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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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Reflections for Foundation Day — Oct. 22, 2018

By Sister Dawn Tomaszewski | October 22, 2018 |

“This is our inheritance — that on an October day in 1840 — six women entered a log cabin chapel and life was never again the same.”

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Get to know Sister Tracey Horan, SP

By Amy Miranda | October 16, 2018 |

Get to know Sister Tracey Horan, SP, in these video and audio interviews as she shares what it is like as a young adult today to explore and become a Sister of Providence.

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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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Giving Voice scholarship awardee in Oaxaca, Mexico

By Sister Joni Luna | September 25, 2018 |

What a beautiful gift these encounters were to my heart and soul!

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Growing Earth into the future, from where you are

By Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp | September 12, 2018 |

“Mindful of the effect of climate injustice on the cosmos, Earth, and its people, particularly the most vulnerable, we commit to work against climate injustice by collectively reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by two million pounds by June 2019, and by advocating for strong environmental policy.”

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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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