The Road to Emmaus: Associates Retreat in Kingston
The retreat, directed by Sister Irene Wilson and assisted by Sister Marilyn Kearns and Associate Sheila LaRush, was a time to reflect on mutual collaboration using the Emmaus story as a backdrop. We were invited, through story, to reflect on how we collaborate with...
Embraced by a merciful God: Camrose Associates
Back row, from left: Sr. Jeannette, Jan Kehoe, Debbie Muise, Bernice Schlaut-Macfarlane. Front row: Kathy Leibel, Audrey Heck, Archbishop Sylvain Lavoie OMI, Connie Prost.Sr. Jeannette Filthaut organized the Camrose Associates’ meeting at the Star of the North Retreat...
Rita Gould, Providence Associate
Rita Gould, a Providence Associate of Camrose, Alberta, went home to God on November 20, 2015 at the age of 91. With her husband Stan, Rita raised eight children on a farm in Rosalind, Alberta, who extended to 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. After her...
Gaining the skills to lead ourselves
Providence Associate co-director Barbara BakerBY ASSOCIATES CO-DIRECTOR BARBARA BAKER A year ago, while the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul were at Chapter, the Providence Associates gathered to talk about their future. The Sisters were looking at the...
New direction for Providence Associates
BY BARBARA BAKER, PROVIDENCE ASSOCIATES CO-DIRECTOR The Providence Associates met on their own during the time the Sisters were at Chapter, to create a directional statement that will guide us for the next four years. It was a time of intense work that resulted in a...
Carmen and Fernanda reflect on their week of reunions, deep prayer … and snow (in April!)
Interpreter Susana Beitman helps Fernanda Ruiz (left) and Carmen Guía (right) participate in the opening ritual of Chapter 2015Two Providence Associates from Peru journeyed to Kingston in April for the Associates meetings connected to the Sisters’ Chapter...
Enneagram learning day: Camrose (Vincentian) Associates
BY JAN KEHOE, PROVIDENCE ASSOCIATE On May 8, 2015, the Camrose Associates gathered at the home of Pat Niehaus for our annual retreat, facilitated by Sister Jeannette Filthaut. To prepare for the topic of the Enneagram, we had previously chosen our personality types...
Renewal and Celebration Series: Founders of the Kingston Congregation
The Associates formation program continued in March with a day focused on the Kingston founders of the Congregation.BY SISTER IRENE WILSON These founders and the issues of the day were dramatized for the gathering. Kingston Bishop Horan was performed by Sr. Catherine...
Celebrating our Associates
Thirty years ago, in reading the signs of the times, the Sisters of Providence created a new form of relationship. They created an Associate process, with a commitment of one year at a time, that drew women and men eager to live out their baptismal call to service....
History relived in two-year renewal process
The spirits of founders Catherine McKinley and Bishop EJ Horan were rekindled by Associate Sheila Burchart (left) and Sister Catherine Cannon.BY SISTER IRENE WILSON The Associates’ formation process, titled Renewal and Celebration, was held from September 2012 to...