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Advent 2023: JOY

Advent 2023: JOY

With Mary – during the uncertainty of the very first Christmas – may our spirits rejoice as well. And so, we watch and wait for the One who gives us an ability to know JOY during difficult times.

New Faculty in 2023

New Faculty in 2023

There is something unique about the place of teachers in the world. From a very young age, people look to others who have more life experience to impart wisdom and to inspire wonder. This is the case in family settings – where children learn from their parents and caregivers – as well as in scholastic contexts (i.e. elementary through graduate studies). In fact, without faculty, institutions like Providence would simply not exist, since it’s the role and responsibility of professors to facilitate the process of education, through teaching, writing and public scholarship.

Advent 2023: PEACE

Advent 2023: PEACE

As those seeking to follow the footsteps of Christ, we accept PEACE as a gift, but also as a mission. And so, we watch and wait for the One who gives us a way for PEACE to be experienced in this life.

PROV Talks 2023

PROV Talks 2023

On Thursday, November 16th, Providence hosted its annual Prov Talks event, where faculty and staff presented a variety of “ideas worth pondering.”

Advent 2023: HOPE

Advent 2023: HOPE

It may be dark, but we are not in the darkness alone. And so, we watch and wait for the One who gives us a reason to confidently persevere in HOPE.

Providence Downtown

Providence Downtown

For almost 100 years, the lives of countless people from around the world have been positively impacted by Providence’s vision to transform students into leaders of character, knowledge, and faith.

Media Production Arts

Media Production Arts

It has been said that, “nothing is ever truly new,” which is partially accurate. After all, the advances in technology that people have come to take for granted over the past few decades are literally unmatched in the entire history of the world. Yet – as long as...

History of Muriel Taylor Hall

History of Muriel Taylor Hall

By Madison Franks, Student Writer OTTERBURNE, MB – Because I began my time at Providence in the fall of 2020, I was never around the campus to experience Bergen Hall. This was an all-male dormitory that stood where the new residence building, Muriel Taylor Hall, now...

Providence Offers Master’s Degree in Chaplaincy / Spiritual Care

Providence Offers Master’s Degree in Chaplaincy / Spiritual Care

OTTERBURNE, MB - Providence Seminary provides the opportunity to pursue graduate studies in Chaplaincy / Spiritual Care as part of a Master of Arts (MA) or Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree. Working with practitioners in the field, the program has welcomed Hank Dixon,...

Seminary Symposium: Waters, Whisper, Thunder

Seminary Symposium: Waters, Whisper, Thunder

Highlighted throughout the Symposium was the idea of ambiguity. However, instead of seeking to “pair down, zero-in, declutter and reduce” the voice of God that one finds in the biblical text, the encouragement offered by Wall-Bowering was to make space for more instead of less. “God sounds like the whole Bible all at once,” said the professor. “What God sounds like is a question of style. God’s voice has range. It thunders AND whispers. It’s a ‘more’ that overtakes us. And this ‘more’ does something; it moves somewhere…it veers towards mercy.”