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Earth Day Every Day
...of creation. Hoosier Interfaith Power and Light Indiana State University Office of Sustainability The Office of Sustainability seeks to promote environmental responsibility and economic vitality, while fostering social equity, on campus and in the surrounding communities. The office provides opportunities for all students and community members, regardless of degree or field of work, to improve their understanding of how they can advance sustainability in the modern world. ISU Office of Sustainability Indiana University Environmental Resiliency Institute The mission of the...
Laudato Si’ Blooms in Oak Park Parishes
...committing to Prayer, Reducing Plastic Use, Serving at least one Meatless Meal a week and Buying Locally. Happily, the Covenant was well received. It will be available for signatures throughout the summer months. The Creation Care Liturgy will be celebrated annually. Sister Mary Tomlinson, SP, (in red shirt) discussing the Climate Action Now (CAN) app with others at the Sustainability Fair. First Annual Sustainability Fair Our first annual Sustainability Fair welcomed 20 vendors who shared information that ranged from solar...
Leadership & vision
...Dawn Tomaszewski Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp Sister Laura Parker Sister Anne Therese Falkenstein Sister Carole Kimes Goals for 2021-2026 Proclamation of Direction Mission of Religious Life Diversity Collaboration Resources/Sustainability Justice Focus: Racial Equality and Equity Special Justice Focus: Environment Laudato Si’ Platform Commitment Statement Sister Dawn Tomaszewski Sister Dawn Tomaszewski is a native of Chicago. She is a graduate of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a Bachelor’s degree in communications. She also has a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of North...
Climate justice: Laudato Si’
...in responding to Pope Francis’ appeal to participate in a seven-year journey toward sustainability and integral ecology by developing a Laudato Si’ Action Platform. This commitment is made in love, mercy and justice, knowing that we are participating in God’s Providential work of transformation, and trusting in “that Providence that so far has never failed us.” The action platform names seven goals, including: Response to the cry of the Earth, Response to the cry of the Poor, Ecological Economics, Adoption...
Land Ethic
USDA organic garden at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. As members of one sacred Earth community, we Sisters of Providence commit ourselves individually and communally to care for our resources and to make decisions regarding their current and future use as we seek to balance our individual and SP communal economic needs with the sustainability needs of Earth community. The following commitments will guide our decisions regarding the care and use of our resources. “This land was no longer for me the...
Eco-Spirituality
Ecospirituality has been defined as “a manifestation of the spiritual connection between human beings and the environment.” As members of one sacred Earth community, the Sisters of Providence have committed themselves individually and communally to care for our resources and to make decisions regarding their current and future use as they seek to balance their individual and SP communal economic needs with the sustainability needs of Earth community....
Season of Creation 2022: Fair Trade and Climate Change
Note: We are celebrating the Season of Creation (Sept. 1, World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation through Oct. 4, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi). The Sisters of Providence Climate Change Task Force will share 10 blogs throughout this time. We hope you enjoy them. Fair Trade and Environmental Sustainability: We Can’t Have One Without The Other Fair Trade and Environmental Sustainability advocates have the same goal: Work toward a safer environment for workers and protect...
Finding balance with sustainability
...assess the full cost and the real “good” is a prime source of environmental, social and economic degradation and has long-term consequences for the viability of life on Earth. Finding balance with an eye to the long-term when weighing environmental, social and economic factors is at the very heart of achieving sustainability. No definition of sustainability is universally accepted and entire academic programs and institutes have been developed for its study. The topic is as deep as it is broad....
A Call to all Justice Advocates
...journey toward sustainability and integral ecology by developing a Laudato Si’ Action Platform. Read our action platform plan here. Death Penalty Advocacy During the horrific execution spree our nation underwent during 2020-2021, we ministered with Death Penalty Action and others to conduct peaceful protests during each of these executions through rain, heat and cold conditions. We continue to work with Death Penalty Action and others hoping our federal government abolishes the death penalty. Sister Tracey Horan Kino Border Initiative Sister...
Providence Associates Board
...let us know your interest. Maureen Baca, PA Sustainability Committe Jeanne TeKolste, PA Welcoming and Hospitality Committee Adriana (Diane) Estringel, PA Engagement Committee Diane Hartman, PA Spiritual Life Committee, Vice Chair Regina Hartman, PA Engagement Committee, Chair Lorrie Scheidler, PA Welcoming and Hospitality Committee Debbie Griffey, PA Charism, Purpose and Mission Committee Eugene F. Majewski (Gene), PA Spiritual Life Committee Laura Dudkowski, PA Charism, Purpose and Mission Committee Support member Michelle Hart Communications Manager, Mission Advancement Department, Sisters of Providence...
Our Earth Day Festival Origins
...is one of the best ways to ensure that future generations will have the desire and motivation to take care of this place that we call home before it is too late. Each year EARTHDAY.ORG has a theme and White Violet Center will often use that to shape some of our education workshops or vendors, but sometimes we create our own. This year, in partnership with Indiana State University’s Office of Sustainability, our theme is Leap Into Action. This brings...
General Superiors
...Annual meetings and of the General Chapter (2014); Providence Health Care attains Medicare certification (2013) and admits lay persons for short-term re-habilitation and therapy, and later for long-term care.(2015); National Religious Retirement Office consultants engaged for long range planning to assess property, buildings and operations; resulted in decommissioning of Owens Hall and major decisions toward sustainability in operations (2015); established Justice Coordinating Commission (2016); Mission Integration program established for staffs of sponsored institutions and ministries (2016); approval of co-ed at...