KSPS Documentaries
Providence Women on the Frontier
Special | 27m 12s
Women of faith whose pioneering spirit built the Pacific Northwest's first hospitals.
Many of the Pacific Northwest's medical facilities were begun in the 1800's by a small group of selfless women called the Sisters of Providence. Discover the fascinating stories of these courageous nuns, beginning with Emilie Gamelin of Montreal and on to Mother Joseph, who helped start Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Father LaCombe Home near Calgary and Wings of Providence in Edmonton.
KSPS Documentaries is a local public television program presented by KSPS PBS
KSPS Documentaries
Providence Women on the Frontier
Special | 27m 12s
Many of the Pacific Northwest's medical facilities were begun in the 1800's by a small group of selfless women called the Sisters of Providence. Discover the fascinating stories of these courageous nuns, beginning with Emilie Gamelin of Montreal and on to Mother Joseph, who helped start Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Father LaCombe Home near Calgary and Wings of Providence in Edmonton.
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Ester Pariseau, later Mother Joseph, joins the Sisters of Providence (3m 5s)
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75 ministries in the Inland Northwest and dozens more world-wide (3m 25s)
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Establishes houses of Providence, schools, and orphanages in Chile (1m 25s)
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Establishes the fist permanent school and hospital in the Northwest (2m 23s)
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Mother Joseph designs Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, WA in 1886 (4m 49s)
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The Sisters of Providence’s charitable works in Montreal (1m 47s)
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6,000 Sisters of Providence currently serve in Eastern Washington and abroad (3m 44s)
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