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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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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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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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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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Forgiveness and mercy

Forgiveness is a process, and a slow one at that. We cannot rush forgiveness. If we do it becomes insincere. It takes time, patience and mercy and it is never an easy journey to make.

Sister Jan Craven
April 13, 2016
As seen in HOPE, Events & Programs, Peace & Justice, Providence Spirituality, Sisters in Ministry
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Poem: Human Violence

Tragic legacy
pervasive pattern repeating
itself through the ages
a rippling effect on relationship
at every level …

Sister Donna Butler
April 13, 2016
As seen in HOPE, Eco-Spirituality, Peace & Justice

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Counsel and guidance to middle schoolers

“I had a student just yesterday that came to me sobbing with a note that read, ‘I wish you were dead. Nobody likes you. Here are some ways you could kill yourself: drink bleach, starve to death or slash your wrists. Go kill yourself,'” said Providence Associate Lorrie Scheidler, a middle school guidance counselor in Terre Haute, Indiana, helps students work through times of uncertainty.

Sister Ann Casper
April 13, 2016
As seen in HOPE, Education, Meet a Providence Associate, Peace & Justice
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Mercy to Earth

Love, mercy and justice are central to the mission of the Sisters of Providence. The sisters have come to see that mission extending to all creation. As we focus on mercy in this issue of HOPE, several Sisters of Providence answer the question, “What is one way to show mercy to Earth?”

Sisters of Providence
April 13, 2016
As seen in HOPE, Eco-Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Peace & Justice

Love, mercy, justice

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