Sister Marian Honoured
Sister of Providence General Superior Pauline Lally accepts the award from Holy Cross principal Paul Walsh.Sister of Providence Marian McCallum received the prestigious Principal’s Award during graduation ceremonies at Holy Cross Secondary School in Kingston on June...
Vocation Day
BY SISTER LUCY KEARNEY Regi-Notre Dame Catholic High School took advantage of the Feast of St. Marguerite Bourgeois to host a Vocation Day. As we arrived at the school Grade 11 students were assigned to greet the invited guests, and I must add, made us feel very...
Service Honoured
General Superior Sr. Kathryn LaFleur receives the Distinguished Service Award from Rev. Anne MacDermaid, Chair of the Board of Management, Queen’s Theological College.General Superior Sr. Kathryn LaFleur received the 2006 Distinguished Service Award from Queen’s...
Teaching A Mission
Sr. Marian McCallum is the head of Religious Studies at Holy Cross Secondary School.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...
Sister Celebrates Milestone
By Peter DeWolfARNPRIOR, ONT/The Chronicle Guide The following article and photographs originally appeared in the Arnprior Chronicle-Guide on Sept 18, 2002. They are reprinted here with permission. Over 300 parishioners and well-wishers were present at the parish hall...
A Visionary Leader
Sister Irene Forrester is being remembered as a compassionate and visionary leader who inspired others to work for the dignity of all humanity. A Sister of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Irene Mary Forrester died on February 16, 2001, after a difficult battle with...
A Call To Service
BY SISTER SHEILA LANGTON The following is an excerpt from an address Sister Sheila Langton made this February to members of Holy Family Parish during Vocation Week in the archdiocese of Kingston. A favourite question people have for a Sister is “Why did you become a...
A Journey Of Self Discovery
Preparing oneself for service to God involves a long journey of self-discovery, according to a vibrant young woman exploring life as a Sister of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. In the summer of 1999, after an intensive period of self-growth, Charlene Thacker made...
40 Years Of Selfless Service
BY RYLAND COYNESmith Falls, Ont./The Record News The following article originally appeared in the Smith Falls Record News. It is posted here with permission. For 40 years — 17 in the picturesque Ontario community of Smiths Falls — Sister Marlene Schuster has been...
Helping The Healing Begin
Sister Marilyn Kearns was intensely moved by the letter from the woman who had escaped a life of domestic violence. “Thank you,” the woman wrote to Sister Marilyn and her co-workers at a Montreal shelter for battered women. “Thank you for listening, for caring, for...