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As a young child, Emilie, was initiated by her mother to welcome beggars and all those who knocked at the door and asked for “charity for the love of God.” She was always attentive to God’s will for her. She married, at the age of 23, Jean-Baptiste Gamelin, who was 50 years old, and the […]
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The Lord did wonders for me, holy is his name. Luke 1:49. Perpetual vows of Sister Jude Merline Bernard, SP January 26, 2025 – Sainte-Véronique de Welch Church, Haiti By allowing myself to be impregnated and touched by the love of Christ, I have the feeling that I have always nourished this inner desire to […]
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Roberta Rorke and her two brothers and a sister were born in Yakima, Washington, to a Bohemian mother and an Irish father. “I have a curious mind; I always have had,” she said. As a very young child, she asked her mother why water froze. Her mother’s response was, “because that’s how God did it.” […]
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Pilgrims of Hope is the theme that Pope Francis invites us to live in this Jubilee 2025. “The Jubilee can do much to restore a climate of hope and trust, (…) that is why I chose the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. It will be possible if we are able to recover the sense of universal […]
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Dear Providence Family, From this place of grace and blessing, this weekend, let us join to accept the invitation to celebrate the World Day of the Poor and renew our commitment to accompany the lives and hopes of the most vulnerable. As Catholics and Sisters of Providence, it is time to renew our commitment to […]
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After the solemn Mass celebrated on October 20 at the Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal, marking a step forward in the canonization of our foundress Emilie Gamelin, a two-day event was held at the Mother House of the Sisters of Providence. For this occasion, members of the Congregation came together with collaborators […]
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On Sunday, October 20, a Mass was celebrated at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral to mark the opening of the diocesan investigation into an alleged miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence. The Venerable Émilie Gamelin was declared “Blessed” on October 7, 2001 in Rome, following […]
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September 23, at 4:00 p.m., at her tomb, across from the Chapel of the Mother House, we commemorated the entrance into heaven of Mother Gamelin. At 4:15pm, the bells of the Asile de la Providence signaled the time of her going to Heaven in 1851. With prayers, the reading of a Psalm, the Gospel, […]
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Today we join the universal Church in honoring Mary, Mother of Jesus, and in remembering seven of her sorrows. Let us take a moment and recall the origins of this feast and its special relevance within our Congregation. Émilie Gamelin was seventeen years old and had already experienced her own sorrows when Pius VII extended […]
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“Charity is much more than material and social assistance. It has to do with the whole person; it strives to put people back on their feet with the love of Jesus: a love that helps them to recover their beauty and their dignity. Offering charity means having the courage to look into people’s eyes.”[9] Pope […]
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