Sisters of Providence leave Smiths Falls

Oct 13, 2010 | About Us News

photo courtesy: Joe MolinoSister Marlene Schuster is celebrated for her ministry at St. Francis de Sales Church in Smiths Falls during a special Mass on Sunday, Oct. 3. BY CHRISTINE ROSS A 106 year presence in Smiths Falls has come to an end. Parishioners of St....

Sister Rose Collins

Sep 18, 2010 | Obituaries

Rose Collins was the fifth of six children born to Joseph Collins and Harriet Lajoie on February 18, 1916 in Hungerford Township. She attended St. Carthagh’s Separate School in Tweed, Ontario and the Tweed High School and in 1936 she graduated from the Ottawa...

Sister Margaret Mary Lines

Sep 10, 2010 | Obituaries

Patricia Ann Lines was born in Montreal on January 12, 1930. She was the only child of Margaret Monteith and William John Lines. She attended St. Ann’s Academy and St. Gabriel’s School in Montreal. She entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent...

Prison Reflection

Aug 16, 2010 | Justice, Prison Farms

BY SISTER PAULINE LALLY As the sky darkened and the rains came down on the non violent demonstration and resistance to the closure of the Prison farms on Sunday, August 8, a little boy said, “Even God is sad.” I think that just about sums up the feeling of most of the...

Sister Mary Mona LeGrand

Aug 1, 2010 | Obituaries

Dorothy Margaret Katherine LeGrand was born on October 27th, 1928 in Montreal, Quebec, to Herbert LeGrand and Katherine Sheahan-St. Aubin. She had four brothers, and one sister. Dorothy was the youngest. When she was three years of age, her mother was killed in a car...