Famous Deer

Famous Deer

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTThere was much excitement on January 23, 1999 when a panicking deer got into the Motherhouse by crashing through a window from the parking lot into the hallway that runs by the library to the Dining Room. The event was covered in an...
Peru Reflections 2024

Peru Reflections 2024

From left: Providence Associate Carmen Alomia, Sister Gayle Desarmia and Sister Sara Jiménez. BY SISTER GAYLE DESARMIA, SPPhotos courtesy of Sister Gayle Desarmia From November 17 until December 11, 2024, I had the privilege of visiting Sister Sara Jiménez and the...
Foundation Day

Foundation Day

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTDecember 13th is the anniversary of the foundation of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, the only religious congregation founded in Kingston. Let’s look at the Congregational Annals to see how Foundation Day was...
St. Joseph & the Roses

St. Joseph & the Roses

Novices and postulants in the rose garden, Providence Motherhouse, Kingston, 1943. Left to right: Sr. Sara MacDonald; Sr. Mary Ellen Killeen; Sr. Isobel Oatway, Sr. Catherine Ryan, and Sr. Rose Collins. BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTEvery August and September we...