Sister Dorothy Gill

Aug 30, 2000 | Obituaries

Always a woman of faith and prayer, one of Sister Dorothy’s last requests shortly before she died on August 30, 2000 was to be given her breviary. However, since her hands would no longer hold this precious book, she freely put it aside. This gesture was symbolic of...

Sister Helen Collins

Aug 16, 2000 | Obituaries

After a long and fruitful life, Sister Helen Collins died August 16, 2000 at Providence Motherhouse. She was eighty-seven years young. Helen Elizabeth Collins, daughter of John Collins and Louise Grimes, was born in Carlsbad Springs, Ontario, December 10, 1913. She...

Sister Mary Giroux

Aug 11, 2000 | Obituaries

The life of Sister Mary Giroux (Lalonde), of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Kingston, could read like a high powered work of fiction. She indeed had a rich and varied life. Born in North Bay in 1911, Mary Josephine Lalonde was the eldest of ten...

Sister Martha McKenna

Mar 7, 2000 | Obituaries

Martha Helena McKenna, born on September 8, 1910 at Merrickville, Ontario, was the seventh of nine children born to Christopher McKenna and Anna (O’Connor). Sister Martha, as she was called at the time of her death on March 7, was the last surviving member of her...

Preserving A Taste Of The Past

Nov 26, 1999 | Ecology stories

BY JC KENNY The following article, which originally appeared in the September 1999 edition of AgriNews, is reproduced here with the permission of the author. Most drivers passing by the pristine Sisters of Providence buildings on Kingston’s Princess Street here...