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Download and Read The Winter 2017 Catherine McKinley, known as Mother Mary Edward in religion, was the first General Superior of the congregation. Her correspondence chronicles the development and growth of the congregation in its foundational years. Catherine McKinley’s letters are now available online! story on page 10 In this issue: Harvest Markets 150+ Years Marillac Mission Fund Event Transformative Liturgy PROVIDENCE PAGES Please contact us with your e-mail Vision Statement address if you prefer to receive an A world where the vulnerable experience electronic version of Providence Pages compassion, justice and peace. and discontinue receiving it by mail. [email protected] Mission Statement Thank you! The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Editor Paul are a congregation of vowed women Mike Hammond religious called to be channels of God’s Communications Advisory Committee Providence. Sister Sandra Shannon (liaison) S i s t e r B a r b a r a T h i ff a u l t Ruth Gruer Rooted in the mission of Jesus, we empower Mike Hammond the vulnerable through compassionate service, Doreen Hoekstra advocacy and networking. Sharing our Veronica Stienburg spiritual, human and financial resources, we Contributors promote justice and peace for all creation. Sister Lucy Bethel Sister Diane Brennen Sister Gayle Desarmia Sister Sheila Langton Sister Sandra Shannon Sister Barbara Thiffault Barbara Baker Albert Dunn Mariola Gozdek Tara Kainer Veronica Stienburg Phone 613.544.4525 ext. 328 Email [email protected] Special thanks to proofreaders Box 427, Kingston, Ontario K7L 4W4 Doreen Hoekstra www.providence.ca Sister Anne Hudec Sister Sandra Shannon Twitter srsofprovidence Sisters obituary excerpts prepared by Sister Barbara Thiffault, General Facebook Secretary. For the full obituary of the Providence.Kingston Sisters please visit our website: YouTube www.providence.ca/obituaries srsofprovidence A regular publication of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul 2 PROVIDENCE PAGES WINTER 2017 PERU A September for Remembering 2017 is a special year in the history of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. Fifty years ago they opened their mission in Peru – in El Progresso, Carabayllo. While the official celebration takes place December 10 in Peru, Sisters and Associates began to commemorate the event in September. The Peruvian Associates have dedicated their whole year to studying and celebrating the events of these 50 years. Through personal testimonies they have re-lived the journey of the Sisters and Associates since 1967. September 15 in Peru: Panel Panel Presentation in El Progresso Presentation in El Progresso that encouraged the Sisters and Associates September 15 the Sisters and Associates in to commit themselves to the marginalized of Peru began reflecting and celebrating with society. Father Noel Kerrin of the Missionaries of St. Columban recalled the Pope’s invitation others. They had a panel presentation on after Vatican Council II for religious to extend “The Poor in St. Vincent de Paul”. Father their missionary activities to Latin America. José Antonio Ubillus of the Congregation of This is why many missionaries came to Lima the Mission gave a picture of the spirituality to work with and among the poor. The third member of the panel to speak was Sister Rose- Marie Bokenfohr of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. She gave testimony to her work in public health during the last 50 years. More than 180 people attended this event which ended on a high note with children performing a folk dance, refreshments and the distribution of a book by Peruvian Associate José Távara (Pepe) entitled “Walking for 50 years with the town of Carabayllo”. September 24 in Peru: Feast of St. Vincent de Paul in El Progresso continued on next page WINTER 2017 PROVIDENCE PAGES 3 PERU continued from previous page Motherhouse in Kingston, Ontario. After September 24 in Peru: Feast of St. a catered lunch Sister Sandra Shannon Vincent de Paul in El Progresso welcomed all present and Sister Gayle Desarmia walked those present through a Sunday, September 24 a special Mass was PowerPoint presentation to mark the 50th celebrated in El Progresso in Christ Light anniversary. After time for questions and of the World Church to mark the feast of answers about the work in Peru the event St. Vincent de Paul. Sisters, Associates, ended with a free raffle for Peruvian souvenirs. representatives of the Daughters of Charity, friends, neighbours and parish groups were September 27 in Peru: Feast of St. present. The statue of St. Vincent de Paul Vincent de Paul in Lima from the grotto at the Sisters house held a The “remembering” of September ended place of honour. After the Mass the Sisters with Sisters and Associates, who were able, and Associates processed the statue back to travelling into Surquillo – Lima, to join the the grotto where they sang and prayed and other members of the Vincentian Family of then ended their celebration with a breakfast Peru. Together the Vincentian communities together. celebrated Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Church September 24 in Canada: Marillac in Surquillo. Mission Fund Presentation Sister Gayle Desarmia That same Sunday, Sisters, Associates, donors to the Marillac Mission Fund and members Watch for an account of the official of the Sunday faith community gathered 50th anniversary celebration in the in Catherine McKinley Hall at Providence next issue of Providence Pages. The Marillac Mission Fund is a registered charity which carries on the work of the Congregation in Peru. www.providence.ca/marillac 4 PROVIDENCE PAGES WINTER 2017 CONGREGATION Fall Gathering: letting go through contemplation Thirty-nine Sisters of through two days of facilitated Some Sisters, reflecting Providence assembled at reflection with references afterward on the Fall Providence Spirituality Centre to great spiritual writers, Gathering event, had the for their annual Scripture, following comments: Fall Gathering stories, readings from 9:00 a.m., and beautiful “an experience that took us as September 21 music to bring a group deeper into our prayer until 5:00 p.m. us into the life – more contemplative.” on September 23. fullness of This was an intense consciousness “we were more relaxed and but significant of our reality open in our interaction with experience in the and acceptance one another.” Sisters’ journey as of the NOW. they continue future Through the “an inspiration to live fully Jan Novotka process they planning for the and peacefully each day that guided us to deepen our community and coming to remains.” completion. contemplative stance. As the planning processes The Leadership Team met “unique to this gathering informally with the Sisters have unfolded, there emerged was a oneness, togetherness, on the first evening to update a need to face the difficult closeness, a sense of peace.” us on various aspects of the tasks of “letting go and planning process as it is grieving.” The Leadership evolving. There was a good “a recognition that we are Team engaged two excellent exchange of information and declining but our mission will women leaders to help us face answers to questions from the live on in others with whom the two tasks. group. we have interacted.” Sister Dorothy Heiderscheit, OSF, CEO of Southdown, “we were given the tools to presented on the first day work through grieving and and provided professional letting go and to enter into a guidance on the challenges contemplative stance.” of the grieving process and resilience, the ability to And so, we Sisters, concluded recover from challenges and the sessions “Trusting in return to a state of well- Providence and Walking in being. Hope” as we journey on into our future together. Jan Novotka and Marie Marie Larkin (right) talking with Sister Larkin guided the group Gayle Desarmia. Sister Sheila Langton WINTER 2017 PROVIDENCE PAGES 5 COMMUNITY HARVEST Community Harvest Kingston celebrates Sister Diane Brennen spoke at the Community Harvest Kingston’s second Canada 150+ event on August 30, 2017. Sister Gayle and I are pleased to be part of this celebration commemorating Canada’s 150th anniversary, sponsored by Community Harvest Kingston. The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul were founded in 1861, six years before confederation. Right from their beginning the Sisters were concerned with providing the vulnerable with nutritious food. In the early days of the congregation they relied on charity From left: MPP Sophie Kiwala, Sister Gayle Desarmia to feed themselves and the elderly, orphans and Sister Diane Brennen. and infirm who they cared for at the House of not particularly fond of after being served it Providence, now known as Providence Manor. continuously for desert. The Sisters went on collecting tours in the country, asking for donations of food, and In 1999 we started the Heirloom Seed vegetables to feed the vulnerable they looked Sanctuary which has flourished and provided after. education so that other heritage gardens could start in the area. For fifteen years we held a Our annals of 1893 records several trips to the tomato tasting day with the various varieties of country to collect fresh food that September. heirloom tomatoes. A Rev. Kelly of Athens wrote to the General Our future plans for Providence Village include Superior at that time: “The good Sisters are community gardens. cordially welcome to collect vegetables or anything they can get in my mission. They When the Sisters formed their current Mission will get lots of vegetables here, we have good Statement two years ago we ended it with crops.” this statement: “Sharing our spiritual, human and financial resources, we promote justice The current property where we have our and peace for all creation.” This includes our Motherhouse at 1200 Princess Street, is known support of food security, seed saving and as Heathfield. That was the name of the farm gardening.
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