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The commitment that Sister Dawn signed on behalf of the Providence Community states, among other points, that the Sisters of Providence are willing “To take up the urgent appeal of Laudato Si’ to listen and respond to the lurings of Providence to attend to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor by making it a community priority.”
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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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“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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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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“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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The Sisters of Providence urge all people eligible for vaccination to attend any of the VCHD mobile clinics
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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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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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Indeed, The Woods “is like our mother, a sacred place, a gift to us humans from the divine. It is a paradise of healing.”
Read moreAs 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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