The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul are an apostolic congregation of vowed women religious who rely on and proclaim the Providence of God, and are the only religious congregation founded in Kingston, Ontario. Four Sisters from the Montreal congregation founded in 1843 by Bishop Ignace Bourget and Emilie Gamelin arrived in Kingston on December 13, 1861 to found what is now the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. The congregation seeks to empower others, especially the poor and oppressed, to achieve a quality of life in keeping with their human dignity, following a charism of compassionate caring given in a spirit of humility, simplicity and charity.
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