by Michael Hammond | Oct 26, 2017 | Associates News
The major event in October was the AGM and the AGEM with Sister Frances O’Brien leading us through a process off Evolving Governance. The sisters are very supportive and encouraging as we begin to look at how we will manage an autonomous life bringing the Charism,...
by Michael Hammond | Oct 5, 2017 | Associates News
On Wednesday, September 27th, the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, our dearest Associate Clementina Torres Rodriguez left to go to Our Father in heaven. The Sisters that got to know Clementina, have fond memories of her and the many ways she lived the Associate Mission...
by Michael Hammond | Sep 29, 2017 | Providence Flashbacks
Farewell for Sisters in Batawa in June 1975. BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST Batawa was established as a factory town by the Bata Shoe Company in 1939. Initially the children of Batawa attended public school in nearby Frankford. Father Dostol, s.j., the parish...
by Michael Hammond | Sep 27, 2017 | Obituaries
Rita Dimberline was born on February 25, 1919 in Hamilton, Ontario, the second of three children of Elizabeth Lynam and Leonard Dimberline. In 1936 her family moved to King, Ontario, a settlement founded during the depression years by Father Francis McGoey. It was...
by Michael Hammond | Aug 13, 2017 | Obituaries
Aileen Donnelly, born on August 7, 1917 in MacLeod, Alberta, was the fourth of seven children born to Mary Coffey and Patrick Donnelly. Her father was a rancher in Alberta and her mother was a teacher from Ontario. In 1918 the family moved to Leamington, Ontario and...