‘I just can’t figure out why our boys had to go through that’

May 3, 2013 | Peace

BY JAMIE SWIFT   Those 13 words speak volumes about the why of war. Particularly since they were uttered at a 1936 Vimy Ridge Pilgrimage by Canada’s first Silver Cross Mother. Charlotte Susan Wood was speaking to King Edward VIII as they gazed across the former...

Renewal and Celebration: Learning From St. Vincent de Paul

May 3, 2013 | Associates News

Providence Associates began a two-year formation process in September with the theme of renewal and celebration.  BY SISTER IRENE WILSON The process uses the method of Ignatian contemplation, praying to know Jesus better in order to love him more and follow him more...

Keeping Contact

May 3, 2013 | Associates News

As part of the two-year formation process, Associate program co-directors Barbara Baker and Sister Irene Wilson have been traveling to the Associates across Canada.  In late October they visited Camrose and led a process of Ignatian contemplation. An outcome of the...

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...