by Michael Hammond | Apr 11, 2016 | Archives News
Outdoor Mass in Batawa, Ontario. (SPSVPA 014-202.3.4-S-4) BY ARCHIVIST VERONICA STIENBURG Did you know the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul served in La Loche and Ile-a-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan? In Lancaster, Ontario? In Pincher Creek, Alberta? In Entebbe,...
by Michael Hammond | Apr 11, 2016 | Sisters News
BY SISTER TERRI MACKENZIE, SHCJ Reprinted from her blog EcoSpiritualityResources.com Last March Pope Francis declared an extraordinary Jubilee, a Holy Year of Mercy. No question that the world needs compassion, forgiveness, and mercy! But I found myself a bit...
by Michael Hammond | Apr 11, 2016 | Justice
Canada’s minister of families, children and social development, Jean-Yves Duclos, with provincial counterparts discussing policy. A Laval University economics professor, Duclos has studied basic income — and is responsible for a Canada Poverty Reduction...
by Michael Hammond | Apr 11, 2016 | Heirloom Seed Sanctuary stories
Photo: Andreas Frantzeskos Every year Seedy Saturday gets bigger but this March, it got huge. More than 600 took part in the one-day seedfest that is sponsored in part by the Sisters of Providence — and held at the perfect time, as winter is still hanging on and the...
by Michael Hammond | Apr 5, 2016 | Heirloom Seed Sanctuary stories
The Heirloom Seed Sanctuary is busy on Facebook and occasionally sends email updates too. Here is the latest. You can read this one here. You can sign up, here, if you want to be on the mailing...
