Sister Loretto Boland

Sister Loretto Boland

Loretto Boland was born in Toronto on June 5, 1917, the second of seven children of Josephine Bulger and George Boland. She attended St. Helen’s Elementary School where she was taught by the Loretto Sisters and then Loretto High School on Brunswick Avenue for two...
Celebrating our Associates

Celebrating our Associates

Thirty years ago, in reading the signs of the times, the Sisters of Providence created a new form of relationship. They created an Associate process, with a commitment of one year at a time, that drew women and men eager to live out their baptismal call to service....
Sister Peggy Flanagan

Sister Peggy Flanagan

Margaret Josephine (Peggy) Flanagan born on February 27, 1938 in Newmarket, Ontario was the second youngest of five children of William Flanagan and Alice Bell. She grew up in the small community of Schomberg, Ontario. After graduating from Toronto Teachers’ College,...
History relived in two-year renewal process

History relived in two-year renewal process

The spirits of founders Catherine McKinley and Bishop EJ Horan were rekindled by Associate Sheila Burchart (left) and Sister Catherine Cannon. BY SISTER IRENE WILSON The Associates’ formation process, titled Renewal and Celebration, was held from September 2012 to...