COVID-19 Statement
The Provincial Administration offices in Renton will remain formally closed until October, and the offices in Spokane will be closed until September. Conservative measures have been adopted in…
The Provincial Administration offices in Renton will remain formally closed until October, and the offices in Spokane will be closed until September. Conservative measures have been adopted in…
Sister Clarella Lois Mae Fink, age 92, a Sister of Providence for 74 years, died Aug. 10, 2020, at St. Joseph Residence, Seattle. Clarella Fink (Lois Mae Fink)…
Sister Lina Sister Felina (Lina) Afinidad, age 90, a Sister of Providence for 56 years, died July 9, 2020, at St. Joseph Residence, Seattle, Wash. Lina Afinidad was…
For the 104 Sisters of Providence in Mother Joseph Province, the coronavirus pandemic has given the sisters an imposed contemplative period, become a catalyst for rapid change, and…
Sister Mary Laureen Sister Rita Marie Ferschweiler, SP, age 102, a Sister of Providence for 76 years, died April 25, 2020, at St. Joseph Residence, Seattle, Wash. Sister…
This isn’t the first time the Sisters of Providence congregation has weathered a pandemic. From 1918 to 1919, more than 21 million people worldwide were killed by an…
I was born in London, England, and emigrated to Canada in 1939. I first met the Sisters of Providence at St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing, in Vancouver,…
The seeds of Providence were planted early in Mary’s life. When her parents, Clyde and Berenice, were first married they lived in small town in Alberta, Canada. The…
Mary Frances Hawkins came into this wonderful world along with her twin brother, Larry on March 4, 1940. She also had two younger brothers, Stephen and Donald. All…
For Sister Carla Montante, Providence was with her at birth – as in Providence Sister Reine Latulipe who was attending her mother when Carla was born at St.…
There must have been a Sister of Providence attending either my mother or me when I was born at St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Ore., in 1941, where three…
Sister Karin Dufault’s Providence journey began in Yakima, Wash., in a loving, generous French-Canadian Catholic family. While her nuclear family was small (one brother), the extended family, including…