Teacher Elena enjoying time with five of her students in Peru.BY SISTER BERNADINE BOKENFOHR 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...
BY SISTER SARA JIMÉNEZ The following Christmas season letter was submitted by Sr. Sara Jiménez in San Felipé, Peru. It did not arrive in time for previous edition of Providence Pages. We always wait for gifts at Christmas, we have become accustomed to this. I would...
Sister Susan surrounded by the children who greeted them with hugs.BY SISTER SUSAN PYE AND SISTER REINALDA KLOOSTERMAN They won the trip to Peru in March as the result of a draw suggested by former General Superior Kathryn LaFleur. We had a long, uneventful plane trip...
Sister Irene MacDonell with the soccer team in Peru.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...
BY SISTER IRENE MACDONELL 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. I felt my situation fit that...
Associate Carmen Alomia GuiaBY CARMEN ALOMIA GUIA - COORDINATOR PERUVIAN ASSOCIATES To Remember is to Return to LiveGo 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:...
Artisans like this weaver work at home. Photo: Sister Jeannette FilthautBY SISTER SHIRLEY MORRIS When Sister Shirley Morris SP returned to Peru after an absence of 25 years, she found many wonderful changes — and many things regrettably unchanged. One of the original...
