On November 23, 2023 the Lionel Kelland Hospice will be officially opened in Grand Falls-Windsor. The hospice is a community project created through the generosity of many people, especially the Presentation Sisters, who have been working closely with the organizing committee for almost ten years. The Sisters donated their St. Catherine’s Renewal Centre property which has been renovated to accommodate a ten-bed hospice with beautiful space for the families and those caring for the patients.
The Sisters of Mercy have been given the privilege to name one of the wings. The west wing will be named after Sr. Mary Fabian Hennebury who established in 1979 the first palliative care unit at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital in St. John’s. We are delighted that a wing of the hospice will be named after Sr. Mary Fabian!
Sisters Elizabeth Marrie and Patricia March will attend the grand opening ceremonies in Grand Falls-Windsor.
We congratulate the Presentation Sisters, the people, supporters and planning committee for their persistence that has brought them to this day. We applaud the Presentation Sisters’ generous donation and their faithful commitment to the completion of the project. We celebrate with the people of the Central area of our province that they will have a program and place where they can accompany their loved ones in their final journey in life. We celebrate that the residents of the area will find in the Lionel Kelland Hospice a place of love, care, comfort and support that they need in the face of sickness and death.
- More about the Inspiration for the Hospice and Sr M. Fabian Wing can be found here
- More information about the Hospice can be found here
El 23 de noviembre de 2023 se inaugurará oficialmente el hospicio Lionel Kelland en Grand Falls-Windsor. El hospicio es un proyecto comunitario creado gracias a la generosidad de muchas personas, especialmente de las Hermanas de la Presentación, que llevan casi diez años colaborando estrechamente con el comité organizador. Las Hermanas donaron su propiedad St. Catherine’s Renewal Centre, que ha sido renovada para albergar un hospicio de diez camas con un hermoso espacio para las familias y quienes cuidan a los pacientes.
Las Hermanas de la Misericordia han tenido el privilegio de dar nombre a una de las alas. El ala oeste llevará el nombre de la Hna. Mary Fabian Hennebury, que en 1979 creó la primera unidad de cuidados paliativos en el hospital St. Clare’s Mercy de St. Estamos encantados de que un ala del hospicio lleve el nombre de la Hna. Mary Fabian.
Las Hermanas Elizabeth Marrie y Patricia March asistirán a las ceremonias de inauguración en Grand Falls-Windsor.
Felicitamos a las Hermanas de la Presentación, al pueblo, a los simpatizantes y al comité de planificación por su persistencia, que les ha llevado hasta este día. Aplaudimos la generosa donación de las Hermanas de la Presentación y su fiel compromiso con la realización del proyecto. Celebramos con la gente de la zona central de nuestra provincia que tendrán un programa y un lugar donde podrán acompañar a sus seres queridos en su último viaje en vida. Celebramos que los residentes de la zona encontrarán en el Hospicio Lionel Kelland un lugar de amor, cuidado, consuelo y apoyo que necesitan ante la enfermedad y la muerte.
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