For many years, every Wednesday Sister Joan Marie Boberg, CDP, her brother, Jack and his wife, Gerry, and their sister Rose have volunteered at the Parish Kitchen. Gerry and Rose volunteer at “first spoon” serving guests the main dish and vegetable. Jack rolls forks with a paper napkin, and Sister Joan serves desserts. She says, “My favorite part is giving [...]
In March 2000, the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul transferred sponsorship of Holy Family Hospital in Vancouver, BC, to Providence Health Care. Even though the Sisters haven’t been involved with the governance of Holy Family Hospital for 18 years, and the last Sister to live in British Columbia returned to Kingston five years ago, it is lovely [...]
In April of 2016, Sister Senga Fulton, having “retired” from 36 years of ministering to the Springfield area’s homeless population, took up a new ministry focus. As a new member of the Sisters of Providence Council, Sister Senga assumed responsibility for overseeing and supporting the care of Sisters of Providence living at Mary’s Meadow and Providence Place. A licensed clinical [...]
Sister Rita Ferschweiler, the last Sister of Providence to serve as a hospital administrator in Portland, Oregon, celebrated her 100th birthday at a liturgy and luncheon in Seattle on March 16. This year she also marks her 75th year of religious life. Sister is pictured on the right. Celebrant for the Mass was Rev. James Eblen; Father William Treacy and [...]
Sister Silvia Troncoso (Sister Maria Silvia de Jesus) came to Washington State’s Yakima Valley from Bernarda Morin Province in Chile in 1992 as a missionary. Today, she is 86 years old, has been a Sister of Providence for 68 years, and has now returned to Chile. Pictured above: Sister Silvia Troncoso is surrounded by some of the Hispanic youth who [...]
It has been 75 years since the Sisters of Providence Foundress Mother Mary of Providence, formerly Catherine Horan, passed away. On the second anniversary of her January 25, 1943 death an unidentified Sister of Providence expressed the Community’s continued feelings of loss: “Two years have elapsed since we laid her to rest…and it seems but yesterday…so close has she been [...]
The Creation allowed the Sisters of Providence to experience 175 years of blessing in several countries of the world. The 175th anniversary of foundation is intended to reflect the multiple actions and experiences of so many Sisters of Providence who, with the help of Providence Associates and collaborators in various moments since 1843, succeeded in building the Community we have [...]
Spring is in the air…but not quite so much for the WPC Governing Board who met in Kingston, Ontario, on April 4th and 5th. We were treated to the warmest hospitality and surrounded inside by beautiful yellow tulips, painted Easter eggs, flowered candles and pastel cloths in our meeting room environment. Outside, however, the wind howled, trees bent over, and [...]
If the Chapter opening for the Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence was any indicator of what was to come, this was going to prove to be an exceptional experience. We wanted to do things differently than before, so we placed ourselves in the capable hands of our Chapter planning committee, loaded up our Sisters in a bus and drove to [...]
To highlight Catholic Sisters’ presence in western Pennsylvania for over a century, the Sisters of Divine Providence, in collaboration with 16 congregations of Catholic Sisters, began a month-long billboard campaign featuring Catholic Sisters in ministry, inviting all to “Pray. Act. Be the Change.” Pictured above: Sister Veronica Kim, CDP with La Roche College students. Showing glimpses of Catholic Sisters living [...]
