In Canada, His Beatitude Sviatoslav visited the Holy Family Home for the Elderly

Sunday, 09 September 2012, 20:35
As part of his visit to Canada, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) visited the Holy Family Home in Manitoba, a residence for the elderly run by the Sisters Servants of Immaculate Conception. The home has been in operation for 55 years; it was opened in May 1957.
In 1957 the Sisters with the support of local residents and the blessings of Metropolitan Maksym (Hermaniuk), bought out a former children’s hospital.  They renovated it into an elderly residence which could house 140 people.  The official opening of the residence took place on May 26, 1957. Soon, when this residence could not meet the demand, the Sisters expanded it in 1970 by 124 more places, and in 1978 built a new residence for an additional 160 beds.  Then they dismantled the former children’s hospital which had been constructed in 1911.

On the 25th anniversary of the center, in 1982, there was an official opening and blessing of the Jubilee Park next to the Holy Family Center.  In 1992, a new complex of elderly housing and a guest residency were added and services provided were upgraded.  In 2007, the center celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Today’s residence is a comfortable, well equipped building which can serve 276 people. The center offers individual physical, mental, spiritual and social services.  In order to improve the quality of life for elders, many social and entertainment events are held.  Ukrainian culture is the basis and anchor of the center, although its residents include people of various ethnic and religious affiliations. The center also administers some programs in the city, which include the Respite Care Program, an Adult Day Program, Meals on Wheels, Telephone Information Resource Line and others. UGCC Department of Information   Photo: Arch-deacon Stefan Tyravskyi
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