For the past couple of years I’ve been serving as a chaplain (along with other friars of my community) at St Joseph's Nursing Home, Catonsville, Maryland. 😇
Most days of the week I’m here for Mass and to “make the rounds” visiting and taking the Eucharist and/or praying with those residents who are confined to their rooms. 🙏
One of the reasons I love ministering in this place is because in the past both of my grandmothers (+Frances Eckholm-Dore and +Marie Koehler-Winterling-Haspert) as well as my mother (+Carolyn Marie Winterling-Dore) were residents here. ❤️
In this photo, I’m standing at the door of room #1. This was my mother +Carolyn’s room for the three and a half years she resided at St. Joe’s. My dad +Gene Dore and I were with her in this room when she passed away on September 13, 2018. 😕
Today the current resident of this room asked me to pray with her for strength and healing. I couldn’t do so without thinking of the many times I did just that with my own mom right there in the same space! This gives me a sense of joy and consolation that I can’t express in words! 🥰
I always try my best to treat each and every resident of St. Joe’s as if they are my own grandmother, mother, or family member! 😊
Praise God! 🙏
1 comment:
Friar Timothy, I am sure this brought back memories of your mother. I think back when my mother had to go into a facility for rehab to get her back on her feet and I thought she would like to try Stella Maris where my father had rehab but maybe it brought too many memories of my dad . I did not care for Good Samaritan rehabilitation center and never got to see a doctor , therapist , and transporter who brought her from the hospital who just threw her on the bed and could have helped her some other way. It has been 7 years since my mother passed away yesterday.
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