SP Statements
Welcome! Here, we will share with you statements our Congregation has crafted or that others have created. We hope you find these posts inspirational and hope you continue to join us in our journey for social justice.
Leadership Team statement: The Sisters of Providence Stand Against Racism and Misogyny
As Sisters of Providence committed to living in right relationship, we acknowledge our own complicity in structural and institutional racism
Leadership Team shares statement it has signed regarding Atlanta Massacre
We encourage all of you to sign the statement as well.
Leadership statement: OUTBREAK of COVID-19 at Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
We ask that people continue to pray for all people who have been afflicted with this virus and affected by the pandemic.
Congregation releases calls for action, days of prayer in anticipation of Inauguration Day
All are invited in a day of fast and prayer on January 20, 2021, the United States Inauguration Day of President-Elect Joe Biden
Congregation releases joint statement on January 6, 2021, violence
Let us renew our commitment to stand together to risk speaking and acting for the common good of all and work tirelessly to contribute to the change we wish to see
Leadership Team shares statement from LCWR: Repair Our Democracy
Note: The following is a statement from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), a statement we support and stand by.
Leadership Team shares statement on United States exit from Paris Climate Agreement
Note: The following statement was crafted by several national faith organizations. The Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR), of which the Congregation is a member, also joined in sharing their dismay as the United States formally exited from the Paris…
Congregation supports faith leaders’ election integrity statement
We support the many faith leaders from across the country who have signed this statement regarding the integrity, safety, and fairness in the 2020 election
Moving ahead with action against death penalty
The federal death chamber is in Terre Haute, Indiana, a mere 10 miles from our Motherhouse
Congregation statement on ACLU lawsuit
We will continue to pray for death row inmates and their families, for all victims and their families, and for legislators, who hold in their hands the life or death of these inmates.
Leadership statement on recent federal executions
We will continue to pray for the victims and their families, for death row inmates and their families, and for legislators who determine life or death decisions.
Sisters of Providence Support Seeking Justice and Denounce the Violence Inflicted on Black Americans since the Birth of This Nation
The Sisters of Providence leadership team and the Providence Community strongly condemn the heinous violence against and ultimate murder of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers