My Providence Path
Earlier this year, Providence Associate Jan Kehoe retired from the chaplaincy team at St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital, which had been founded by the Sisters of Providence. She used that opportunity to look back at her long association with the Congregation. The...
Blessed Émilie Gamelin and Bishop Ignace Bourget
As Associates and Sisters began the second stage of the renewal and celebration of the historical roots of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, we felt a certain excitement moving from 16c France to 19c Montreal, Canada. Associate Marie McCartney, and...
Renewal and Celebration: Learning From St. Vincent de Paul
Providence Associates began a two-year formation process in September with the theme of renewal and celebration. BY SISTER IRENE WILSONThe process uses the method of Ignatian contemplation, praying to know Jesus better in order to love him more and follow him more...
Keeping Contact
As part of the two-year formation process, Associate program co-directors Barbara Baker and Sister Irene Wilson have been traveling to the Associates across Canada. In late October they visited Camrose and led a process of Ignatian contemplation. An outcome of the...
Associate Digest November 22, 2012
front row l to r: Sr. Anna Moran, Marietta Macial, Sandra Campeau, Joan Murray, Sr. Judy Lee2nd row l to r: Sr. Irene Wilson, Sr. Jean Higgins, Sr. Catherine Cannon, Sr. Frances O’Brien, Betty Haymans, Doris Lomboy, Marie O’Neill, Yeshi Redda, Marta Hernandez 3rd row...
Associate Digest July 12, 2012
Retreatants led by Deacon Joseph McMorrow, far rightBY SISTER BERNADINE BOKENFOHR CAMROSE RETREAT Deacon Joseph Mcmorrow led the Camrose Associates on a “gentle day” of retreat opening with “Lectio Divino.” His informative day was structured with some “in-put”, then...
Associate Digest July 11, 2012
Facilitator Anne Walsh holds a vase of coloured salt created by Associates and Sisters to symbolize our unique giftedness as Providence PeopleBY BARBARA BAKER On June 1-2, thirty-eight Providence Associates and Sisters of Providence gathered in the Providence...
Associate Digest March 12, 2012
There is a new team in the office! Carol Groten, the Associate Administrative Assistant for twelve years, is the anchor.Associate team left to right: Co-director Sr. Irene Wilson, Co-director Barbara Baker and Administrative Assistant Carol Groten.BY BARBARA BAKER She...
Associate Digest November 2011
BY MARIE MCCARTNEY AND DIANNE DUTCHER Our Providence Associates Annual General Meeting was held at Providence Spirituality Centre on September 30, 2011. Prior to the 6:30 p.m. Call to Order and Welcome, our Associates and Sisters posed for a group photo taken on the...
Associates Digest June 22 2011
As the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul celebrate their 150th Anniversary 1861-2011, Providence Associates celebrate their journey too, 1985-2011.Associate Carol Groten enjoys quiet reflection at the 150th Anniversary stained glass windowBY SISTER...