Sisters of Providence

  History The beginnings of the Philippine Vice-Province can be found in the late 1950’s. This was when Sister Lawrence of Jesus, the Vocation Director in St. Ignatius Province in the Northwest USA traveled to the Philippines where she met with some Filipina women who wished to... read more

Biography As a Sister of Providence, the first mission experience of Sister Jeanne LeBer (née Aldéa Gascon) was  St-Jean-de-Dieu Hospital (today the Centre Hospitalier Louis-Hyppolite Lafontaine), in Montreal, Quebec, Canada). She first worked with hyperactive patients, then... read more

Biography Sister María del Pilar was born in Temuco, on January 29, 1899. She devoted 60 years of her life to the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence, carrying the Good News with joy, generosity and missionary fervour to those she called “God’s favourites”. With... read more

Biography: Sister Marie-Amédée seemed tailored to be a missionary in the Canadian northwest. She loved traveling in the bush, camping, and cooking over a campfire. It had great charm for her. Her first encounters with the native people were in De Smet, Idaho (USA) where she spent... read more

Biography : Denise Tolan, the daughter of Alma Deschamps Tolan and Congressman John Tolan, grew up in Oakland, CA.  She attended Holy Names Academy in Oakland and was graduated in 1927.  It was on a visit to her cousins in Montana that she first met the Sisters of Providence at... read more