Our Journey to Holyoke

May 3, 2013 | Archives News

House of Providence, Holyoke, Massachusetts. circa 1874-1880. Photo courtesy of the Sisters of Providence Holyoke Archives BY VERONICA STIENBURG In 1873, Sisters Mary Jane de Chantal and Mary Elizabeth went on a collecting tour in Massachusetts, where they visited...

A living wage for Kingston?

May 3, 2013 | Justice

BY TARA KAINER This spring is seeing a resurgence of action to keep attention on a living wage for Kingston. It is a focus of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation office and a whole raft of allies. In the fall, Kingston city councillor Bill Glover had tabled a...

The most celebrated environmental event worldwide

May 3, 2013 | Ecology stories

BY SISTER SHIRLEY MORRIS More than six million Canadians join one billion people in over 170 countries in staging events and projects to address local environmental issues. Nearly every school child in Canada takes part in an Earth Day activity. Environmental...

San Martin builds a chapel but still needs medical care

May 3, 2013 | Peru News

BY SISTER GAYLE DESARMIA San Martin is a small town about eight kilometres from El Progreso. About 80 families live there. They are poor and very hardworking. Early every day they go to their fields to cultivate broccoli, onions, potatoes and other vegetables. It is...

Planting peas in April

May 3, 2013 | Heirloom Seed Sanctuary stories

BY CATE HENDERSON Peas are a lovely cool-weather crop, one of the first seeds to actually be planted in the soil of the gardens, even when it is still too cold for most vegetables. One of the pea varieties is called Champion of England. What a glorious name! According...