“From an early age,... I realized kids in my city… in my world, didn’t grow up with a home where they had no worries and a loving family”. Sister Mary Bader shares the source of her vocation, how she became a Daughter of Charity, and the life of St. Ann's Center for Children, Youth and Families. Read more at The Catholic Standard »
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St. Ann’s in the News
Washington Post: An orphanage created to help women and children during the Civil War adjusts once again to a crisisFor some of the organizations holding up the Washington region’s safety net, this time will bring unprecedented challenges. For St. Ann’s, it will mark a new test in a timeline filled with them. To figure out how to move forward, it just has to look back. The organization was founded during a crisis, and it has reinvented itself time and again since. Read more at The Washington Post |
NY Times: “The Only Home Her Daughter Has Ever Known”The May 18, 2020 issue of The New York Times featured the stories of Susana Chiang and her daughter, one of the families being served by St. Ann's, and of Lazett Henry, a former resident, and how St. Ann's provides a true home. Read the full article at The New York Times |