Annual Congress on Basic Income

Annual Congress on Basic Income

Technological Unemployment as Thought Experiment presenters Jason Burke Murphy (United States), Sergey Zolotov (Russia), and David Goutor (Canada). BY TARA KAINER, JPIC TEAM The 17th Annual North American Basic Income Guarantee (NABIG) Congress was held this year in...
Sister Irene MacDonell

Sister Irene MacDonell

Irene Janet Theresa MacDonell was born on July 1, 1932 in Alexandria, Ontario, the youngest of seven children of Mary MacDonald and Angus MacDonell. Since her mother died shortly after Irene was born, she was raised by her aunt and uncle, considering them as her...
Summer at Marillac Villa

Summer at Marillac Villa

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST Every summer the Sisters go to the cottage. Here are few fun images from the 1950s of Sisters of Providence at Marillac Villa on Howe Island: Shining shoes – July 1959 Enjoying the shoreline – July 1957 Catch of the Day An afternoon on...
Movies at the Motherhouse

Movies at the Motherhouse

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST The Congregational Annals document the major events in the congregation’s history, but they also document smaller happenings in the Sisters’ lives, including what movies the sisters watched. Here are some excerpts from the Annals:...
Behind the Scenes in the Archives!

Behind the Scenes in the Archives!

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST   The first week of April is Archives Awareness Week in Ontario! With that in mind, here is a behind the scenes peak into the archives of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. All the photographs used for the Throwback...