Commemorating 20 Years of Healing Violence

Mar 23, 2018 | Healing Violence stories

BY SISTER FRANCES O’BRIEN Sister Frances O’Brien, a member of the Healing Violence Committee, recalls the great works of the committee. For the past 20 years, a standing committee established by the Sisters of Providence has been working hard to raise awareness...

Alphonse (Al) Meloche, Providence Associate

Mar 16, 2018 | Associates News

BY SISTER IRENE WILSON Al Meloche was born in Windsor, Ontario. As a young man he worked for Broughton’s Religious Goods Store in Toronto. He became a married deacon and was very committed to this ministry in the Catholic Church. Al eventually moved to Kingston where...

PeaceQuest at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

Mar 16, 2018 | Peace

From left: Beth Pater, Sister Pauline Lally and Murray Thompson. Photo courtesy of Joe Gunn, Citizens for Public Justice BY SISTER PAULINE LALLY “It is rare for a Canadian to be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize,” said Joe Gunn, Executive Director of Citizens for...

Sacred, Secular, Indigenous Women Gather to Steward Seed Inheritance

Mar 6, 2018 | Heirloom Seed Sanctuary stories

An historic moment is marked by deep connection “It was truly a wonderful experience to hear the energy and heart in each of the people present who have the life of the seed and its future held gently in their heart and hands.” These are the words of Sister Jeannette...

Sister Muriel teaching at St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing

Feb 28, 2018 | Providence Flashbacks

Sr. Muriel Gallagher teaching anatomy at St. Mary’s Hospital School of Nursing, Montreal. BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST Sr. Muriel taught at Sr. Mary’s School of Nursing from 1955 to 1965. The School was opened in 1925, and the Sisters of Providence ran it from...