Poverty Task Force

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...

Sister Marian McCallum

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...

Sister Mary Collins

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...

Government fails in anti-poverty efforts: interfaith group

Apr 30, 2007 | Justice, Peace

Article reprinted with permission from Kingston This Week. BY LYNN REES LAMBERT Local News – Friday, April 20, 2007 Updated @ 8:21:28 AM The provincial government has made progress on the push to wipe out poverty over the last three years, but it is a long way from...

Sister Kathleen Maguire

Apr 25, 2007 | Obituaries

Kathleen Maguire was born on January 18, 1910, the fifth of eleven children. All eleven children were born in the family farm house near Moyglass, Ireland. When Ireland was divided in 1922, Mr. Maguire, not wanting to raise his children in a divided county and...