Jul 15, 2016 | Archives News
Sr. Mary Mercedes and the St. Michael’s Junior Band, Belleville, Ontario in 1938. BY VERONICA STIENBURG Music has a long history as an important ministry of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. From the 1880s until today, Sisters of Providence have shared...
Jul 15, 2016 | More Sisters at work
BY SISTER JEANNETTE FILTHAUT Since 2006 I have been involved with Changing Together Centre for Immigrant Women in Edmonton, working in research and teaching levels 3 and 4 of English as a Second Language. This year I had upwards of 12 – 16 women in my classes...
Jul 15, 2016 | Liturgy News
As music teachers retired and local convents closed, many instruments made their way to the Motherhouse in Kingston. After a while, quite a collection accumulated made up of tambourines, drums, many recorders and more. There were a fair number of pitch pipes and...
Jul 15, 2016 | 350 CO2, Integrity of Creation and Climate Change
The Kingston climate change town hall. Photo: Kim Sutherland Mills BY BRIDGET DOHERTY Climate change is a global problem that hurts vulnerable people most. In Canada, it disproportionately affects seniors and those with pre-existing health problems, remote and First...
Jul 14, 2016 | About Us News
Providence General Superior Sister Sandra Shannon offered these remarks to the Jubilarians: At the International Union of Superiors General meeting I attended in Rome in May, we heard from Sister Mary Sujita, SND from India. Her question to us was, “Who has benefited...
