2021 Jubilee

As women were leaving religious life, Sister Cecilia Paganessi asked herself:  “What would I be? Why would I leave? This is my life.” Now, 80 years after entering…

Inez Arkell was born in Minneapolis, lived in Saskatchewan and then moved to western Montana, which she considers her true home. Sister Inez recalled that her uncle in…

Sister Mary K., as she is fondly known, moved to Spokane from Northport, Wash., near the Canadian border, when she was 10. She has always known women religious,…

Sister Marie-Claire Soucy certainly fits the definition of a citizen of the world. Born in Lowell, Mass., in 1938, in her 60 years as a Sister of Providence…

Providence life began for me in Wallace, Idaho, from where I heard many stories of the Providence Sisters’ kindness to my widowed grandmother and her family. Favorite outings…

Myrta Cristina Iturriaga Bustos was born May 18, 1942, in Temuco, Chile, to Deacon Juan Iturriaga and Natalia Bustos. Her large family included 10 sisters and three brothers. …

There is a quiet determination about Sister Joyce Green. As she moves about with her cane, it is readily apparent that she is blind. Once you get to…

As I look back over the past 60 years, at the many blessings I have received, all I can say is Providence of God I thank you for…

Sister Lang Thi Tran was born on Oct. 11, 1952, in Thanh Hoa, North Vietnam. She was the first of eight children born to Thoan Ngoc Tran and…