BY SISTER IRENE WILSON When the opportunity came to share our dreams during the August, 2010 meeting in preparation for Chapter 2011, without a thought or plan, I readily presented what had always been in my heart. I was also aware that I had another dream that would...
Our Work
Renewal at St. Vincent de Paul
left to right: Sister Jeannine Coulombe, SGM, Richard Sullivan, Sister Mary BernadetteBY CHRISTINE ROSS Thirty-three years ago, Sister of Providence Loretta MacAndrews told graduates at Kingston’s St. John’s School “Christ relates to everybody on both sides of the...
Celebrating life after organ transplant
Sister Jean Higgins, co-chair Kingston Chapter of Transplant Advocate Association.It’s been almost seven years since Sister of Providence Jean Higgins received her new heart. She looks and feels great! Grateful to her donor and for her new life, Sr. Jean is giving...
Poverty Challenge 2012
left to right: Judi Wyatt, Alexandra Klepacki, Zaineb Zimmerman and Jamie Swift.Kingston’s Poverty Challenge is an intense one-day summit on poverty for high school students and teachers in the Kingston area. The 4th annual Challenge was held on March 28th at Duncan...
Food Security & Occupy movement
Craft Ontario organic farmer, seed saver, local musician and personal activistBY LANDON CHATTERTON I took a stroll towards the Kingston Farmer’s Market today and decided I would stop by the “occupy” tent that had been established in Confederation Park as of Oct. 15th....
Tuck Shop news
left to right: Sisters Stella Szybisty, Mary Labouré, Anne Hudec, Mary BenildaBY SISTER ANNE HUDEC It is with great pleasure that we welcome Marie McCartney and Sheila LaRush — our own Providence Associates — who began volunteering in the Tuck Shop on January 24th. We...
Energy & Poverty
Energy the root cause for inequality and environmental destructionBridget Doherty was invited to speak at the Queen’s Ban Righ Centre.BY MIKE HAMMOND Energy Poverty was the topic of a noon hour talk by Bridget Doherty of the JPIC office of the Sisters of Providence....
Remember Peace?
left to right: Sister of Providence Una Byrne, Kingston writer and event moderator Steve Heighton, event organizer Jamie Swift of the JPIC office of the Sisters of Providence and Ottawa writer Heather Menzies.BY JAMIE SWIFT This past November the JPIC office initiated...
Providence in El Progreso
During a recent trip to Peru, Sisters Gayle Desarmia and Frances O’Brien met with students who are being supported in their education by the Marillac Mission Fund.BY SISTER GAYLE DESARMIA AND SISTER FRANCES O'BRIEN From December 28 until January 12: Sisters Frances...
Say No to Tar Sands
BY BRIDGET DOHERTY A Canadian company plans to build a pipeline from Alberta’s Tar Sands to Texas. If approved by both the Canadian and American governments, the pipeline would transport diluted bitumen, a mixture of oil and sand. Environmentalists, farmers, and...