The North

Sister Una Byrne’s first two months

Sister Una Byrne’s first two months

BY SISTER UNA BYRNE Sitting here on a rainy Sunday evening in Norway House, I can look back on the last two months and say I am settled now. I live in a trailer between the old and the new church. It took a while to get things set up but now I have t.v. and internet...

Northern Connection

Northern Connection

Sr. Una Byrne at the Baptism of a Neskantaga First Nation child. The child is in a tikinagan, a traditional cradle board that the mother carries on her back.The smell of smoke these mornings reminds us of the ever-present danger of forest fires in the north. Although...

Being Present To Others

When members of the Sisters of Providence leadership team visited Sr. Una Byrne in her ministry, they found that spiritual life in Northern Ontario is anything but frosty. The weather, however, was certainly chilly when Sisters Jeannette Filthaut and Sandra Shannon...

Pilgrimage from James Bay

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...