Students give witness to social teaching in an homage to 20 years of social justice vigils
BY ANN BONIFERRO Throughout the month of April, students in each of the 39 schools of the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board were asked to show mercy by...
An homage of vigils throughout April
In April, every school in the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board held some version of a social justice vigil – honouring the 20 years of the Friday noon...
Library Code of Conduct issue about respect for the poor and homeless
At first glance, you wouldn't think that a library's Patron Code of Conduct would stir up justice advocates. But when Kingston Frontenac Public Library introduced their new...
Reflecting on a life-changing trip to Kingston, Jamaica
Aristotle said: Educating the mind without the heart is no education at all. From May 17 to May 24th, 2015, 17 students and 5 staff from Regiopolis-Notre Dame High School...
Students share trip with Sisters
Thanks to trip organizer Mary Elaine Carty, RND's Chaplaincy Coordinator, for bringing students and teachers to speak with Sisters of Providence, Congregation of Notre Dame...
A Kingston motion is paving the way towards a more equal Canada
Canada’s minister of families, children and social development, Jean-Yves Duclos, with provincial counterparts discussing policy. A Laval University economics professor,...
Vigil closing / retrospective
2011: To mark their 150th anniversary, the Sisters of Providence rented a bus to bring Sisters, Associates, staff, partners and special guests together for a vigil. A...
A closing celebration … and one final vigil
It was fitting that the weather was so beautiful on September 17 and 18 when, after 20 years of fidelity, the silent vigil in solidarity with the poor and so many others,...
The gift of security for one Syrian family
Earlier this year, before the federal government announced it was bringing 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, even before the child, Alan Kurdi, ended up shocking the world...
PeaceQuest: Artists remember for peace
RH Thomson's The World Remembers Project has the remarkable ambition of displaying the names of all 26 million people who died during World War I, regardless of country,...