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19/02/22

A great soul has appeared… Bearer of a message of Charity…

On February 19, 1800, the fifteenth child of Antoine Tavernier and Marie-Josephte Maurice was born. The very next day, the father and his 21-year-old son, Antoine, the godfather-to-be, hitched the horse and buggy and made their way to Notre-Dame Church. The parish priest who performed the baptism was Father Joseph Michel Humbert, Sulpician, a native […]

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02/02/22

Marathon of prayer on Tuesday February 8, 2022

The International Union Superiors General (UISG) set up a project in 2009, with the objective to share, coordinate and strengthen the activities against human trafficking promoted by consecrated women throughout the five continents. This project is called Talitha Kum, an expression taken from the Gospel of Mark 5:41. In Aramaic, it means: “Little girl, I […]

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20/01/22

Anawim Place Food Bank and the Sisters of Providence

The Sisters of Providence have been working in Inner City Edmonton for almost 50 years. Some of these dedicated women belong to the Parish of the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples and serve wherever the need calls them, such as Anawim Place Food Bank. Anawim Place Food Bank, owned and operated by the […]

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17/01/22

Paths of life, paths of grace…

I took my course in Social Service in the 1970s and then I worked at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital for three years. In my province, I was asked to go to Moffet, Témiscamingue, to do parish pastoral ministry.  Jesus spoke to me his Word: “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you.” […]

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07/10/21

20th anniversary of the Beatification of Emilie Tavernier Gamelin

We know well the life of this great woman of charity who set such a wonderful example during her life time and whom God chose to realize the designs of Providence on the Congregation of which she became the foundress. The day after her death, which occured on September 23, 1851, the newspapers of the […]

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09/09/21

For a Synodal Church

With this convocation, Pope Francis invites the whole Church to question itself about synodality: a decisive theme for the life and mission of the Church. Here is a copy of the preparatory document: For a Synodal Church, communion, participation and mission.

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02/09/21

Tribute to Sr. Yvette Forest, SP

“Open your heart.” *Focusing on the Word and its effect on the whole person, the biblical recitative is a form of meditation where all the senses are solicited. First of all, Sister Yvette was one of the first people in Canada to walk the path with Louise Bisson and to dive into “this discipline of […]

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27/07/21

Our Sisters in Haiti

It is from the heart of the International Gathering of Sisters in Initial Formation and Formators in Ongoing Formation that we lived the impact of the tragic death of the President of the Republic of Haiti last July 7. In this Gathering, I am aware of the formation that I receive every day, living with […]

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23/06/21

Connecting with Creation

“Ever since Sister Sue Orlowski was a little girl growing up in Massachusetts, she has been fascinated by the natural world. She recalls being one of those kids who pestered her mother with questions about the birds, insects, animals and plants she encountered in the backyard and at the city parks. Even as a young […]

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