Library Code of Conduct issue about respect for the poor and homeless

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...

Reflecting on a life-changing trip to Kingston, Jamaica

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...

Students share trip with Sisters

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...

New organ scholarship

Apr 13, 2016 | Liturgy News

Madison Compeau This year, the Sisters of Providence established a scholarship with the Kingston Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists: The Sisters of Providence Scholarship is given to honour all Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul who have...

Rita Gould, Providence Associate

Apr 11, 2016 | Associates News

Rita Gould, a Providence Associate of Camrose, Alberta, went home to God on November 20, 2015 at the age of 91.  With her husband Stan, Rita raised eight children on a farm in Rosalind, Alberta, who extended to 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. After her...