Sister Mary Marcia Goodwin

Sister Mary Marcia Goodwin

Mary Irene Angela Goodwin was born in Toronto on May 12th, 1914 to Augustus Goodwin and Anastasia Riordan. When she was two years old, her mother died and a few months later her younger sister died of whooping cough. Her father was in a dilemma as to what to do with a...
Sister Mary John Downy

Sister Mary John Downy

Alice Ann Downey was born on September 19, 1916 in Bainsville, Ontario, the sixth of 11 children born to John Joseph Downey and Mary Catherine Cameron. She grew up in a loving family where she experienced, as expressed in her own words, “God’s unconditional love from...
Camrose Associates 2007

Camrose Associates 2007

BY MIRIAM HANOSKI, DR. SUNA SMITH AND SISTER BERNADINE BOKENFOHR In 1996, at the invitation of Sr. Judith Ann Murphy, we received the first group of seven inquirers. Miriam and Norm Hanoski, Doug and Mary Tien, Debbie Muise, Hildegard Schafter and Anne Roper began...
Associates Celebrate Milestone

Associates Celebrate Milestone

Providence Associate Director Sr. Catherine Cannon BY CHRISTINE DIZAZZO Following a year of soul-searching on the part of both Sisters and Associates about the nature of their relationship, the celebration on September 29th of the first commitment ceremony of Canadian...
Great Canadian Catholic Hospital Project

Great Canadian Catholic Hospital Project

Sister of Providence Monica Laton and Dr. R J Barr visit a young patient in a pediatric room at St. Francis de Sales General Hospital, Smiths Falls in 1954. Archivists Sr. Gayle Desarmia and Danielle Hughes undertook a major research project this year when they...