Stories about

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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Let your surroundings inspire change

This is my view as I write. I can sometimes take the sounds of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for granted, but in this moment I am paying attention to every bird's song, frog's croak and bee and mosquito buzz.

Sisters of Providence
June 4, 2016
Peace & Justice, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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Sister Joni’s students send letters of support to Archbishop

'I had a strong feeling we would hear from him'

Jason Moon
May 29, 2016
Become a Sister, Education, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality
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Leadership response to gun violence

When will this end?

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A Reflection for Memorial Day

So many parents, wives, husbands and children mourn and remember loved ones who have died in wars far from home or very near home.

Sister Denise Wilkinson
May 25, 2016
Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry
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June: Recognizing Torture Awareness Month

Ending torture, creating a criminal justice system that promotes human rights for all people

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Write for Rights – YOU made a difference!

Approximately 3.7 million letters, messages, emails, tweets and more were composed worldwide through the campaign

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Sharing the charism of Providence

It seems that the Templars are doing an extraordinary amount of good around the world in very quiet ways

Sister Paula Damiano
May 9, 2016
Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Sisters in Ministry
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Faces of the Children

Written in response to the death of Shaylyn Ammerman

Sister Donna Butler
May 4, 2016
Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry
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Collaborating against Human Trafficking

Most of us live in a protected space where the reality of human trafficking is far from our minds and hearts on a daily basis. When it seems so far removed from us, we may easily pass up responding to…

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Giving thanks to the ash trees on Arbor Day

I feel a need to say thanks, to find a way to acknowledge their importance

Sister Dawn Tomaszewski
April 29, 2016
Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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Blog, Features

Mercy in Islam

In this small glimpse of mercy in Islam, we reflect the hope of Pope Francis that this Jubilee year will “foster an encounter,” “open us to even more fervent dialogue” and “eliminate every form of closed-mindedness” toward Islam, Judaism, and “other noble religious traditions.” Inshallah! (God willing!)

Sister Ellen Cunningham
April 19, 2016
Alumni, As seen in HOPE, Peace & Justice, Providence Associates, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry
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Blog, Features, Reflections

Imperfect mercy

I realized that in both stories, Jesus was open and vulnerable enough to allow others to call him to mercy. In the end, when it came to choosing mercy or sticking with his original plan, Jesus did not dig his heels in based on his own sense of the “right time” or the “right people.”

Sister Tracey Horan
April 15, 2016
As seen in HOPE, Become a Sister, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry
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Love, mercy, justice

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