Sister Isobel Oatway

Sister Isobel Oatway

Isobel Mary Oatway was born on May 6, 1913 to William Oatway and Mary Ellen Corkery in Stanleyville, Ontario. She was the eldest of 7 children. Her family lived in Stanleyville during the war and later moved to Toronto where they remained for a number of years. The...
Sister Margaret Rose Fardella

Sister Margaret Rose Fardella

Margaret Rose was born in Alliston, Ontario on August 26, 1931, the eleventh of twelve children. She received her early education at St. Vincent’s Academy and Notre Dame High School in Kingston. She entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de...
Sister Mary Catherine Doherty

Sister Mary Catherine Doherty

Catherine Doherty was born on October 22, 1914 in Buncrana County, Donegal, Ireland, the fourth child of eight children born to Patrick and Margaret (Porter) Doherty. The family left Ireland in 1925 and settled near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on a 640 acre wheat and...
Sister Marguerite O’Neill

Sister Marguerite O’Neill

Sister Marguerite was born in Belleville on March 19, 1928, the eldest of six children, growing up with five brothers. She attended the local public elementary school and St. Michael’s High School in Belleville. She entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of Providence...

Being Present To Others

When members of the Sisters of Providence leadership team visited Sr. Una Byrne in her ministry, they found that spiritual life in Northern Ontario is anything but frosty. The weather, however, was certainly chilly when Sisters Jeannette Filthaut and Sandra Shannon...