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By:
Sara, Krisy, Thipika, Duleeka and Sophia
Sisters of Life
• Who are they?
• Who they help?
Introduction about the agency
• They are Catholic Sisters who love everyone and to love women so that they can love their children.
What’s their mandate?
• This agency was started by John Cardinal O’Connor in 1991. This was started 21 years ago in New York.
Who started this agency?
• When they came to Toronto, they were not sure on what work to do here.
• They visited schools and churches and started to meet new people and talked with them.
• At the end they decided to work with women.
Why did they start this agency?
• Women call and say daughter is pregnant and need help
• Pregnant women who just started going to school and don’t know what to do
• New to Canada and got pregnant
• High School students say they’re pregnant and “mom will kill them”
• Most women who are pregnant have no support, no family, no husband
• They don’t want an abortion but don’t know who to go to for support
What are some of the circumstances leading up to families choosing this agency?
Parenting workshop:
They do at hospital
Advocacy Service:
If the mother’s child don’t go to school for one week they support. They call the principal and tell them what happened.
Counseling:
• Catholic family service
• Private
• 1 on 1 session
• Support and encouragement
What support is available to families through this agency?
• Education
• Language
• Residence
• Proximity
Possible Barriers
• Maternity cloths
• Winter coat, books , music
• Supplies for babies
• If the clients have a connection with their agency then they give the supply.
What donations do they receive and give?
• All ages from 14- 44 both men and woman but mostly woman.
• Different work backgrounds
• Mainly women in their 20’s
Age Ranges that Sister Of Life Supports
• One branch located in Toronto
• 7 Different house in New York City ( each branch has a different goal in clientele.
• Sacred Heart of Jesus Convent (Holy Respite), New York, NY.
• Villa Maria, Guadalupe (Retreat House), Stamfort, CT.
• St. Frances De Chantal Convent (Postulant House, Vocations), Brox, NY.
How many Branches Do the Sisters of Life have?
• 6 Months
• They stay for the entire pregnancy
• Until they get daycare
How long will the clients be able to have their support?
• Since opening in 2007, 325 clients
• Last year (2011) 129 clients
• Most are in 20’s and single mothers
• Accept all religion and background
• Only one abortion since opening
How many clients have they had come to their agency?
• Mothers keep in touch with the sisters
• Ask if everything is ok
• They come back to see the sisters.
• Building a personal bond/ relationship
• Annual Christmas party
Do they follow up with their clients when they stop asking for support?
• Nurses
• People offering a room in their personal homes
• Company wholesale
• Hospitals
• Social Workers
• Court lawyers
What kind of volunteers provide supports to their clients
• Listen to mothers’ concerns, hopes, fears
• Ask mother how she found the Sisters of Life
• Ask mothers what they desire
• Tell mothers what their next step is
• Encourage mothers to have the baby but never force
• They don’t agree with abortion
• Pray for all mothers half an hour per day
What ethics are discussed in their counseling sessions?
7 total branches including:
How many branches does their agency have?