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COMING IN JUNE 2008
- PROVIDENCE EVENT
Mark your calendars:
PROVIDENCE EVENT 2008
June 8-15, 2008
St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
Keynote Speaker: Brian Swimme
Watch for more details.
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Proposals for
Communal Action
from PROVIDENCE EVENT 2005
#1. In order to assist us in the repentance
that change requires, we will adopt these two sentences as mantras to
incorporate into our personal practices of prayer and contemplation:
I AM A SPECIES
EARTH, I AM NOT SEPARATE FROM YOU.
#2. That WPC/Governing Board further the
conversations around Sallie McFague's "ecological economic" so that WPC
can, in believing "six impossible things before breakfast", stand against
the empire.
To assist the Board, we will offer names of persons
willing to help develop a process to accomplish this.
WPC Statement
We, members of religious congregations and associates, who
belong to the association of Women of Providence in Collaboration,
gathered in seminar on 24-26 June 2005 at St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana,
express our belief in a Provident God who cares for all of creation, which
impels us to work for the elimination of trafficking of human persons,
especially women and children.
This is based on our belief that:
- All life is sacred,
- Every human being is equal,
- All people are sisters and brothers of one another,
- All people are children of God, and
- That trafficking in women and children is a breach of their fundamental human rights.
Preferential Option for the Poor
We are called to witness a preferential option for the poor in
responding to the needs of our global society. We add our support
and solidarity to the statement of the Union of International General
Superiors (UIGS), and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)
of the United States and the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC) on the
issue of trafficking of women and children.
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PROVIDENCE EVENT - 2005
The Cosmos Within the Providence Dance is now available from the
WPC office. This publication contains the history of the WPC, the
25th special anniversary memories, full papers from the three presenters:
Barbara Doherty, SP, Lucy Zientek, CDP, and
Christine Morkovsky, CDP.
There are reflection/faith sharing processes
included, as well as a prayer/music CD. If interested, contact Sr.
Barbara McMullen, CDP at the WPC office at 314-209-9181 or by email:
Cost: $15.
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PROVIDENCE EVENT - 2003
Making Providence Visible, the
proceedings from the 2003 event in regional sites of Spokane, Allison
Park, PA, and Kingston, Ontario, Canada are now available for purchase.
This book contains the presentations from the event as well as two other
papers from theologians exploring Providence theology and spirituality.
If interested, contact Sr. Barbara McMullen at the WPC office at
314-209-9181 or by email:
. Cost: $15.00
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Women of Providence
in Collaboration Newsletters
Volume III
Issue 4, Winter 2006
Volume III Issue 5, Spring/Summer 2006
Volume III
Issue 6, Fall 2006
Volume IV
Issue 1, Winter 2007
Volume IV Issue 2, Spring 2007
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