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.
December 10, Human Rights Day and This Little Light
It seems harder to let my light shine, wondering what difference it makes
A review of ‘Active Hope’
I highly recommend this book to anyone involved in work for justice and particularly eco-justice
Power, justice, charity and civil discourse
We citizens and residents of the United States and the world seek to recover from a highly contentious election. We seek to restore the gaps of a highly divided society. Perhaps the experience of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and the early Sisters of Providence can provide some guidance in this effort.
What has happened to us since that first Thanksgiving?
It helped me to return to the original story to remind myself that right relationship is possible
Sister has life changing trip to Standing Rock Sioux Nation
Sister of Providence Joni Luna recently traveled from Indiana to stand with the Native Americans keeping vigil of sacred burial ground on the high plains of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota.
They call themselves water protectors not protestors, as they peacefully protest the North Dakota Access pipeline.
A Haunting Desert Experience
'To those of you who don’t vote, who don’t change these laws, you are allowing children to die here inside places like Eloy'
Letter to Cardinal Elect Joseph Tobin
We have found in you an advocate for Catholic higher education, as well as religious life
Thoughts on Hydraulic Fracking
In many ways, fracking is the environmental issue of our time
New Providence Associate candidates share what brought them here
“A friend told me ‘You are looking for the feminine face of God, and you’ve caught a glimpse of it in the Sisters of Providence.”
“Even as a child I was always in awe of the spiritual feeling you get here.”
Providence Associate candidates share what brought them here.
New energy, focus for justice
Before discerning a focus, sisters and associates gave input on their priorities. Six key justice issues emerged: environment, human trafficking, immigration and refugees, anti-racism, women’s issues and nonviolence. Still … there was a clear desire for focus.
