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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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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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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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Forest Bathing

By Sister Ann Casper | September 10, 2021 |

Indeed, The Woods “is like our mother, a sacred place, a gift to us humans from the divine. It is a paradise of healing.”

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Season of Creation 2021 Prayer

By Sisters of Providence | September 1, 2021 |

We wanted to share this prayer from Season of Creation, the organization’s 2021 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which is September 1, 2021.

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Sister Jessica Vitente professes first vows

By Jason Moon | August 30, 2021 |

‘I want to deeply listen to my Provident God and the promptings of the Holy Spirit.’

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Musings on International Day of Friendship

By Sister Paula Damiano | August 4, 2021 |

I want to think that at the heart of most people is a desire to get along, to come together, to share what we have in common rather than to focus on our differences.

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‘Faith leaders call on Biden to abolish federal death penalty once and for all’

By Jason Moon | July 12, 2021 |

“The death penalty is an act of revenge and it has no place in civil society.”

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Musings on National Simplicity Day

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | July 12, 2021 |

All of a sudden, the “celebration” of National Simplicity Day turned into a celebration for the affluent. Why celebrate that?

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With 40 inmates still on federal death row, this local organization is working to connect them with their families

By Jason Moon | June 29, 2021 |

The Sisters of Providence started the ‘Death Row Visitation Project’ to help families get to see their loved ones face to face while awaiting execution

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Congregation collaborates with others to create ‘Death Row Visitation Project’

By Jason Moon | June 24, 2021 |

‘“This is an essential part of our justice work.’

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As a community dedicated to advocating for the marginalized, we Sisters of Providence join our voices with others in speaking out about many peace and justice issues of great importance in our world. Learn more about justice concerns dear to our hearts here.

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