BY SISTER PAULINE LALLY The following article by Sister Pauline Lally appeared in the Kingston Whig-Standard on October 19, 2002. Some provincial governments, under encouragement from Alberta and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, are putting forth reasons why Canada...
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Pilgrimage from James Bay
The Moosonee group, including Sister Una Byrne, at the Native parish in Toronto by the teepee.BY SISTER UNA BYRNE World Youth Day, who can describe such a experience? It is best described by the Holy Father’s dream, as expressed in his Evening Vigil, that it would be...
New Book Focuses On Justice
The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul hosted a launch for the latest book by a well-known Kingston author and social justice advocate. The congregation’s Office of Justice and Peace sponsored the launch of Faith and Freedom: The Life and Times of Bill Ryan...
What Is Poverty?
BY SISTER PAULING LALLY It’s interesting, you know, that as a Roman Catholic Sister I take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Why would anyone want to take a vow of poverty? Poverty is an evil to be eradicated, or at least struggled against. I don’t particularly...
Nourishing The Spirit
BY PEGGY FLANAGAN Walking down Kingston’s Brock Street, the wind penetrating her thin jacket and dead leaves swirling around her ankles, a young woman looks up to see the simple sign: Martha’s Table. Jessie has been here before. She remembers how difficult it was to...
A return to Peru
Artisans like this weaver work at home. Photo: Sister Jeannette FilthautBY SISTER SHIRLEY MORRIS When Sister Shirley Morris SP returned to Peru after an absence of 25 years, she found many wonderful changes — and many things regrettably unchanged. One of the original...
Sister Patricia Kelly: The ability to love
Sister Patricia Kelly arrives at Kingston Penitentiary early on a Friday morning. Photo by Sabrina DesranleauDuring her three-year ministry at Kingston Penitentiary, Sister Patricia Kelly has quietly made her presence felt among the administration as well as the men...