by Michael Hammond | Apr 6, 2021 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST The School of Nursing at Providence Hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan was founded in 1917 by Sister Mary Raphael McCann. There were 14 students in the first class. Conditions were crowded and instruction was carried on by the doctors...
by Michael Hammond | Mar 31, 2021 | Archives News
St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville in August 1933 BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST In December 2020 the Sisters of Providence transferred the former St. Vincent de Paul Hospital site in Brockville to the Marguerita Residence Corporation to be repurposed as...
by Michael Hammond | Mar 17, 2021 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST Mother Mary Clement was General Superior from July 1927 to July 1930. She wrote a letter to all the Sisters for Lent in 1930 that was sent to all the convents and missions. Here are a few extracts: Dear Sister Superior and Sisters:- I...
by Michael Hammond | Jan 18, 2021 | About Us News
The transfer of ownership papers being signed by Sister Sandra Shannon, General Superior, and Sister Barbara Thiffault, General Secretary on October 27, 2020. The Sisters of Providence have always helped the most vulnerable in our communities by addressing the needs...
by Michael Hammond | Jan 15, 2021 | Associates News
From left: Barbara Baker, Ann Boniferro, Laraine Corbin, and Bridget Doherty. BY BARBARA BAKER, PROVIDENCE ASSOCIATES DIRECTOR The Providence Associates have known since 2018 that sometime in the future we would need to move away from our dependence on the Sisters of...
