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From Backyard Gardening to Small-Scale Farming: What a Difference a Team Makes!
...little stir-crazy by that time, or had been dreaming of the possibility for so long, when we could finally dig into the soil in Nashville to get started on a garden in earnest, we really went for it. Over the winter of 2020-21, we enrolled in the local Master Gardeners’ course for some classroom learning and began removing sod and layering compostables like newsprint, dried leaves and other organic matter to begin decomposing in place and feeding the soil to...
Our Earth Day Festival Origins
...27, 1962: Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring Release Date (after a 3 part series appeared in the New Yorker starting in June of 1962). January 1969: Massive Oil Spill in Santa Barbara, California inspired Junior Senator Gaylord Nelson to recruit Congressman Pete McCloskey and 25 year old graduate student activist from Harvard Kennedy School Denis Hayes to organize campus teach-ins around the country. January 1970: Denis Hayes is selected to be the first Earth Day organizer after Nelson and Hayes...
General Superiors
...the Academy building in 1897; a new novitiate was built in 1902; the new Gymnasium was ready for use in 1909; Guerin Hall and the Conservatory of Music were completed by 1913; the present O’Shaughnessy Dining Hall was blessed in 1921; the new Infirmary was blessed and occupied in 1922; in 1924 the Blessed Sacrament Chapel was completed and Le Fer Hall was opened. Mother Mary Cleophas traveled to Europe three times. In 1902 she became the first American sister...
Tried and true farming techniques benefit Earth
...dirty. They will be cleaned first at the wash station in the garden and then go through a more refined wash back at the center. Soil blocker tools are used for planting seedlings. Soil blockers Earlier in the growing season, handheld soil blocker tools are used while planting in the greenhouse. Potting mix is compacted into the soil blockers to create cubes of soil. The filled soil block maker is set into a tray before squeezing and releasing the cubes....
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice: The beliefs have never changed
...neighbors, friends, visitors to the Wabash Valley, religious pilgrims, and really anyone who’s interested in what we do. It’s difficult to get an exact number, but by a fair estimate, White Violet Center and its small staff of just a handful of folks interacted with over 18,000 people last year. You can find us at the Terre Haute Farmers Market, Vigo County Soil and Conservation field days, and Terre Haute Public Library Family Learning Day, just to name a few....
March 29, 2026: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
...has done marvelous deeds! But we know that our faith has to be more than skin deep. We understand that the suffering to come is part of the whole story and that Resurrection cannot come without death coming first. So we can join the crowd praising Jesus along the road, but let us not be in that crowd calling for his death on Friday. Action This week, let us prepare the soil of our hearts for the seed of new...
A historical look at our Greenhouses
...humidifiers and space heaters to get plants going. The price of construction materials had more than doubled in the previous 15 years and the cost for refurbishment was well beyond the sister’s budget. After three resurrections, the greenhouse was at the end of its life. In 2011, a donor came forward with a substantial gift for the sisters to purchase a new, larger greenhouse. We made way for the new greenhouse in a gap in the west orchard, much closer...
Alpacas
...of the fiber is spun into yarn. It is then knitted and crocheted into scarves, hats, and other garments. These items are then sold at Linden Leaf Gifts and The Farm Store at White Violet. We also mix their manure with leaves and kitchen scraps and use it to enrich the soil in our garden. Each year our alpacas get thousands of visitors. We also have an Adopt an Alpaca program which makes a great gift for all animal lovers....
Our Future and Land Justice
...ᏗᎨᏥᎧᎲᏍᏒᎢ. Remember the Removal. https://www.cherokee.org/about-the-nation/remember-the-removal/our-journey/ Clay, Karen & Wright, Gavin. (May, 2004). Order without Law? Property Assignments during the California Gold Rush. Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/working-paper/order-without-law-property-rights-during-california-gold-rush Cooney, Rory. (n.d.) https://www.graceiseverywhere.net/2015/05/11/canticle-of-the-turning/ Department of Environmental Conservation (July 02, 2025). DEC Announces New 43-Acre Conservation Easement to Preserve Open Space in Brentwood. https://dec.ny.gov/news/press-releases/2025/7/dec-announces-new-43-acre-conservation-easement-to-preserve-open-space-in-brentwood Doctrine of Discovery (n.d.). Upstander Project. https://upstanderproject.org/learn/guides-and-resources/first-light/doctrine-of-discovery#:~:text=Two%20papal%20bulls%2C%20in%20particular%2C,of%20trade%20with%20Africa%20and Escobar, David. North Country Public Radio. (March 14, 2026). Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center acquires 600 acres in Onchiota. https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/53156/20260314/six-nations-iroquois-cultural-center-acquires-600-acres-in-onchiota?fbclid=IwY2xjawQmdpZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPYVhwcjVyQ1RnSnJWNXdRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtw_gSp5kFgUwd_nSJtlaeA2hzeFPTuYIenJyk18lG1DVpuhT-_HvPdMEGYv_aem_FCl9HfLsU9-1PKVBlq_3HA...
This Good Friday: Is COVID-19 the only pandemic about which we need to pray?
...… and the woman who died never got due process. Justice was not done.” Terry Ward said. I was touched by the fact that the family members themselves, in preparation for the event, collected soil from the west side of the Wabash River where Ward’s body was burned. The soil was used to fill three memorial jars. Like participants in procession to receive Holy Communion, we were invited to come forward, take a scoop of that soil and place some...
The Easter Triduum: celebrating our salvation story
...by the acceptance of the holy oils for sacramental celebrations throughout the rest of the liturgical year and into the next. Oil to begin the journey toward Baptism by anointing with the Oil of Catechumens. Oil along life’s journey to sanctify in Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders by the anointing of Chrism. Oil to comfort in illness and the end of life by anointing with the Oil of the Sick. Behold the comforting hand of God in Christ to us...
Sister Helen Vinton brings hope in an unsteady environment
Sister Helen Vinton, second from left, continues to mentor staff members such as Gabe Schwartzman, left, and welcome visitors such as Julia Sampson and Keith Richards, right, to Southern Mutual Help Association. Families in coastal Louisiana have suffered greatly. Devastating hurricanes. Oil spill disasters. The ongoing impact of climate change. Many forms of injustice. In the face of these struggles, Sister Helen Vinton and the work of Southern Mutual Help Association (SMHA) have provided an extraordinary source of blessing. Located...