Peru Reflections 2024

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...

Foundation Day

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...

A look back at the early days of St. Mary’s Hospital

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...

St. Joseph & the Roses

Oct 4, 2024 | Providence Flashbacks

Novices and postulants in the rose garden, Providence Motherhouse, Kingston, 1943. Left to right: Sr. Sara MacDonald; Sr. Mary Ellen Killeen; Sr. Isobel Oatway, Sr. Catherine Ryan, and Sr. Rose Collins. BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVISTEvery August and September we...

Summer Picnics

Jul 10, 2024 | Providence Flashbacks

Sisters of Providence having a picnic on the grounds, Providence Motherhouse, Kingston ONClosest table from Left to Right: Sr. Mary Philip Allen, unidentified, unidentified, Sr. Mary Therese Doyle, unidentified, Sr. Mary Blanche Corrigan, Sr. Mary Urban Mulholland,...