Gaining the skills to lead ourselves

Apr 11, 2016 | Associates News

Providence Associate co-director Barbara Baker BY ASSOCIATES CO-DIRECTOR BARBARA BAKER A year ago, while the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul were at Chapter, the Providence Associates gathered to talk about their future. The Sisters were looking at the...

The ‘mission history’ of Apple Hill, Pincher Creek, San Cristobal, Edmonton, Moose Jaw…

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,...

Year of Mercy: Taking a wide view of the works of mercy

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...

A Kingston motion is paving the way towards a more equal Canada

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...

Seedy Saturday 2016 was record-breaking

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...