by Michael Hammond | Mar 7, 2025 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTFor years a skating rink was built in the winter on Providence Motherhouse grounds for the enjoyment of the Sisters. These photographs and extracts from the Congregational Annals offer a glimpse into winters past: Extracts from the...
by Michael Hammond | Feb 11, 2025 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTThere was much excitement on January 23, 1999 when a panicking deer got into the Motherhouse by crashing through a window from the parking lot into the hallway that runs by the library to the Dining Room. The event was covered in an...
by Michael Hammond | Feb 6, 2025 | Peru News
From left: Providence Associate Carmen Alomia, Sister Gayle Desarmia and Sister Sara Jiménez. BY SISTER GAYLE DESARMIA, SPPhotos courtesy of Sister Gayle Desarmia From November 17 until December 11, 2024, I had the privilege of visiting Sister Sara Jiménez and the...
by Michael Hammond | Dec 18, 2024 | Providence Flashbacks
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTDecember 13th is the anniversary of the foundation of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, the only religious congregation founded in Kingston. Let’s look at the Congregational Annals to see how Foundation Day was...
by Michael Hammond | Nov 5, 2024 | Providence Flashbacks
St. Mary’s Hospital, Camrose Alberta as it looked from 1924 to 1948. BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTSt. Mary’s Hospital in Camrose Alberta celebrated its 100th anniversary on October 24th. The annals, a type of diary, kept by the Sisters living at St. Mary’s Hospital...
