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ACTIVITIES| Quilting - old art form, new art project | 2010.05.11 |
A framed quilted tapestry offering a glimpse into the religious lives of several Sisters of Providence is on display at Providence Motherhouse.
Student volunteer Angela Mayell, who spent her two month placement with the Sisters, decided to create a project that drew on her skill as a quilter, a hobby she picked up 12 years ago. MORE...
ART THERAPY| Brief Art Therapy | 2009.08.21 |
These three-session programs enable you to see many ways art therapy can be of help. MORE...
| Unique Day Programs | 2009.06.22 |
A special day for your group, on a theme of your choice. MORE...
| Ongoing Art Therapy | 2008.07.02 |
Those who want a regular opportunity for growth and support may continue in these programs.
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PERU| Annual Bake Sale Raises Mission Funds | 2010.07.15 |
The annual February bake sale held by Providence Associates based in Camrose, Alberta, raised an astounding $3,450.00. The proceeds were sent to Peru and used for education and healthcare. MORE...
| Letter from Peru | 2010.04.22 |
We always wait for gifts at Christmas, we have become accustomed to this. I would like to send a box as a gift with the following letter MORE...
In 1966, Pope Paul VI requested that religious congregations in Canada assist with missionary work in Latin American countries. MORE...
| Remembering Peru | 2009.06.26 |
We had a long, uneventful plane trip to Peru. On arrival, after going through customs, we were delighted to see our Sisters at the airport. What a warm welcome to an unfamiliar country! MORE...
| Living the Mission | 2008.10.02 |
A Sister of Providence who has lived in Peru for 40 years, offered insight into a harsh and dangerous country during a visit to Providence Motherhouse in early September. Over 50 people turned out to listen to Sr. Irene MacDonell. MORE...
| Marillac Mission Fund | 2008.09.05 |
Sister of Providence Irene MacDonnell has spent the last 40 years living and ministering in Peru. MORE...
| Chulucanas, Peru | 2008.08.26 |
In 1975, at the request of Bishop McNabb who was looking for Sisters to help with his diocese, Sr. Josephine Doiron, a member of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul went to Chulucanas to do ministry. MORE...
| Formation House, Lima, Peru | 2008.08.25 |
In 1995, the Peruvian Novitiate of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul began. Between 1995 and 1998 the sisters and the women in formation lived together in one house. MORE...
| El Progresso, Carabayllo, Lima, Peru | 2008.08.25 |
In January 1967, the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul began working in the Peruvian parish looked after by two Edmonton Priests MORE...
| Significant Religious Moment | 2008.08.13 |
Maria Mercedes Chinchay Luca made her First Vows of religious profession during Holy Week, March 19, 2008. The ceremony was held at San Jose of the People of Raul Porras Barrenechea Chapel, in Carabayllo, Peru. MORE...
| First and Lasting Impression | 2007.10.22 |
April 7th, 1970, found me sitting on a bench in the Peruvian airport. In vain I waited but no SP’s came to claim me. Fortunately Sister Shirley Morris had prepared a card of directions in case of an emergency. MORE...
| Associates in Peru | 2007.10.22 |
To Remember is to Return to Live
Go and make disciples of all the nations.
-Mt. 28,18
These words of the bible resounded clearly and strongly in the minds and hearts of the Sisters: Rose-Marie Bokenfohr, Joey Doiron, Rose Healy, Jean Higgins, Irene MacDonell, Theresa Moher and Shirley Morris. MORE...
| A return to Peru | 1996.06.24 |
When Sister Shirley Morris SP returned to Peru after an absence of 25 years, she found many wonderful changes — and many things regrettably unchanged. MORE...
| Letter from Peru | 1996.06.24 |
Our community of Carabayllo, Lima, Peru was privileged to experience an event we called the North-South Encounter, a visit by our Canadian friends, Sister Joan Whittingham and Sister Jeannette Filthaut.
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| North meets south | 1996.06.24 |
It was a profound experience for Sisters Joan Whittingham and Jeannette Filthaut to visit the Peruvian Mission of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. MORE...
PRISON MINISTRY
When Sister Sheila Brady arrives for her weekly visit at a Kingston area prison, an inmate announces “the quiet flame has arrived.” Sister Sheila found a new direction in life after a two-month retreat at a prayer center in Arizona in 2000. MORE...
| The ability to love | 1996.06.24 |
During her three-year ministry at Kingston Penitentiary, Sister Patricia Kelly has quietly made her presence felt among the administration as well as the men she counsels. MORE...
SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS| Prayer-Art Retreats | 2009.06.22 |
Special one-day group programs that combine art, prayer, reflection and sharing. MORE...
| T'ai Chi Chih Retreats | 2008.10.05 |
Available for beginners as well as regular students
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| Spiritual Journey Programs | 2008.09.11 |
These programs offer support as your spiritual life unfolds. MORE...
T'AI CHI CHIH| T'ai Chi Chih Schedule | 2009.04.07 |
See the current schedule for Sr. Kay's T'ai Chi Chih classes. MORE...
| Student Receives Award | 2007.08.22 |
Sister of Providence Kay Morrell congratulates student Joan Hofman who recently completed level 3 of Sister Kay’s T’ai Chi Chih course offered at Providence Motherhouse. MORE...
BELLEVILLE| Nicholson celebrates 50 years | 2010.07.12 |
Sister of Providence Mary Joan LaFleur admits it was both a privilege and honour when asked to be the guest speaker at the 50th anniversary reunion at Nicholson Catholic College in Belleville on May 15, 2010. Sister Mary Joan served as Principal from September 1978 to June 1993. An excerpt from her speech appears here. MORE...
GUATEMALA
In 1966, Pope Paul VI requested that religious congregations in Canada assist with missionary work in Latin American countries. MORE...
| San Francisco el Alto, Guatemala | 2008.08.26 |
The decision was made to open a House of Formation. Bishop Manresa Formosa and Father Roberto Contin were anxious to open the House of Formation in San Francisco el Alto and it was officially opened in July 1979 MORE...
| Momostenango, Guatemala | 2008.08.25 |
In March, 1970, at the request of Bishop Manresa Formosa, S.J., the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul opened a new mission 15 miles from San Cristobal in a town called Momostenango. MORE...
| San Cristobal, Guatemala | 2008.08.25 |
In January 1967, after visiting the Diocese of Quezaltenango and with the bishop, Bishop Manresa Formosa, S.J., the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul decided to establish a mission in San Cristobal MORE...
HEALTH SYSTEM| Sister of Providence Honoured | 2009.11.08 |
Sister of Providence Joanne Colligan has received a prestigious award for her work with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. MORE...
| Thanksgiving celebration for Sr. M. Benilda | 2009.11.08 |
Sr. Mary Benilda is settling into her new surroundings in Kingston after retiring from ministry work in pastoral care and as a hospital purchasing agent in the west. MORE...
| A career dedicated to nursing | 2009.11.08 |
With her trademark wit and humour intact, Sister of Providence Elaine Jacob has returned to Kingston, ON from Edmonton, AB to live among her community. MORE...
| Life changing experience | 2008.08.13 |
Do not tell them that I love them. You love them and they will know that I love them. These words I sensed God spoke to me during a retreat many years ago, come to me now as I write an account of my ministry at St. Joseph’s Hospital. MORE...
| Spiritual Adventure | 2006.08.16 |
On this day in late April, Sister Sandra visits with Rosina Pascale, a patient receiving respite care - her frail body is wracked with rheumatoid arthritis. MORE...
Links to organizations the Sisters of Providence sponsor and liaise with. MORE...
| PCCC In Top Five | 2005.09.27 |
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Ontario Hospital Association released the 2005 Rehabilitation Hospital Report.
Providence Continuing Care Centre was named one of the five Rehabilitation benchmark hospitals in Ontario.
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| Health Care Philosophy | 2005.09.27 |
Learn how the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul are guided in their approach to health care. MORE...
| Providence Health System | 2005.09.27 |
"A noble work is being done by our little Hospital," wrote Catherine McKinley, the congregation's first general superior, in an 1894 letter describing work at the fledging St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Brockville. MORE...
| Sponsorship Changes | 2005.09.27 |
After years of preparation, the Providence Health System has seen major sponsorship transfers. MORE...
| New partnership formed in Vancouver | 1996.06.24 |
Holy Family Hospital is entering into a new partnership in Vancouver set to take effect on April 1. This partnership provides a full range of services to those seeking care in Vancouver’s Catholic health-care facilities.
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| Historic changes to executive team | 1996.06.24 |
Recent structural changes to the senior level of the Providence Health System have positioned the seven-facility organization to respond quickly to demanding times. MORE...
MONTREAL| Celebrating 66 years in Montreal | 2009.11.08 |
Calling it the most rewarding ministry in all her years of caring for the sick, Sister Marilyn Kearns reflects on the last five years as sole caregiver to her friend, Sister Evelyn O’Grady. MORE...
IN FROM THE COLD| Facing Homlessness | 2009.06.22 |
The following is the story of one woman who faced homelessness. MORE...
| Dry Up Homelessness | 2007.08.22 |
The following article appeared in the publication Providence Manor Friday Flyer. MORE...
| In From The Cold | 2005.02.22 |
Sister Alda Brady is the assistant co-ordinator. She brings comfort to the city's most destitute at Kingston’s largest shelter. MORE...
MOOSONEE| Northern Connection | 2006.10.20 |
The smell of smoke these mornings reminds us of the ever-present danger of forest fires in the north. Although Moosonee is far from the fires right now, some of the communities in our diocese are being affected - from James Bay west to the communities north of Thunder Bay. MORE...
| Northern Ministry | 2005.09.27 |
Sr. Una Byrne finds her Northern Ontario ministry a powerful experience.
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| Pilgrimage from James Bay | 2002.10.26 |
World Youth Day, who can describe such a experience? It is best described by the Holy Father’s dream, as expressed in his Evening Vigil, that it would be “a powerful moment in which the young people of the world could meet Christ, who is eternally young, and could learn from him how to be bearers of the Gospel to other young people.” MORE...
PERTH| Leaving with Sadness & Gratitude | 2009.11.08 |
The end of an era was marked with laughter, tears and memories during a special Thanksgiving Mass at St. John The Baptist Parish in Perth on Sunday, June 21. MORE...
| Sisters who served in Perth | 2009.08.31 |
Please note that information prior to 1944 may be incomplete. MORE...
The end of an era was marked with laughter, tears and memories during a special Thanksgiving Mass at St. John The Baptist Parish in Perth on Sunday, June 21. MORE...
| Goodbye with gratitude & sadness | 2009.08.19 |
General Superior Sister Pauline Lally delivered this farewell addressd during the special Thanksgiving Mass at St. John in Perth on Sunday, June 21st. MORE...
ALL OTHER STORIES| Farewell in Arnprior | 2010.07.20 |
During a special Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, June 20, the congregation of St. John Chrysostom in Arnprior bid a fond farewell to Sister Nancy Wilson and all Sisters of Providence who have ministered in the parish over the last 101 years.
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May, 2009 will hold a special place in my memory for many years to come. From May 1-14, as part of my sabbatical experience, I made a walking pilgrimage between Montreal and Quebec City. MORE...
| Remembering Dominican Republic | 2009.11.08 |
A group of Dominican children will always remember Sister Alda Brady as the ice cream lady. Back in Kingston after her five month mission to the Caribbean nation, Sister recalls how she treated one young boy to ice cream after he attended Mass with her on Saturday nights. Word spread and it wasn’t long before more kids tagged along to Mass each week.
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| Sign donation card & save lives | 2009.06.24 |
Garry McNamee wears his cell phone at his hip at all times. His other constant companions are two large oxygen tanks. The phone is not used for business or social calls, but when Garry’s cell rings, it could mean the difference between life and death. MORE...
| Choir founder honoured | 2009.06.24 |
Sister of Providence Marie Dundon has been honoured for her decade-long involvement with the agency SOS, seniors outreach services of Lennox and Addington county. MORE...
| Becoming neighbours | 2009.06.24 |
Two Sisters of Providence are actively involved in a unique ministry in Toronto that partners new refugees to Canada with members of religious congregations and their Associates. MORE...
| Picture this... | 2009.06.24 |
I am often asked: “How long have you been a photographer?” The question always surprises me because I never think of myself as a photographer. MORE...
| Sharing Her Gifts With Children | 2009.02.12 |
Sister Alda brady was praying for a mission that offered an opportunity to work with children. By trusting in Providence, she received the guidance and mission for which she had been searching. MORE...
| Sr. Jeannette facilitates General Chapter | 2008.10.02 |
In September of 2007 a request came from the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, Pennsylvania, to facilitate their General Chapter in July/August of 2008. MORE...
Two years ago, she tried her hand at stained glass, and the hobby now consumes much of her free time. It quickly became her favourite way to pass the time in the winter because she was too busy the rest of the year. MORE...
| Passionate Poet | 2008.08.13 |
After an illustrious career as a teacher that spanned five decades, including terms as Principal and Vice Principal, Sister Anna Moran has reinvented herself by embracing a new vocation — poetry. MORE...
| General Superior Honoured | 2007.10.22 |
Sr. Pauline Lally, General Superior, is this year’s recipient of the Clare Campbell Award given to an individual who exemplifies the mission, mandate, visions and goals of the Elizabeth Fry Society. MORE...
| "Popular Religion" Flourishing | 2007.10.22 |
I began this reflection with memories of our first days here which impressed, surprised and even amused us. I decided all of these events are covered in our original newsletters or annals. MORE...
| We Are Called To Be Living Stones | 2007.08.22 |
Sister Gayle Desarmia returned to her home town to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Arnprior’s St. John Chrysostom Church in mid May. MORE...
Our ministry at Rosary Hall gives us the opportunity to live out our Chapter 2003 Directional statement. ‘To continue our present ministries with renewed energy.’ MORE...
It’s a Thursday morning on a hot and steamy August day. Sister Shirley Morris is working feverishly to clean out her office on the ground floor of the Motherhouse. In just three weeks, she leaves for a yearlong adventure. MORE...
| Service Honoured | 2006.10.20 |
A woman who exemplifies "faith in action," Sr. Kathryn LaFleur has been an inspired spiritual director, a wise mentor, and a voice of deep experience, insight and common sense, MORE...
| Volunteering Spirit | 2006.08.16 |
This week's volunteer of the week has continued her career caring for others even after retirement. MORE...
| The Flow Of The Spirit | 2006.08.16 |
She is elated this morning because her hockey team held on for a heartstopping 5-4 win to take the lead in the Western Conference final of the NHL play offs the previous night. In a nail-biter game, the Edmonton Oilers beat the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. MORE...
| Teaching A Mission | 2006.08.16 |
In the corner of a second floor classroom at Holy Cross Secondary School in Kingston, a handful of male students huddle to discuss the previous night’s high school hockey play-off game between rivals Regiopolis and Holy Cross. As the chatter amplifies, teacher Sister Marian McCallum is able to hush the boys with one soft-spoken word, "gentlemen!"
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