Racial Equality & Equity
On policing and Providence
Sister Pat, a volunteer with the Chicago Police Department on the south side of the city, says this is not the first time she has taken a non-traditional path. “It’s another way to be God’s presence in the community,” says Sister Pat Mahoney of her many years working as a community volunteer with her local police station in Chicago.
Statement of Catholic Theologians on Racial Justice
In recent months, we have seen – in our nation – an eruption of long simmering racial tensions. We have seen, one after another, unarmed African American people being shot and killed by police, violent and non-violent protests against racial…
Anti-Racism: A journey in progress
One of the sections of the Sisters of Providence Litany of Nonviolence reads: “Provident God, aware of our own brokenness, we ask the gift of courage to identify how and where we are in need of conversion …” The Sisters…
A historical snapshot of the SP human rights efforts
The Sisters of Providence join with others in celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Congregation has a long legacy of supporting human rights and other social justice issues.
A bit of anti-racism history
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods have a long history against racism and issues of discrimination. The Congregation’s foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, was concerned about the welfare and freedom of a group of slaves she saw in Louisiana…
Principles of non-violence
Paging through the newspaper the other day, I came across an interview with Ambassador Andrew Young, a close associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. The interviewer asked Young many questions about his early days in the civil rights movement. Young’s…
