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Changing a life can be life changing

By Becky Igo | February 1, 2008 |

For Sister Joann Quinkert, helping someone make a change is a life and death issue as she ministers to a Death Row inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute,…

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It’s God’s project

By Diane Weidenbenner | January 13, 2008 |

This article is reprinted from winter 2008 issue of HOPE. In August 2004, Hurricane Charley ripped through Arcadia, Fla., destroying homes and jobs for migrant workers. Today, the Sisters of…

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Access to clean drinking water

By Sisters of Providence | June 20, 2007 |

Amit Srivastava of the India Resource Center in March 8, 2006 reports: “The Coca-Cola Company is the largest beverage company in the world, and according to its own admission, the…

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Coca-Cola: an unsustainable relationship with water and workers

By Sisters of Providence | June 20, 2007 |

“We commit ourselves: To continue our ongoing conversion of heart and mind, opening ourselves ever more fully to the transforming action of Providence in our lives and our relationships To…

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Killer Coke and union busting in Colombia

By Sisters of Providence | June 20, 2007 |

On July 20, 2001, the United Steelworkers of America and the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) filed a lawsuit in U.S. district court against the Coca-Cola Company, its anchor bottlers,…

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Peaceful people demand facility closing

By Sisters of Providence | November 1, 2003 |

Note: The following article was written by Sister of Providence Rita Clare Gerardot, who is an activist for peace and who participates in work to close the School of the…

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Sister of Providence released from prison

By Sisters of Providence | March 10, 2003 |

Sister of Providence Kathleen Desautels, who has served a six-month sentence at the Federal Prison Camp-Greenville (Ill.), was released Friday, March 7, amid cheers, hugs and outward expressions of hope…

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Three Sisters of Providence receive sentences for trespassing during SOA protest

By Sisters of Providence | January 28, 2003 |

Three Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., were sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ga., after pleading not guilty with stipulation to federal trespassing charges. Sister Adele…

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Three Sisters of Providence to stand trial Jan. 27 for crossing government line during non-violent protest

By Sisters of Providence | January 17, 2003 |

Three Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., will stand trial Jan. 27 in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ga., for their arrest in November 2002 during a non-violent protest…

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Three Sisters of Providence arrested in Georgia for participation in non-violent protest at Army base

By Sisters of Providence | November 18, 2002 |

Three Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., were arrested Sunday in Columbus, Ga., for their participation in a non-violent protest against the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas, now…

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Many SPs sign Declaration of Life

By Sisters of Providence | April 30, 2001 |

Note: The following story was originally written in 2001 at the time of the execution of Timothy McVeigh in Terre Haute, Ind. Sisters of Providence are given an opportunity to…

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Fathers speak out against death penalty

By Sisters of Providence | March 22, 2001 |

Note: This story was originally published in 2001 prior to the federal execution of Timothy McVeigh at the U. S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. How can anyone understand the…

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