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Maryvale Abbey, then and now

Maryvale Abbey, then and now

BY VERONICA STIENBURG This July I immersed myself in the Sisters’ past, researching and writing the history of the Sisters of Providence as teachers at St. Margaret’s School and Maryvale Abbey in Glen Nevis, Ontario. Around that same time my husband and I decided to...

The story of the congregation, one life at a time

The story of the congregation, one life at a time

BY ARCHIVIST VERONICA STIENBURG The history of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul has often been written about in terms of the missions, institutions and ministries of the congregation. The focus has been on the works of the whole instead of the...

Reviewing the legacy

Reviewing the legacy

BY ARCHIVIST VERONICA STIENBURG The Catholic Archivist Group conference was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan a week before the unveiling of the “Called to Serve” monument in Regina.  In light of that upcoming event, Sr. Teresita Kambeitz, OSU, gave a fantastic...

Mothers’ Day 1977 at Cristo Luz Del Mundo Parish in Lima, Peru

Mothers’ Day 1977 at Cristo Luz Del Mundo Parish in Lima, Peru

BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST From the Annals of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul’s mission in El Progreso, Lima, Peru. The celebration of Mothers’ Day provided an opportunity for another and impressive and beautiful liturgy. Before Mass, Padre Juan...

The 400 ‘Home Children’ who passed through the House of Providence

The 400 ‘Home Children’ who passed through the House of Providence

Members of the Kingston branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society Kingston undertook the significant job of transcribing the Congregation’s records of the home children. Here, OGS representatives present Sisters of Providence archivist Veronica Steinburg (left) with...

Why Sister Mary Angel Guardian is considered the Pioneer of the West

Why Sister Mary Angel Guardian is considered the Pioneer of the West

Left to right: Sr. M. Teresa (Margaret Mangan); Sr. M. of the Rosary (Kate Mangan); Sr. M. Angel Guardian (Bridget Mangan)BY VERONICA STIENBURG, ARCHIVIST One of the many things I love about being an archivist is “getting to know” the individuals who helped make the...

Shining a light in St. Mary’s Hospital, Camrose

Shining a light in St. Mary’s Hospital, Camrose

Original chapel, St. Mary’s Hospital, Camrose, Alberta ca. 1925. Photo: 203.2.1-92, Archives, Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul.BY VERONICA STIENBURG Ninety years ago, Sister Mary Angel Guardian Mangan supervised the building of St. Mary’s Hospital in...