by Michael Hammond | May 17, 2016 | Friday Silent Vigil, Justice
In April, every school in the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board held some version of a social justice vigil – honouring the 20 years of the Friday noon vigil undertaken by the Sisters of Providence with many others from the community.These actions...
by Michael Hammond | May 3, 2016 | Obituaries
Stella Szybisty was born on July 19, 1926 in Janatowica, Poland, the second of two daughters of Elizabeth Cisto and Joseph Szybisty. Her family immigrated to Canada in 1930 and settled on a farm in Polonia, Manitoba where she and her sister attended the local schools...
by Michael Hammond | Apr 28, 2016 | Justice
At first glance, you wouldn’t think that a library’s Patron Code of Conduct would stir up justice advocates. But when Kingston Frontenac Public Library introduced their new code in February 2016, a public debate opened about how public spaces and...
by Michael Hammond | Apr 18, 2016 | Justice
Aristotle said: Educating the mind without the heart is no education at all. From May 17 to May 24th, 2015, 17 students and 5 staff from Regiopolis-Notre Dame High School in Kingston, Ontario (RND) had the education of a lifetime! Forever changed by a trip that was...
by Michael Hammond | Apr 18, 2016 | Justice
Thanks to trip organizer Mary Elaine Carty, RND’s Chaplaincy Coordinator, for bringing students and teachers to speak with Sisters of Providence, Congregation of Notre Dame Sisters and Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph as part of their ongoing education...
