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05/04/24

The Mission of the Sisters of Providence in Egypt

Even if according to their Mission the Sisters of Providence have always been interested in caring for those in need, regardless of their country of birth and nationality, we can ask ourselves why or how they ended up in Egypt, in one of the farthest countries from the North of Africa, at about 8, 700 […]

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07/07/23

House of Providence

This week, we’d like to take a look at the building that housed the second Mother House of the Sisters of Providence. Its construction dates b ack to 1888. Located at 1431 Fullum Street in Montreal, it ceased to serve as the Mother House in 1962, but continued to host various ministries and works of […]

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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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15/11/18

St. Elizabeth of Hungary patron of the Sisters of Providence

St. Elizabeth, born in 1207, was the daughter of Andrew the Second, King of Hungary. She lived a joyful childhood and received a pious education in this country during four years until the death of her mother. They then engaged her with a German prince, Louis of Thuringia; at the castle to which she was […]

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