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Our Future and Land Justice
...are filed in the County Courthouse and become a binding legal record. Treaties between the U.S. Government and the Indigenous people were written, witnessed, and documented as well, but we know these “legal transfers” were later ignored. The government, settlers, and pioneers simply “took” the land. It wasn’t peaceful, but it was “legal.” Treaties with the government and indigenous peoples were executed but ignored. We, White and Christian, had the right to take land from the “pagans” because land/earth was...
Marywood High School, California
...3 years ago. (August 2024) Linda Zepfel Crowley Class of 1963 After graduating from Santa Clara, and two years in the Peace Corps, my husband and I lived in Phoenix for 50 years but now are living on the Oregon Coast. Our son and daughter and 6 grandchildren live nearby. Life is good! (May 2024) Karen Joan (Shoemaker) Bouman December 31, 1946 – January 27, 2025 Karen Joan Bouman, “Nana” of Lompoc, California, passed away at home on January 27,...
Heber to attend Al Gore’s climate change training
Lorrie Heber has been selected to attend Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training in Denver. One email changed the course of March 2017 for the director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, Lorrie Heber. Recently, Lorrie received an email from Climate Reality Project, which described the organization’s upcoming Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training. The organization was founded by former Vice President Al Gore. The seminar, which will take place March 2-4 in Denver, Colorado, intrigued Lorrie so much that...
A reflection for Memorial Day 2020
...duty stations were alongside the Corps.) Some, barely high school graduates, were recruited. Others, some underage, managed to fudge a birthdate, stand extra tall, and tried to shave faces that hadn’t sprouted, lacking testosterone. Bright-eyed, quick-witted, or shy, they were our best and brightest. While on station, the Naval Hospital Ship Repose (AH-16) received approaching helicopters, signaled onboard by repeated announcements of “Flight quarters, flight quarters, man your stations. This is not a drill.” Battlefield casualties, treated by corpsmen in...
Peace & Justice
As a community dedicated to advocating for the marginalized, we Sisters of Providence join our voices with others in speaking out about many peace and justice issues of great importance in our world. Learn more about justice concerns dear to our hearts here....
Honoring the Sisters who served our Country
...in the Convent Cemetery with tombstones that recognize their service as “U.S. Army Nurse Civil War.” Other Sisters of Providence who have passed away but served include: The late Sister Catherine Hartman, who served as a lieutenant in the Women’s Reserve in the U.S. Marine Corps before entering the Congregation, The late Sister Merry Marcotte, who served as a volunteer Red Cross medical social worker during the Vietnam War, and The late Sister Ruth Sondhaus, who served in World War...
A tribute to sisters who have served
...(RIP): served as a lieutenant in the Women’s Reserve in the U.S. Marine Corps (before entering the Congregation); Sister Josephine Bryan: served as a registered nurse in the Vietnam War as a volunteer with Catholic Relief Services; Sister Patricia “Pat” Linehan: served in the Navy Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War on the U.S. Naval hospital ship, Repose (before entering the Congregation); and Sister Merry Marcotte (RIP): served as a volunteer Red Cross medical social worker during the Vietnam War....
‘A Walk with Grief,’ featuring Sister Connie Kramer
...Sister Connie Kramer Among her many ministries, Sister Connie spent many years as a spiritual director, focusing as a grief specialist. In one of her final acts, Sister Connie chose to speak about her final journey while sharing about life, love and loss with Christine Turo-Shields of the Kenosis Counseling Center for the StoryCorps Archive project. It was the wish of Sister Connie and the General Council that her interview be shared publicly. Enjoy this interview with Sister Connie. https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/a-walk-with-grief/...
Sisters serving their country
...in Naval Intelligence (before entering the Congregation), Sister Josephine Bryan * Sister Catherine Hartman – served as a lieutenant in the Women’s Reserve in the U.S. Marine Corps (before entering the Congregation), * Sister Josephine Bryan – served as a registered nurse in the Vietnam War as a volunteer with Catholic Relief Services, * Sister Patricia “Pat” Linehan – served in the Navy Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War on the U.S. Naval hospital ship, Repose (before entering the Congregation),...
Recognizing the Sisters who served our Country
...their service as “U.S. Army Nurse Civil War.” Other Sisters of Providence have served during times of war, including: Sister Josephine Bryan, who served as a registered nurse in the Vietnam War as a volunteer with Catholic Relief Services, The late Sister Catherine Hartman, who served as a lieutenant in the Women’s Reserve in the U.S. Marine Corps before entering the Congregation, Sister Patricia “Pat” Linehan, who served in the Navy Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War on the U.S....
Meet Emily: Sister of Providence postulant introduces herself
...in the Dorothy Day Center for Faith & Justice and the Academic Service Learning program. I spent a semester in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood and took classes centered around urban communities, poverty, and injustice. During my service learning, I experienced the importance of relationships in work for justice. At one site, I worked with Sharon, who was employed as an AmeriCorps volunteer to run the food pantry. To me, AmeriCorps programs were volunteer opportunities. But I learned that Sharon found this...
Veterans Day: Honoring Sisters who served
...Congregation, Sister Francis de Lourdes Reilly, SP, served as a World War I Army Nurse. In addition, Sister Catherine Hartman, SP, served as a lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve in the United States Marines during World War II. And Sister Ruth Sondhaus, SP, served in Naval Intelligence during the war. Sister Francis de Lourdes Reilly Sister Ruth Sondhaus Sister Catherine Hartman Sister Pat Linehan Sister Pat Linehan Another Sister of Providence, Sister Patricia “Pat” Linehan, SP, also served our...