BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTThe Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul taught at St. Joseph’s School in Kingston from its beginnings as the Union Street School. The Union Street School opened in 1946 and was...

Sister Bonnie MacLellan, CSJ, Pontifical CommissaryValerie Kelly, Providence Associates DirectorBY ANN BONIFERRO, DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL LITURGY & MUSIC As is tradition, the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul...

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTOn November 9th, 1931, a photograph was taken of the construction crew, hired by general contractor Angus Robertson Limited, who built the original wing of Providence Motherhouse. In the...

Marillac Villa, Howe Island in the early 2000s.BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTOne of the Sisters’ favourite places is somewhere that rarely gets mentioned in the ‘official’ history of the congregation: Marillac Villa, the...

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTThe Providence Associates celebrated their 40th anniversary this year. Although they were founded in 1985, the first Canadian Associates made commitment in 1987 at a ceremony held in the...

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST In these times of mass media coverage, we take for granted that we frequently saw and heard Pope Francis on television, radio, and over the internet during his life, and even his funeral was...

the high point of the Liturgical Year BY ANN BONIFERRO, DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL LITURGY & MUSIC The Paschal Triduum is one great festival recounting the last days of Jesus’ life on earth, the events of his Passion and...

BY ANN BONIFERRO, DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL LITURGY & MUSICThe Jubilee of the Year 2025 began on December 24, 2024 with Pope Francis knocking on the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, and will end on January...