Photos by Sister Jeannette Filthaut BY SISTER PAULINE LALLY For about 20 summers now, I have been involved with the historic Half Moon Sunday evening services in the St. Lawrence River in a bay shaped as a crescent moon on Bostwich Island in the middle of the St....
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Reflections and addresses
Everything has its time
Apr 25, 2023 | Reflections and addresses
Providence Village is a community of hope, belonging and wellbeing for the vulnerable where diverse partners offer compassionate care and support services to honour and continue the spirit and Catholic legacy of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. The...
Interfaith teachings on peace – 2022 potluck
Dec 13, 2022 | Reflections and addresses
BY SISTER PAULINE LALLY A vibrant group of individuals from various faiths, beliefs and spiritual traditions, who have been meeting monthly since the 150th Anniversary of Canada, held their annual potluck – the 1st still in the pandemic – in Memorial Hall at the...
Kingston Interfaith Potluck 2022
Dec 1, 2022 | Reflections and addresses
Photos by Sister Jeannette Filthaut, SPThe Kingston Interfaith Community held a potluck supper on November 29, and Sister Pauline Lally spoke to the group as a Christian member of the interfaith group. The theme for the evening was "Peace" which Sister Pauline...
Remembrance Day 2022
Nov 11, 2022 | Reflections and addresses
Photo by Sister Jeannette Filthaut.Sister Pauline Lally was invited to speak at the Remembrance Day ceremony at Providence Care Hospital, where she spoke of the lives lost in WWI and many wars since that we remember on November 11. As a longtime justice and peace...
Providence Care Leadership Missioning Service
Dec 13, 2018 | Reflections and addresses
Sister Frances O’Brien was one of three Sisters from the Leadership Team that participated in the annual missioning service for Providence Care this past September 25. This is part of Sister Frances’ reflection on the Charism of the Sisters of Providence of St....
Baking Bread Together
Mar 3, 2017 | Reflections and addresses
Baking Bread Together I met him just the other day,As I walked through the wheat-filled fields.His cabin cloistered in the forestSurrounded by lush sycamores. The atmosphere was still, but for a cooing dove.I stopped and focused on his abodeMade of fine olive...
The Love of Christ Compels Us
Feb 2, 2017 | Reflections and addresses
A sermon for the week of Christian Unity St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church January 29, 2017 BY SISTER PAULINE LALLY, SP Good Morning. Thank you for your invitation. I am delighted to be with you. As I was walking over his morning I wondered if Jesus came to earth in...
The Barque of Providence
Dec 6, 2016 | Reflections and addresses
Sister Catherine Casey shares two writings on Catherine McKinley, founder of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, also known as Mother Mary Edward.The Barque of Providence So still and cool the sunbathed air ruffles my silvered hair.While secure my being...
Legacy Day at St. Mary’s Hospital
Dec 2, 2016 | Reflections and addresses
BY SISTER JEANNETTE FILTHAUT,St. Mary's Camrose Legacy Day speaker, 2016 A Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis in 2015 has just come to a close with the closing of the Holy Door of Mercy on November 20th. But MERCY is ongoing as reflected in...