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Peace & Justice

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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Sisters of Providence Leadership Team calls for an end to gun violence

Our Congregation is proud to join the thousands of other citizens across the country to ask our federal government to take action now to prevent this continued violence from spreading

Sisters of Providence
August 9, 2019
Advocacy & Action, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, SP Statements

Blog, Reflections

A Reflection for Reception into the Novitiate

Is not your heart burning inside to know this Christ, Jessica, to welcome this Christ as the core of your truest self?

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
August 5, 2019
Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Reflections from Sister Dawn
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Leadership Team shares statement on death penalty

We, the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., believe in the sacredness and dignity of all life

Sisters of Providence
July 30, 2019
Advocacy & Action, Criminal Justice Reform, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, SP Statements

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The joys of music

One morning, I said hello to a Sister of Providence resident, merely as a greeting. As I started to leave, she asked me to stay.

Sharon Boyle
July 17, 2019
Art & Music, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Visiting Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Volunteering
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Blog, Reflections

A Reflection for a Golden Jubilee

This Jubilee is as much about looking forward as it is about looking back.

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
July 6, 2019
Community Living, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Reflections from Sister Dawn, Sisters in Ministry

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Leadership Team statement on treatment of immigrant children

All people, regardless of their country of origin or legal status, are made in the image of God and should be treated with dignity and respect

Sisters of Providence
June 27, 2019
Advocacy & Action, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, SP Statements
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University of Scranton: Week of service 2019

This May, students from The University of Scranton, a Catholic and Jesuit university in Pennsylvania, spent a week of service with the Sisters of Providence. During their time at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice they weeded, mulched and planted. They…

Casey Kellum
May 29, 2019
Peace & Justice, Providence Food Pantry, Volunteering, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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Blog, Reflections

This Memorial Day: Take time to Remember

This Memorial Day, I hope you will remember some hero or heroine of your own, an obscure apostle, perhaps.

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Breathe in the Woods

As we think about spring, let’s reflect for a minute about the effect sunshine can have on our bodies, mind, and spirit

Blog, Reflections

The hope of Easter is planted deep in our hearts

May the convergence of spring and Easter restore your soul

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
April 20, 2019
Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Reflections from Sister Dawn

Blog, Reflections

Looking back on Good Friday

Some life lessons were learned in the quiet of St. Monica Church

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
April 19, 2019
Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Reflections from Sister Dawn

Love, mercy, justice

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