| | All Our Heritage Stories | (Y.M.D) |
| SP's featured during Museum Month | 2010.07.13 |
Ten Kingston museums set up temporary displays under one roof on May 12 to commemorate Museum Month. MORE...
| Annual Conference - 'Celebrate Ourselves' | 2010.07.13 |
The Archives team at Providence Motherhouse got to play “dress up” during a quick stop at the Stratford Festival Archives and Costume Warehouse in mid-May. MORE...
| Information and Heritage Services | 2010.07.05 |
To read the Information and Heritage Services brochure click MORE...
| Scenes of early Kingston | 2010.05.10 |
Members of the Kingston Historical Society meet monthly at the Kingston Frontenac Public Library to listen to presenters discuss Kingston history. MORE...
| Special Documents Returned | 2009.04.16 |
Ninety-two years after preparations for a new hospital to be built and operated by the Sisters of Providence in Kitchener, Ontario were cancelled, the original architectural drawings were returned to the Sisters of Providence Archives. MORE...
Once the home of Canada's first Prime Minister, "Heathfield" is now the nerve centre of our congregation.
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| The Spirit Of Mother Edward | 2008.12.15 |
A biography of St. Louise de Marillac has this comment: To have read and to have diligently studied Louise's letters is to know her as she really was. Her inmost character reveals itself in them. We see her single-mindedness, her patience with human frailty, her gentleness in correction, her love of God and man. MORE...
| Sustainable Living Award | 2008.10.02 |
The extensive restoration project at Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel has received top marks from judges involved in this year’s Livable City Design Award competition, sponsored by the City of Kingston.
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| Great Canadian Catholic Hospital Project | 2007.11.27 |
Archivists Sr. Gayle Desarmia and Danielle Hughes undertook a major research project this year when they participated in the Great Canadian Catholic Hospital Project.
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| Catherine McKinley Letters Database | 2007.02.13 |
A searchable collection of letters to and from Catherine McKinley MORE...
| Necrology of Catherine McKinley | 2007.01.12 |
It is a task of some little difficulty, and of no little delicacy, to treat properly of one who has lived and died in our own time, and it is quite possible that the author of this sketch has said either too much or too little, and in consequence has fallen into some inaccuracies. MORE...
Excerpt from Built On A Rock: The Story of the Roman Catholic Church in Kingston 1826-1976 MORE...
| Historic Organ Celebrated | 2006.08.18 |
It's old, majectic and produces sweet sounds. The 108-year-old Casavant organ at Providence Manor has been recognized as an historical instrument by the Royal Canadian College of Organists. MORE...
| Archivists Gather | 2002.10.17 |
Religious archivists gather to discuss a vital piece of Canadian history.
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| Emilie Gamelin's Legacy | 2001.10.27 |
The Vatican has beatified Canadian Emilie Gamelin, a key figure in the founding of our congregation. MORE...
| Preserving The Past | 2001.03.21 |
For the past decade, the Motherhouse archives staff has been offering expertise and support to the congregation's sponsored health care institutions. MORE...
Database helps descendants of "Home Children" trace family history. MORE...
| 100 Years Of Service | 1999.11.24 |
The 100th anniversary of Our Mother of Sorrows chapel prompts us to examine how we can respond with compassion to the needs of our times. MORE...
| Printing Museum | 1999.08.14 |
For almost a century the Sisters' printing room published important documents for the congregation and raised funds to assist their work with the poor. MORE...
Catherine McKinley (Mother Mary Edward) was a key figure in the early development of the Sisters of Providence. Her leadership inspired an unprecedented building of institutions for the poor, the orphaned and the aged. MORE...
| Timeline of Mother Mary Edward - Catherine McKinley | 1999.01.12 |
1837 - Catherine McKinley is born in Kingston, Ontario on August 14. She is baptized on September 5.
1861 - The Sisters of Charity from Montreal arrive December 13 to begin a new religious Congregation in Kingston. MORE...
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