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White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
Teaching, caring, inspiring for all creation White Violet Center for Eco-Justice at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, is a ministry of the Sisters of Providence. You’ll find a herd of alpacas and a flock of laying chickens, a 5-acre USDA certified organic garden, orchards, bee hives, a Farm Store, a nature trail, educational workshops, cooking classes, and opportunities for internships, sabbaticals and volunteering. This is a working farm! You can be a part of it!...
Sisters honor past, present White Violet Center directors
...third director of the center, established the words on White Violet Center T-shirts, “Teaching, caring, inspiring for all creation.” In addition, during her tenure, baking workshops grew and flower growing, arranging and selling began. The commercial kitchen was also established during Lorrie’s time and the White Violet Farm Store opened. “I might best describe Lorrie’s time at White Violet by using her words, still found on a video that is posted on the White Violet page of our website: ‘Caring...
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice: The beliefs have never changed
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead Thirty years ago, Sister Ann Sullivan, the first Director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, and one of the key people in starting White Violet, said during the ministry’s dedication that “education for a sustainable future is a large part of White Violet...
A historical look at our Greenhouses
...leave the greenhouse. As White Violet Center’s foundress, Sister Ann Sullivan, would tell, Sister Agnes would sneak over in the night to tend to her violets and geraniums. Little did she know that Sister Ann Sullivan and others were sowing the seeds that would become White Violet Center for Eco-Justice. Sister Ann knew a farm had to be at the heart of this eco-justice center, and farms need plants and plants need a greenhouse. By 1994, Sister Agnes’ health had...
From Backyard Gardening to Small-Scale Farming: What a Difference a Team Makes!
...per year at most. In addition to selling produce at the Terre Haute Farmers’ Market and in the White Violet Farm Store, the team at White Violet Center is supplemented by fundraising and grants (it really does take a village!) that enables contributions to local food pantries. From 2023-25, the team was able to donate more than 23,000 pounds of fresh organic produce and pasture-raised eggs (totaling a retail value of more than $82,000), more than 10,000 pounds of food...
Farm internship details & benefits
Be an intern on our farm Do you like to dig in the dirt? Do you dream of befriending an alpaca? If so, our White Violet Center for Eco-Justice farm internship might be the place for you! White Violet Center for Eco-Justice (WVC) is located at beautiful Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, just 80 miles west of Indianapolis. As an intern you’ll get to work with the amazing people on our team as well as other interns from all over the country,...
White Violet Center for Eco-Justice
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....
It’s Time for Fiber Projects!
...needle felting and weaving skills since the inception of White Violet Center. From simple alpaca ornaments, to detailed felted animal portraits, to stunning fully felted nativity scenes, her art and interests continue to evolve. I feel lucky to get to see her working on her art almost every morning at the center. Sister Maureen Freeman, former director of White Violet Center, was known for her fine water felted hats. I was an intern while she was still here, and was...
Meet Our Interns: Welcome Clara Barber!
Clara Barber joined our team at the end of March 2026 for a six-month internship with White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Welcome Clara Barber! Clara recently graduated from Tufts University in Boston, where she studied psychology. Wanting to spend more time working outside and interested in the ethics of the food system, Clara considered farm internships on both coasts of the U.S. before choosing the White Violet internship for...
2026 Earth Day in Photos!
...in April, in Indiana. We are at the mercy of a month that is known for its outrageous swings in weather. This year the White Violet Center team attended three different Earth Day celebrations and two of the three had perfect weather with lots of sun, nice temperatures, and minimal wind. We were at Indiana State University on actual Earth Day for their amazing event and the weather couldn’t have been better. We also participated in the inaugural 12 points...
Our Earth Day Festival Origins
...also a response to this call to action by the Sisters. With their mission of education and advocacy, their passion for social justice and good stewardship of the land, White Violet Center was founded in 1996 by Sister Ann Sullivan, SP, to address these environmental concerns and partner with others to teach how to care for all creation. In 1999, White Violet Center hosted its first public Earth Day celebration in the space around a beautiful old greenhouse in a...
WVC to host Lunch and Learn workshop
Plan to join White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, for the upcoming workshop “Lunch and Learn: Native and Invasives of Indiana Woods.” The workshop will take place from noon-3 p.m., on Saturday, May 9, at White Violet Center and various other locations at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. A family getting ready to go on a nature trail walk with forrester Stu Haney. Begin the day with a lunch prepared by White Violet...