January, a hundred years ago

Jan 29, 2016 | Providence Flashbacks

Margaret Irene Connolly (Sr. Mary Roberta) and Irene Carter (Sr. Mary Lenore) as postulants in 1916 with an unidentified novice. BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST Most people start the New Year looking forward; however, let’s look back 100 years in the Congregational...

Time in Peru

Jan 28, 2016 | Peru News

BY SISTER UNA BYRNE Although I had been to Peru a few times before this past fall, I had never stayed for very long. So to spend three months among such a welcoming and faithfilled people was indeed a privilege and a gift! Living with our Sisters Rosemarie and Sarah...

Meeting Jesus in Fray Martin de Porres, Peru

Dec 15, 2015 | Peru News

A game of Cuy BY CARMEN ALOMÍA GUÍA, PROVIDENCE ASSOCIATE Let us love God, my brothers (and sisters); let us love God but let it be with the strength of our arms and with the sweat of our brows.      – St. Vincent de Paul We had planned everything with care and...

The story of the congregation, one life at a time

Dec 15, 2015 | Archives News

BY ARCHIVIST VERONICA STIENBURG The history of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul has often been written about in terms of the missions, institutions and ministries of the congregation. The focus has been on the works of the whole instead of the...

Vigil closing / retrospective

Dec 14, 2015 | Friday Silent Vigil, Justice

2011: To mark their 150th anniversary, the Sisters of Providence rented a bus to bring Sisters, Associates, staff, partners and special guests together for a vigil. A provincial election was underway. With a federal election campaign taking place, those attending the...