


Teaching, caring, inspiring for all creation. A ministry of the Sisters of Providence, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana was established in 1996. Here you’ll find a herd of alpacas, a flock of laying chickens, a 5-acre USDA certified organic garden, orchards, bee hives, a Farm Store, nature trail and internship opportunities.

A look back at the beginning of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

This is my view as I write. I can sometimes take the sounds of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods for granted, but in this moment I am paying attention to every bird's song, frog's croak and bee and mosquito buzz.

Thursday is my favorite day of the week. It peps me up knowing the weekend is still to come. But when my favorite day of the week includes inspirational young people, well, that’s just the icing on the high school graduation cake!

I feel a need to say thanks, to find a way to acknowledge their importance
Can't make the trip to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods right now? Enjoy spring at the Woods in these pictures.

"I am proud that the Sisters of Providence are one of the sponsors ..."

The Fair Food Campaign is a highly respected, well monitored program

As a consumer, you have a powerful voice

Thanks to a national program and a pair of keen eyes, students at St. Patrick’s School in Terre Haute, Indiana, have an opportunity to eat fresh, organic vegetables from White Violet Center for Eco-Justice during lunch.

"I was challenged to learn new things and accept new realities. I was surrounded by people who were patient and kind and who challenged me to be a better person," said Providence Associate Kaitlyn Willy of her internship experience at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice.

Thoughts were different this year

Sister Tracey Horan shares her experience as a postulant with the Sisters of Providence formation community.