by Michael Hammond | Jul 9, 2007 | Friday Silent Vigil, Justice
A high profile social activist joined other vigil-keepers at the weekly silent vigil at Kingston’s City Hall on Friday May 18, 2007. Raised in Kingston, nurse Cathy Crowe specializes in advocacy for the homeless in Canada. She has won fame as a street nurse working...
by Michael Hammond | Jul 9, 2007 | Friday Silent Vigil, Justice
BY SISTER PEGGY FLANAGAN As I recall, Jesus of Nazareth had a soft spot in his heart for fishermen. Perhaps he still does. Oliver Gerald Doyle, who died on the second of May, was a follower of Jesus, but not just because he loved to go fishing. Oliver also took...
by Michael Hammond | Jul 8, 2007 | Justice
General Superior elect Sr. Pauline Lally spoke during the Mayor’s Task Force on Poverty held in Kingston April 30, 2007. The speech is reprinted here. In the 19th century the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul set about working on behalf of the orphaned, the...
by Michael Hammond | Jul 5, 2007 | Obituaries
Sister Marian McCallum was born in Montreal on May 11, 1948 and attended St. Malachy’s School and Marymount High School. Following her graduation, she entered the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul on September 8, 1965. After graduating from the Ottawa...
by Michael Hammond | Apr 30, 2007 | Obituaries
Mary Collins was born in Tweed, Ontario, the second eldest of six children of Joseph and Harriet LaJoie. She grew up on the family farm just outside of Tweed and attended the St. Carthagh’s Separate School where she was educated by the Sisters of Providence. Her...
