Christmas Prayer Cards From the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul Archives

Dec 22, 2014 | Providence Flashbacks

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST Handwritten on the verso: “To dear Sr. M. Ruth with best wishes for a happy, holy Christmas and New Year, from Sr. M. Scholastica....

Standing in vigil at Kingston’s City Hall

Dec 10, 2014 | Friday Silent Vigil, Justice

Vigil keeper Lynda Dowdle, in red, is surrounded by four Sisters of Providence at an August vigil. From left, Ellen Murray, SP; Lynda Dowdle; Una Byrne, SP; sitting, Peggy Flanagan, SP; and Catherine Cannon, SP. BY UNA BYRNE, SP For 19 years, the Sisters of Providence...

Sister Rose Bekar

Dec 10, 2014 | Obituaries

Sister Rose Bekar was born in Bayard, Sask., November 21, 1918, the twelfth of thirteen children born to Joseph and Ludvina (Maierhoffer) Pekar. Her parents immigrated to Canada in 1913 from Austria and settled on the vast prairies of Saskatchewan. She attended the...

Sister Eunice Sugars

Dec 5, 2014 | Obituaries

In the little village of St. Andrews East, Quebec, Eunice Sugars and her twin brother, Gerald, were born on July 28, 1924 to Maria Rayson and Allan Sugars. Since her father had to move to different towns and cities to seek employment during the depression of the...

Sister Mary Joan LaFleur

Dec 5, 2014 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Joan, baptized Marion Doreen LaFleur, was born on August 12, 1930 in Kingston, Ontario, the eldest of four children of Evelyn Wiskin and George LaFleur. She received her elementary education at St. John’s School and her high school at Notre Dame Convent....