

Sister Tracey Horan
October 22, 2014
Advocacy & Action, Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

Features, Reflections

Earth as home

(This article was originally published in the Summer 2013 edition of HOPE.) If you spend any amount of time with a Sister of Providence or a group of sisters, you will quickly learn that taking care of Earth as home…

Sisters of Providence
May 1, 2013
As seen in HOPE, Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Providence Spirituality

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Q and A: The new cosmology: a Providence perspective

This article is reprinted from the fall 2009 issue of HOPE. Editor’s note: In the previous article, “The new cosmology: an evolving universe,” Sister Jeanne Knoerle provides an overview of the new cosmology. In the following article, Sister Jeanne explores…

Sisters of Providence
August 27, 2009
Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Providence Spirituality

Reflections

The new cosmology: an evolving universe

This article is reprinted from the fall 2009 issue of HOPE. How do you picture God? Pray to God? Understand God? Most of us move from childhood to adulthood thinking about God in ways appropriate to our age; yet there…

Sister Jeanne Knoerle
August 27, 2009
Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Providence Spirituality

Reflections

Caring for God’s gifts: the natural environment and faith

By Sister Ruth Eileen Dwyer From the very beginning humans have had a mutual relationship with the natural world that satisfied their needs and with the Creator as Source and Giver of life. Perhaps the most ancient of the names…

Sisters of Providence
April 20, 2009
Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Providence Spirituality

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Practical ways to make a difference

This article is reprinted from fall 2008 issue of HOPE. Biomass, biodiesel fuel — these may be great for institutions, but how can individuals make an environmental difference? Sisters Florence Norton, Evelyn Ovalles and Mary Moloney share some practical ways…

Sisters of Providence
September 13, 2008
Advocacy & Action, Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice

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Sister Ann Sullivan

Remember when you actually received something you sought and that queasy feeling of “what do I do now” came over you? Sister Ann Sullivan, director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint…

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