Remembering for Peace…One more time

Dec 4, 2018 | Peace

Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. Image still from video by Clarke Mackey JAMIE SWIFT, JPIC DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF PEACEQUEST PeaceQuest wound up its formal events on November 11 with our third sold-out Remembrance Day...

November 11th, 1918

Dec 1, 2018 | Providence Flashbacks

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST   This year November 11th marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The Congregational annals, which in 1918 cover life at the House of Providence in Kingston, and the annals of St. Mark’s Convent in Prescott record...

Remembering the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Nov 30, 2018 | Archives News

St. Mark’s Convent in Prescott BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST The Fall of 1918 was a tumultuous time around the world, in Ontario and for the Sisters of Providence. The First World War wasn’t over yet, but soldiers were starting to arrive home from Europe bringing...

Farewell Sister Rita Gleason

Nov 30, 2018 | More Sisters at work

In January of 2008, Sister Rita Gleason retired from St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital after almost 7 years as a member of the Spiritual and Religious Team. As part of this team Sister Rita ministered to residents’ spiritual, emotional and physical needs, including...

Sr. Mary Benilda Fedorowych

Nov 28, 2018 | Obituaries

Elisabeth Fedorowych was born on October 27, 1918 in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba. She was the second oldest of nine children born to Nicholas Fedorowych and Mary Filipchuk. She and her siblings attended the public school in Sifton, Manitoba. She met the Sisters of...