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“It’s those gates”
...from a stage coach after a harrowing ride over corduroy roads during the last leg of her three-month journey to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 172 years ago on Oct. 22. But something did happen to her and she passed it on to us. Thanks to spiritual writer Judy Canato, I am now calling that something a morphogenic field. (I know, magic dust might be easier to embrace!) In her book, Field of Compassion, Canato lays out this concept, an idea she actually...
Season of Creation 2022: Eco-Spirituality
...the Earth (by Ilia Delio, O.S.F., Keith Douglass Warner, O.F.M.) Eco-spirituality by Joanna Macy (Relationships between oneself and nature) Field of Compassion by Judy Cannato (Cosmology and Spirituality Life) Living Cosmology: Christian Responses to Journey of the Universe (edited by Mary Evelyn Tucker, J. Grim) Spiritual Ecology: Ten Practices to Reawaken the Sacred in Everyday Life (by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Hart) Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth (edited by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, essay collection) Toward an Eco-Spirituality (By Leonardo Boff, ecology...
Being ‘Stickered’
...have a special message on the back of a label; my label last Saturday was the word ‘GORGEOUS,’ so I looked out at the autumn colored trees and whispered: ‘You are gorgeous; thank you for being you.’” On the opposite end of the question is Sister Janice Smith, “NO! I don’t look forward to being stickered. I am always so afraid that I will forget to go get them that it generally is another stressor to me. But it does help...
White Violet Center earns ‘Real Organic Project’ designation
...of enforcement of some vital USDA Organic standards to protect soil health and animal welfare, organic farmers rallied together to fight to protect the integrity of the organic label. This is what originally motivated WVC Farm Manager John-Michael Elmore to apply for this certification. “We (WVC) are already certified organic, so this became an extension of that. USDA organic certification is getting manipulated by large agri-businesses, and doesn’t fully represent the original intent of the organic movement,” John-Michael said. “While it’s still an important regulatory standard,...
Season of Creation 2022: Fair Trade and Climate Change
...Industry Consider buying second hand clothing, repairing and repurposing clothing, participating in a clothing swap, etc. Some stores that sell Fair Trade clothing include Athleta, Linden Leaf Gifts, Mata Traders, and MarketPlace: Handwork of India, Patagonia. Some brands such as Patagonia have a second-hand label – theirs is Worn Well. Check other stores and buy second hand through them. For tips on being fashionable inexpensively, click here. Read The Conscious Closet: A Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good...
The Days of Our Waiting – Advent 2010
I find myself very taken with these ideas taken from Judy Cannato’s lovely book Field of Compassion: One way to speak of the Christian story is to say that God is always doing something more. Incomprehensible holy mystery is always giving more, revealing more communicating more. The only limit to that giving has been creation’s capacity to receive. A look back over the history of creation suggests that as our species has continued to evolve, our capacity to recognize and...
Honor Divine Providence
...and leaders in spirituality such as Miriam Therese MacGillis, OP, and Judy Cannato. Our founding director of the White Violet Center for Eco-justice, Sister Ann Sullivan has also guided us. On this journey of more than 10 years, two scientifically verifiable facts have increased my reverence for all creation and deepened my trust in Providence that sustains this incredible web of relationships. Fact #1: Earth formed as a planet in our solar system 4.25 billion years ago. The eons between...
Sister Kathleen Desautels: Collaborating for justice
...processes in which all at the table have an equal say. Whether at a staff meeting or organizing with a myriad of groups and coalitions to plan a non-violent protest for the thousands of people who came to Chicago for NATO/G-8 gathering, making decisions in a consensual way means spending endless time collaborating with folks who do not always come from the same Gospel understanding. But they come willing to be partners for the good of the whole. “A large...
A place to belong: Providence Associate Tara Lane
...By this I mean concepts like looking at God through the lens of our ever expanding understanding of the universe. The idea of divine entanglement with us. Sister Arianne introduced me to Field of Compassion by Judy Cannato. It changed my life. The spiritual concepts the Sisters of Providence explore let God out of the box. It is liberating. I never felt like I belonged anywhere until now. As an Associate, how do you advance the mission of Providence in...
Transformed by these Woods
...and variety. All invite us to set aside the superficial and nonessential in order to encounter ourselves and Holy Mystery on a deeper level. Perhaps that’s the “something” in “there’s just something about the Woods.” Or perhaps there’s more. Spirit of the place Spiritual writer Judy Cannato holds that living systems are surrounded by non-material “morphogenic fields,” that carry information or memory from one generation to the next and act as regions of influence for subsequent generations. Each morphogenic field...
Sharing the charism of Providence
...Copenhagen to join other Knights Templar for the International Grand Magisterial Council Meeting. It was there that representatives from each country, along with a delegate from the United Nations and another from NATO, gave reports on the activities of their respective priories. Parts of the meeting reminded me of our own General Chapter where future direction is set and officers elected. Much of the conversation focused on what is being done to achieve some of their goals, including: Protecting Christians...
Season of Creation 2022: Care for Creation Resources
...Us Happier, Healthier and More Creative, by Florence Williams The Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si’, by Joshtrom Kureethadam This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs The Climate, by Naomi Klein Thomas Berry: Selected Writings on the Earth Community, edited by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim Under the Sky We Make, by Kimberly Nicholas For many more recommended books Pax Christi Goodreads (more than 100 books) Other Outstanding Authors: Jim Antal, David Attenborough, Thomas Berry, Sally Bingham, Margaret Bullitt-Jones, Judy Cannato,...