by Michael Hammond | Aug 18, 2025 | Providence Flashbacks
Marillac Villa, Howe Island in the early 2000s. BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTOne of the Sisters’ favourite places is somewhere that rarely gets mentioned in the ‘official’ history of the congregation: Marillac Villa, the congregation’s cottage on Howe Island. This...
by Michael Hammond | Jul 17, 2025 | Obituaries
Sister Noëlla was born on the family farm near Glen Nevis, Ontario on December 18, 1933 to Marie-Louise Lascelle and Conrad Séguin. Noëlla was her mother’s seventh child and her father’s first. Her mother’s first husband, Conrad’s older brother, had died and left her...
by Michael Hammond | Jun 12, 2025 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTThe Providence Associates celebrated their 40th anniversary this year. Although they were founded in 1985, the first Canadian Associates made commitment in 1987 at a ceremony held in the Providence Motherhouse auditorium on September...
by Michael Hammond | May 12, 2025 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST In these times of mass media coverage, we take for granted that we frequently saw and heard Pope Francis on television, radio, and over the internet during his life, and even his funeral was widely available on television and by...
by Michael Hammond | May 12, 2025 | Liturgy News
the high point of the Liturgical Year BY ANN BONIFERRO, DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL LITURGY & MUSIC The Paschal Triduum is one great festival recounting the last days of Jesus’ life on earth, the events of his Passion and Resurrection. Though chronologically three days,...
