Jan 21, 2022 | About Us News
2020 Jubilarians from left: Sister Yvette Girard (60 years), Sister Judith Ann Murphy (60 years) and Sister Rita Gleason (60 years). Not photographed but celebrating:Sister Nöella Séguin (2020, 70 years), and Sister Sara Jiménez Angulo (2020, 25 years). BY SISTER...
Dec 21, 2021 | Providence Flashbacks
Joseph Vanderhelm, standing in front of the new Crib in January 1962. Photo courtesy of William Vanderhelm. BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST Every year at Christmas, we all enjoy the large outdoor Crib that is on display in front of Providence Motherhouse in Kingston....
Dec 21, 2021 | 50th Anniversary of Peru Mission
Sister Rose-Marie providing one-on-one counselling. Who would have thought, as I wrote that letter in 1966 to our General Superior responding to a request for volunteers (for five years) for the foreign missions, that I would be sitting here in Peru answering a...
Dec 21, 2021 | 50th Anniversary of Peru Mission
Sister Josephine Doiron playing the guitar at Mass. I was one of the first Sisters of Providence to go to Peru in 1967 and I went to back to celebrate the 50th year of our presence there. It meant a lot to me to be there for this special event. We began the...
Dec 21, 2021 | 50th Anniversary of Peru Mission
The first missionaries to Peru: Sister Josephine Doiron, Fr. John Adamyk, Sister Rose Healy, Sister Rita Moran, Fr. Duncan MacDonnell, and Sister Shirley Morris. As we, Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul celebrate 50 years of missionary work with our people...
