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Social Service Ministry
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Meet three of our sisters in social services:
Sister Nadine Heizman (Psychologist)
Sister Pamela Conte (Pastoral Counselor)
Sister Agnes Kaczmarek (Shelter Assistant)
Sister Suzanne Susany (Law student at Duquesne University)
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Social service ministry supports the commitment of the Sisters of St. Francis to respond to the gospel mandate to serve and to stand with the poor, the immigrant, the disabled, and anyone in need.
The sisters began their social services ministry by attending to marginalized elderly patients in 1862 at the St. Francis Home for the Aged in Buffalo, N.Y. From this point on, the sisters have served the elderly, mentally ill, disabled, orphans, homeless, prisoners, persons with leprosy, and immigrants.
Today, 16 percent of the Sisters of St. Francis work as counselors, social workers, psychologists, managers, nurses, and legal aides with society's poor and outcast. Social services often team up with peace and justice advocates to assure all people are treated with dignity and care.
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Some of the places our sisters minister in social services:
- Hoboken Shelter, New Jersey
- St. Anthony Mission, New Mexico
- St. Martin Hospitality Center, New Mexico
- Our Lady Of Peace Nursing Home, New York
- VIVE Inc., New York
- Catholic Charities
- St. Francis Social Adult Day Care Center, New York
- Alverno Apartments, Pennsylvania
- Change Of Heart: Volunteer Program, Pennsylvania
- Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center, Virginia-and so many more!
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