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In this issue:
- St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Brockville was transferred to the Marguerita Residence Corporation.
- History of the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in Brockville.
- Teaching during COVID-19 in Peru.
- Associates plan for autonomous future.
- Providence Event 2021
- Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation News
- and more!
Sister Mary Murphy
Mary Alma Murphy was born on February 28, 1918 in Chandler, Quebec, to Christine Mauger and Michael Patrick Murphy. Before she entered religious life, Mary worked as a stenographer for the Provincial Government in Cape Cove, Quebec, as a stenographer and book-keeper...
Project Hospitality
Project Hospitality Transition GroupLeft to right: Sisters Yvette Girard, Nancy Wilson, Anne Coffey, Pat Cuddihy, Judith Ann Murphy, Pat Arsenault, Barbara Thiffault, Margaret Walsh, Evelyn Emery, Una ByrneBY CHRISTINE ROSS The Sisters of Providence have a long...
Anniversary year concludes
photo: David MuiseBack row: Sister Avita, Jan Kehoe, Sister Diane, Connie Prost, Sister Bernadine, Sister Jeannette Front row: Sister Pat, Debbie Muise, Sister RitaBY CHRISTINE ROSS A year of events marking the 150th anniversary of the only congregation founded in...
Providence in El Progreso
During a recent trip to Peru, Sisters Gayle Desarmia and Frances O’Brien met with students who are being supported in their education by the Marillac Mission Fund.BY SISTER GAYLE DESARMIA AND SISTER FRANCES O'BRIEN From December 28 until January 12: Sisters Frances...
Change Makers
BY CHRISTINE ROSS The Sisters of Providence are being celebrated as 'Change Makers' - females who have made a difference. 'Change Makers' is a one day photo exhibition that kicks off International Women's Week and will feature Kingstonians making real progress in the...
Vocation Formation News – November 2011
There is surely a future hope for you,and your hope will not be cut off.— Proverbs 23:18 BY SISTERS BARBARA THIFFAULT AND LUCY KEARNEY During the last several months we have been in contact with a mature young woman from Kitchener, Ontario who, after doing a search on...
Say No to Tar Sands
BY BRIDGET DOHERTY A Canadian company plans to build a pipeline from Alberta’s Tar Sands to Texas. If approved by both the Canadian and American governments, the pipeline would transport diluted bitumen, a mixture of oil and sand. Environmentalists, farmers, and...
Associate Digest November 2011
BY MARIE MCCARTNEY AND DIANNE DUTCHER Our Providence Associates Annual General Meeting was held at Providence Spirituality Centre on September 30, 2011. Prior to the 6:30 p.m. Call to Order and Welcome, our Associates and Sisters posed for a group photo taken on the...
Fr. John Hibbard reviews the upcoming revisions to the Roman Missal
BY ALBERT DUNN More than 80 Sisters, Associates, Motherhouse liturgical ministers and staff gathered on Tuesday, October 4 for an information session regarding the coming revision of the Roman Missal (the book of rites used for Mass and other liturgies such as Good...
Sister Rose Anne Ryan
Dorothy Sarah Ryan (Rose Anne) and her twin sister, Theresa Doris (Rose Mary), were born on December 17, 1929 to Jane Gannon and William Ryan in Picton, Ontario. Being one of nine children, she grew up in a loving and faith filled family on the outskirts of Picton....