by Michael Hammond | Oct 14, 2025 | Liturgy News
Sister Bonnie MacLellan, CSJ, Pontifical Commissary Valerie Kelly, Providence Associates Director BY ANN BONIFERRO, DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL LITURGY & MUSIC As is tradition, the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul and the Providence Associates gathered to...
by Michael Hammond | Oct 9, 2025 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTOn November 9th, 1931, a photograph was taken of the construction crew, hired by general contractor Angus Robertson Limited, who built the original wing of Providence Motherhouse. In the photograph, the workmen are standing in front of...
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...
