Barbara Raby, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, offers an African violet to one of the participants attending the recently held Seasons of Hope Mass, a service remembering those who have recently died for whom we cared in our Franciscan Hospice Care program.
Sister Suzanne Gross, FSE, Administrator, Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, and Laura Borrelli, RN, Hospice Director, receive 2021 Fazzi recognition award. Franciscan Hospice Care, a program of Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, is a 2021 Top 25 Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) national best practice agency according to the overall [...]
Your Vote Counts! If you are an Ion Bank customer, support our community-based services by voting for Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care. Through your participation in the Ion Bank Foundation’s 13th Annual Community Awards Program, you are helping us care for others. Voting is Tuesday, February 1 through Wednesday, March 15, 2022. Franciscan Home [...]
Becoming a Franciscan Hospice Volunteer is a rewarding opportunity to journey with someone in the latter portion of his/her life. Franciscan hospice volunteers receive 16 hours of training that enables them to be present to others in a very special way in order to support both the individual and their family through a difficult [...]
January 1 Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, our Lady's greatest title "Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, [...]
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE 55th WORLD DAY OF PEACE 1 JANUARY 2022 1. “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace”(Is 52:7). In every age, peace is both a gift from on high and the fruit of a shared commitment. Indeed, we [...]
A message from Sister Barbara Johnson, Executive Director, Franciscan Life Center and Sister Suzanne Gross, Administrator of Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care:
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! How lovely are thy branches! Sister Suzanne Gross, FSE, Administrator, Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, shows Rich Zettergren one of the beautiful Christmas trees for sale at Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, 267 Finch Avenue, Meriden. Sale of the trees benefits home health care, [...]
Meet him, greet him, and give him your Christmas list, Saturday, November 20, 2021, Franciscan Life Center Campus, 271 Finch Avenue, Meriden. While you are here, enjoy the Living Crèche at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., Christmas carols and Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Wreaths and fresh cut Christmas trees, Franciscan bread, raffles, [...]
