Christmas appeal 2025: Our sisters care for one another
During this holy season we celebrate Jesus, God-among-us, who came as a vulnerable child. Completely dependent on his parents for every need, he came to teach us how to love.
Just as the God of creation accepted vulnerability for the salvation of the world, so too, our elder sisters. As they once poured themselves out through decades of service
in classrooms, in hospitals, and in roles of service to those who are disadvantaged,
now they offer their lives of prayer and suffering for those same missions.
Like your family surely does, our sisters care for one another.
Recently, Sister Elizabeth, who is pastoral care coordinator for the sisters in Regina Coeli, spoke eloquently about why she values her ministry: “Our sisters who need our care witness to sacred vulnerability. It is a gift to be with our sisters at this time of their lives.”
Her ministry complements the work of the nursing team, assuring the personal and spiritual needs of our sisters don’t “fall through the cracks.”
This ministry of compassion needs your help. Are you able?
Sister Elizabeth is not alone in her efforts! In addition to our capable nursing staff, more than a dozen additional sisters share their time to provide support for the emotional, social, spiritual, and physical needs of the sisters in Regina Coeli. Through them our compassionate preaching flourishes!
These sisters mirror God’s compassion.
For example, Sister Patricia accompanies sisters who use wheelchairs, taking them to chapel for prayer and Mass. “We are bound together in prayer for the life of the world … it gives me a real sense of doing God’s work,” she said.
This privilege of accompaniment is blessing for Sister Judith, too. “I’m
aware of God’s presence in the vulnerable moments I share with a sister, as I patiently hold her hand, for example, or wait in silence as she tries to remember something or find the words to articulate her need.”
When you make a gift to our sisters out of love, you mirror the love of Jesus we celebrate during this joyful, sacred season.
Thank you! Your generosity is deeply appreciated!
May God bless you these days of Advent and Christmas!
A gift from you will
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- Help provide vital training in dementia care for sister-ministers and our
nursing co-workers; - Replace ill-suited wheel chairs with ones appropriately-sized for the needs of
each sister; and - Enable us to update outdated equipment we can no longer count on
government healthcare programs to cover.
- Help provide vital training in dementia care for sister-ministers and our
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