by Michael Hammond | Jan 10, 2018 | Community Harvest Market, Justice
From left: MPP Sophie Kiwala, Sister Gayle Desarmia and Sister Diane Brennen. Sister Diane Brennen spoke at the Community Harvest Kingston’s second Canada 150+ event on August 30, 2017. Sister Gayle and I are pleased to be part of this celebration commemorating...
by Michael Hammond | Dec 13, 2017 | Archives News
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST In the Archives of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul the majority of our early records are handwritten and are not always easy to read. Since the 1980s numerous Sisters and archives staff have transcribed many of these...
by Michael Hammond | Dec 8, 2017 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST Daylight Savings Time (DST) was first instituted in Canada on April 14th 1918, but was canceled at the end of WWI by the federal government. Certain municipalities, including Kingston, continued with DST. The Congregation was unsure...
by Michael Hammond | Dec 6, 2017 | Peru News
September 24 in Peru: Feast of St. Vincent de Paul in El Progreso BY SISTER GAYLE DESARMIA 2017 is a special year in the history of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. Fifty years ago they opened their mission in Peru – in El Progreso, Carabayllo. While...
by Michael Hammond | Nov 29, 2017 | Liturgy News
Sister Miriam Martin, PBVM BY ALBERT DUNN, COORDINATOR OF PASTORAL LITURGY & MARIOLA GOZDEK, LITURGY COORDINATOR ARCHDIOCESE OF KINGSTON Fellow beggars and pilgrims on the journey… This was one of many provocative descriptions of the liturgical experience used by...
