Happy Birthday Saint Jeanne Jugan!

We had a wonderful celebration yesterday on the 225th anniversary of Saint Jeanne Jugan! The Residents had a delicious cooked-to-order breakfast buffet and then Mass at 11:00 a.m. Fr. Tom took our concern for vocations to heart and preached about being God’s instruments to invite young people to consider a […]
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My Cup Has Overflowed

Today we had one of the most beautiful funerals we have ever seen as we bid farewell to Peggy, a longtime Resident of our home. Peggy came into our apartments many years ago, and “progressed” through the levels of care as her Parkinson’s disease worsened. The chapel was full to the […]
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Our Vocation Prayers Rise to God on Pentecost

During this year celebrating the centenary of Our Lady of Fatima our Mother General proposed that we find a prayer chain reaching round the world to pray for vocations. Between May 13 and October 13, dates of the first and last Fatima apparitions, each home in the Congregation has been […]
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Young Visitors

We recently enjoyed a morning visit from youngsters from Brookewood School. Their teacher, Anne, had been a volunteer in our home during her years at Catholic University. The girls played baseball with the Residents and joined us for Mass. they enjoyed learning about Saint Jeanne Jugan and promised to come […]
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