Developing an Associate Mission Statement
Photos by Associate Candidate Joan MurrayBY ELIZABETH COWPERTHWAITE On May 28th and 29th the Associates held their Spring Retreat. On Friday evening at a beautiful and meaningful Commitment Ceremony, Regina Lannon made her Commitment as a Providence Associate. On...
Alayne Scanlon Called to New Life
Alayne Scanlon, former Director of Communications and Providence Associate, died peacefully at the Kingston General Hospital on December 24, 2009. Grieving her loss are her son Steve, his wife Wendy, her grandchildren Philip and Angela and Angela’s husband Elliot...
Associate Digest November 2009
BY ELIZABETH COWPERTHWAITE On Oct 2nd and 3rd, the Associates held their Annual General Meeting. The event began with a Social Hour for Associates and Sisters. The Brockville Group, St. Vincent de Paul, began the evening with a beautiful prayer service based on an...
Associate Digest June 2009
BY ELIZABETH COWPERTHWAITE Celebrating SpringA Time to Grow in the Spirit Associates and Sisters attended the Associate Spring Retreat in the Providence Spirituality Centre on May 29 and 30. Sister Irene Wilson was the Retreat Leader. The Retreat was book-ended by two...
Associates Welcome Candidates
Sue MacDonald (left) of Kingston and Liliane Hamilton of Camrose made formal commitments as Providence Associates during the AGEM.BY SISTER CATHERINE CANNON Associates and Sisters met for their Annual General Education Meeting the weekend of September 26 and 27....
Associates Commitment Ceremony
We welcome new Associates, from left, Marietta Marcial, Marie McCartney and Cathy BryanBY SISTER CATHERINE CANNON The morning of April 5, 2008 dawned bright and clear with all the freshness and new life of spring. Outside Providence Motherhouse, birds were chirping,...
Sowing a Seed in Peru
BY SISTER JEAN HIGGINS .. unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain but if it dies it yields a rich harvest- St.John 12:24 I went to Peru in 1986 and started working with several Youth Groups. I had also worked with the youth...
Camrose Associates 2007
BY MIRIAM HANOSKI, DR. SUNA SMITH AND SISTER BERNADINE BOKENFOHR In 1996, at the invitation of Sr. Judith Ann Murphy, we received the first group of seven inquirers. Miriam and Norm Hanoski, Doug and Mary Tien, Debbie Muise, Hildegard Schafter and Anne Roper began...
Associates Celebrate Milestone
Providence Associate Director Sr. Catherine CannonBY CHRISTINE DIZAZZO Following a year of soul-searching on the part of both Sisters and Associates about the nature of their relationship, the celebration on September 29th of the first commitment ceremony of Canadian...
10th Anniversary – NACAR
Close to 500 vowed Religious and Associates from religious communities across North America recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of the North American Conference of Associates and Religious.(NACAR) Sr. Diane Brennen, Council liaison for Providence Associates and...