In May the Sisters of Providence from Montreal and their four provinces had their first international virtual experience with their Providence Associates. The complete theme of this gathering was: "Bearers of the Providence Flame in our International, Intercultural, Intergenerational and Interdependent World." At that meeting Sr. Karin Dufault, the Congregational Leader, gave a presentation on the history of the four [...]
From Tuesday, September 17 through Friday, September 20, the Women of Providence in Collaboration held a conference for Associate Leaders of their various congregations. The theme of the conference was: Providence Spirituality and Contemplative Dialogue. The presenter was Leslie Keener, CDP from the Melbourne, KY group. Leslie used Scripture, reflection questions, and her own life stories to help the group [...]
Oblate Sister of Providence Sr. Marcia Hall is producing a documentary which hopes to promote vocations in the African American Community. About eight years ago she was serving as her community's vocation director and attending a seminar where black Catholic parents shared their feelings about their children entering religious life--and they weren't happy about it. She knew she had to [...]
Sister of Providence Kay Morrell attended Kingston Seedy Saturday for the first time this year, bringing along Sister Elise Nikiema who is a Sister of the Immaculate Conception of Ouagadougou visiting from Burkina Faso, in Africa. She wanted to share with Sister Elise an original Canadian phenomenon, Seedy Saturday, which began in Canada in the 1990s and has since spread [...]
