2011: To mark their 150th anniversary, the Sisters of Providence rented a bus to bring Sisters, Associates, staff, partners and special guests together for a vigil. A provincial election was underway. With a federal election campaign taking place, those attending the...
It was fitting that the weather was so beautiful on September 17 and 18 when, after 20 years of fidelity, the silent vigil in solidarity with the poor and so many others, came to an end. On the Thursday evening, hundreds gathered outside Kingston City Hall where the...
September 17, 2015 will be Social Justice Vigil Recognition Day in Kingston. Here's the proclamation which was passed unanimously by Kingston City Council in mid-July. WHEREAS The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul have been ministering to Kingston’s...
1995: Two Sisters hold up a sign they had just made at the planning meeting for the first vigilBY SISTER SHIRLEY MORRIS, SP As a Sister of Providence, I would like to express my gratitude to the many vigil keepers ("vigilantes!") who participated and supported the...
Photo courtesy of CUPEThe headline of a recent web post from northern Ontario by Mike Balkwill, provincial organizer for Put Food in the Budget, reads: Privatizing Hydro is a big mistake – it’s a step backwards. Put Food in the Budget is a grassroots group that seeks...
Presentation to Ontario Ministry of Labour Public Consultations on the Changing Nature of the Modern Workplace Kingston, July 28, 2015 Tara Kainer, Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Office Download the submission About the review Response from the Ontario...
Tara Kainer of our Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation office joined more than 10,000 social justice advocates, students, workers, faith communities, Aboriginal peoples and more on a march for Jobs, Justice and Climate in Toronto on July 5. The diverse crowd...
Vigil from around 2001 with the since-deceased Sr. Mary Hamilton sitting down on the job.BY JAMIE SWIFT And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 “We’ve stood in all kinds of weather. Rain and snow....
Today the #FridayVigil vigil keepers arrived to find a long line of police vans in front of Kingston city hall. Turns out they were police from Toronto, OPP, Halton and other places, all acting as an escort for the Pan Am Games flame that is touring the region What...
Dr. Danielle Martin in Kingston, May 2015BY JAMIE SWIFT A virus. One of those nasty bugs that’s hard to shake, immune to antibiotics. Sometimes a virus can spread like a forest fire, as often happens during flu season. Not surprisingly, viral infections are of...
