by Michael Hammond | Jun 18, 2015 | Associates News
BY JAN KEHOE, PROVIDENCE ASSOCIATE On May 8, 2015, the Camrose Associates gathered at the home of Pat Niehaus for our annual retreat, facilitated by Sister Jeannette Filthaut. To prepare for the topic of the Enneagram, we had previously chosen our personality types...
by Michael Hammond | May 29, 2015 | Justice
Dr. Danielle Martin in Kingston, May 2015 BY JAMIE SWIFT A virus. One of those nasty bugs that’s hard to shake, immune to antibiotics. Sometimes a virus can spread like a forest fire, as often happens during flu season. Not surprisingly, viral infections are of...
by Michael Hammond | May 18, 2015 | Healing Violence stories
The Healing Violence Committee of the Sisters of Providence is offering a one-day conference in September entitled Healing the Church: Addressing the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis. Our committee was founded in 1998 and we have been working together since that time to...
by Michael Hammond | May 8, 2015 | Archives News
BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST From the Annals of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul’s mission in El Progreso, Lima, Peru. The celebration of Mothers’ Day provided an opportunity for another and impressive and beautiful liturgy. Before Mass, Padre Juan...
by Michael Hammond | Apr 23, 2015 | Vocation Stories
A favourite question people have for a Sister is, “Why did you become a nun?” For many years I would go blank when anyone asked me that. I didn’t know how to answer. It is a mystery to me. How did such an ordinary and very young person as I was, know that I had a...