Sister Grace Maguire

Sister Grace Maguire

Grace Maguire was born on April 22, 1923 in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Ireland, to Francis Maguire and Rose Burns, the tenth in a family of six boys and five girls. The family immigrated to St. Brides, Alberta in 1927 when Grace was four years old. The older members...
Sister Marion Farnand

Sister Marion Farnand

Marguerite Marion Farnand was born on February 9, 1908 in Buckingham, Quebec, a town located in the foothills of the Laurentians about twenty miles from Ottawa. She was the eldest of ten children born to Mary Ellen Lavell and Anthony Farnand. Her parents owned a farm...
Associates Welcome Candidates

Associates Welcome Candidates

Sue MacDonald (left) of Kingston and Liliane Hamilton of Camrose made formal commitments as Providence Associates during the AGEM. BY SISTER CATHERINE CANNON Associates and Sisters met for their Annual General Education Meeting the weekend of September 26 and 27....
Associates Commitment Ceremony

Associates Commitment Ceremony

We welcome new Associates, from left, Marietta Marcial, Marie McCartney and Cathy Bryan BY SISTER CATHERINE CANNON The morning of April 5, 2008 dawned bright and clear with all the freshness and new life of spring. Outside Providence Motherhouse, birds were chirping,...
Poverty Vigil Celebrates 13 Years

Poverty Vigil Celebrates 13 Years

Scene from the 13th Anniversary Silent Vigil held on November 13th, 2008. “The last thing poverty respects is age. Young, old or in between, being poor erases smiles from our faces.”— quote posted on a sign at the 13th anniversary of the Silent Vigil The Ontario...