Here are some interesting facts I've discovered about the home I'll be working at (the Jeanne Jugan Residence, pictured at left):
* In 1871, that Father Jacob Ambrose Walter, the fourth pastor of St. Patrick's Church, the oldest Roman Catholic parish in Washington City, welcomed seven Little Sisters of the Poor from France
* Soon after their arrival the Sisters were granted unprecedented permission to beg for donations in the buildings of the federal government. This permission continued all the way up to September 11, 2001 when access to federal buildings became more restricted
* The Jeanne Jugan Residence has had a front row seat to many important national events over the past 170 years. Our Home has welcomed quite a few notable visitors including Eleanor Roosevelt and President and Mrs. George W. Bush. We were also blessed to provide a home to James Cardinal Hickey in his final years.
I thought I'd also share with you all a neat article done by the Washington Examiner about a little sister who has spent most of her 48 years as a religious begging for her sisters and the elderly residents they serve. Her name is Sr. Pauline Kelly. I hope I get to meet her. Here's the link: http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2011/02/credo-sister-pauline-kelly.
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