World Day for Grandparents and Elderly: A time for small acts of kindness June 24, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Seniors, Vatican, World News Try a little tenderness. That’s basically how Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, 73, summarized Pope Francis’ vision for what older people, their grandchildren and friends should do to change the world after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pope establishes World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly February 1, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Seniors, Vatican, World News Pope Francis announced the establishment of a World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly as a reminder of the important role they play as a link between generations.
Stella Maris is one of the first Maryland nursing homes to receive COVID-19 vaccine December 23, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Seniors Stella Maris – Maryland’s largest long-term care facility – has become one of the first nursing homes in the state to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for residents and staff.
‘Our most tragic time’: Felician sisters bear loss of 13 sisters to COVID-19 July 23, 2020By Dan Stockman Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Seniors, World News And in one awful month — from Good Friday, April 10, to May 10 — 12 sisters died of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Eighteen other Felician sisters at the convent in Livonia had the illness as well.
Little Sisters of the Poor minister to Maryland elderly for 140 years October 8, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Seniors When 87-year-old Alice Jadwigia Armstrong looked up from her hospital bed and saw the smiling face of Sister Lourdes Miranda, she was visibly buoyed by the nun’s presence. Clasping the hand of the Little Sister of the Poor, the white-haired woman seemed transported to the security of her youth.
Sister Kathleen Feeley leaves legacy of learning for seniors June 18, 2009By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News, Seniors Sister Kathleen Feeley, 80 years young, remains a great influence, in Baltimore and around the planet.
