17/11/23
World Day of the Poor
Here you have the link to the Pope Francis’ message for this special day for all christians and the Providence Family : https://www.vatican.va/…/20230613-messaggio-vii…
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17/11/23
Feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Since the very beginnings of the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence, Elizabeth of Hungary, saint and queen devoted to the poor of her time, was considered patroness of the Ladies of Charity and of all our charitable works. Today, she is the patroness of the Providence Associates, as stated in the special liturgical calendar of […]
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08/11/23
Remembrance Day
In these troubled times that we are living, it is important to highlight the vocation for peace of our Congregation and of our foundress, Blessed Emilie Gamelin. In fact, the hymn that still to this day is recited by the Providence Family at the end of each meeting dates back to the Second World War. […]
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03/11/23
Five pioneer women of Providence travel to the American West
On October 26, 1856, 167 years ago, at the “repeated request of the Bishop of Nesqually (Northwestern Territory of the United States), Mother Caron, (Superior General of the Sisters of Providence at the time), and her council, decided to send a second group of Sisters of Providence to the northwestern of the United States.” A […]
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26/10/23
The Path to Perpetual Vows: A Message of Hope
After ten years of journeying with our Providence Community, I feel joy in my final yes to God to live out my vows to Him in our charism and mission and according to our constitutions. It is for me a lifelong commitment to our community for the sake of the mission and a forever to […]
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20/10/23
Departure of Mother Bernarda and 4 companions to Oregon, in 1852.
This year has marked the occasion to celebrate and talk about the arrival of Mother Victoire Larocque, and sisters Amable Dorion, Mary of the Sacred Heart Bérard, Denis Benjamin Worworth and a very young Bernarda Morin, to the port of Valparaiso on June 17, 1853, on a historic day for the Sisters of Providence. But […]
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12/10/23
True Self: A Lifelong Process
According to the tradition of spiritual retreats in the Catholic world, the Sisters of Providence reserve each year “at least five consecutive days for retreat” (C45). According to the Gospel, Jesus, the “unequalled master of prayer” (C38), set aside moments of solitude and stillness to pray and meditate. Today different Catholic organizations ease the way […]
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04/10/23
Anniversary of the Beatification
During the fall of 2001 hundreds of Providence pilgrims–sisters, Associates, family and friends–traveled to Rome to witness the beatification of our foundress, Emilie Tavernier Gamelin. In the homily of October 7, at St Peter’s Cathedral, they listened Pope John Paul II’s concluding words: “Dear pilgrims who have come from different countries for today’s beatifications: May […]
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28/09/23
My journey as a teacher of deaf persons
As part of the World Day of the Deaf, September 27, we invited Sister Yvette Renaud, S.P., to tell us about her experience as a teacher of deaf people. While hesitant to describe my personal journey, I asked Sister Jacqueline St-Amant, SP, a former teacher of deaf people herself for some help. Her first reaction […]
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22/09/23
Emilie Gamelin, the Providence Charism and the Sisters of Providence
The Sisters of Providence are an apostolic religious congregation, a community of persons, whose primary orientation is mission, the concrete expression of their radical commitment to Christ, to the poor and to the Church as people of God. The self-identity of the religious congregation emerges from an awareness of the origin and continuity of its […]
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