by Michael Hammond | Nov 23, 2018 | Heirloom Seed Sanctuary stories
Early tomato tasting days were offered in the garden area. With the Heirloom Seed Sanctuary (HSS) ministry moving towards completion, the HSS committee felt a return of the Heirloom Tomato Celebration would be appropriate to mark the final growing season of the...
by Michael Hammond | Nov 22, 2018 | Community Harvest Market, Integrity of Creation and Climate Change
Photo by Kathy Sturmey BY TARA KAINER, JPIC, AND KATHY STURMEY, GOOD FOOD STAND ORGANIZER The Good Food Stand, a two-year pilot project initiated by the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Food Access Advisory Committee, “launched under cloudy skies...
by Michael Hammond | Nov 1, 2018 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST Here is a funny story from the Congregational Annals of the Sisters of Providence: November 5th, 1970 – An amusing incident occurred this afternoon. A lady from an apartment house which borders on our property telephoned that she...
by Michael Hammond | Oct 3, 2018 | Obituaries
Judith Lee was born in Montreal on July 6, 1944 the first of five children of Margaret Ruth Hartford and Lawrence Winslow Lee. She was taught by the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Malachy School and by the Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and...
by Michael Hammond | Sep 28, 2018 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST The Sisters of Providence taught in Lancaster Ontario from 1923 to 1937. They lived in a cement house, known as St. Joseph’s Convent. The Sisters found it very cold in winter, telling of how they had to wear cloak and gloves to Morning...