Nicholas Greco’s latest book, The Rosary and the Microphone: Religious Impulse in U2’s Mediated Brand, explores the crossing over or intersection of religion and popular music, using U2, a popular four-member Irish rock band, as his subject matter. “There’s a...
On February 10, 2020, Providence celebrated the Grand Opening of Muriel Taylor Hall with a special ribbon cutting ceremony. The Honorable Ralph Eichler, Minister for Economic Development and Training, and MLAs Andrew Smith and Dennis Smook were on hand to help mark...
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’d know that Manitoba is sending both our men’s and women’s junior curling teams to the World Championship in Krasnoyarsk, Russia this February. Both teams played strong at the National Junior Championship in...
Earlier this week, 60 female Providence students moved into our new residence, making it their home for the next four months of study. Students were busy unpacking, setting up and decorating their rooms. Everyone had smiles on their faces, excited to be the first ones...
Providence is thrilled to announce that our campus is now connected to fiber optic Internet. “We’re really excited to finally bring fiber optics to our campus. We’ve been looking at ways to improve students’ digital experience for many years, and this new underground...
This past Saturday, on January 4th, marked Providence’s 95th birthday. I wonder what our founder, Rev. H. L. Turner, would think of Providence now, since he first started the Winnipeg Bible Training School in 1925, and put everything into motion. Providence has more...
As we’re entering into a New Year, it only seems fitting to look back at 2019 and highlight a few notable items that happened at Providence. THE START OF THE 2019 YEAR (JAN/FEB) The start of the 2019 year was marked by Providence’s Impact 2020 Campaign which surpassed...
Providence wishes all of you a “Merry Christmas!” This is the time of year for giving and showing appreciation. We’re so grateful for all of our alumni, students, staff, faculty and greater Manitoba community. It’s the perfect time, at the end of the year, for us to...
We hope you have fun as you test your general knowledge with this Christmas quiz. The answers are posted below. 1. Holly, Snow Lake, Christmas Island, Sugarcane. What do all of these things have in common? 2. According to Guinness World Records, what Christmas...
If you look out your window, you’ll soon notice that it promises to be a ‘White Christmas’ in Manitoba with rooftops, evergreen trees and prairie fields glistening under a blanket of snow. Typically, a Canadian Christmas is filled with warm memories of family,...
