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5 unusual facts about Sisters of Providence


Lachine Hospital

Established in 1935 as the Hôpital St-Joseph, it was administered by the Sisters of Providence.

Loftus Hall

In 1917 Loftus Hall was bought by the Sisters of Providence and turned into a convent and a school for young girls interested in joining the order.

Our Lady of La Salette

Calvat first recorded her revealed Secret on July 3, in Corenc, at the Sisters of Providence residence and it was carried at the Bishop's House.

Philibert Vrau

Philibert Vrau was sentenced to a month's imprisonment and a fine for allowing some Sisters of Providence, in secular dress, to continue their superintendence of the women in his factory, a charge which they had begun in 1876.

Providence Regional Medical Center Everett

Providence Hospital first opened in 1905, after the Sisters of Providence purchased the Monte Cristo hotel and converted it into a hospital with 75 beds.


Congregation of Divine Providence

Another congregation which has a connection to this one is that of the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé-sur-Loir, France, founded in 1806, whose founder adopted the Rule of Life and religious habit of this congregation.


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Mary Bernard Laughlin

That same year, Sisters of Providence ministering in Kaifeng, China, were interred in a Japanese concentration camp.

Mary Cecilia Bailly

The pair left Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on April 26, 1843, and sailed to France, where they spent time with the Sisters of Providence of Ruillé-sur-Loir and met with dignitaries including Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, Queen of France.

Mother Joseph Pariseau

In 1856 Augustin-Magloire Blanchet, the bishop of the new Diocese of Nesqually (now the Archdiocese of Seattle), approached Mother Émilie Gamelin, the foundress of the Sisters of Providence, seeking their assistance for his diocese in the Pacific Northwest Territories of the United States.