Working in Wilmington

IHM Service Trip 2006

The fifth annual IHM High School Service Project took place in Wilmington, DE with the Ministry of Caring during the week of July 9-15, 2006. Participants were housed at Saint Matthew’s Convent in Wilmington, DE with IHM and Franciscan sisters.

The Ministry of Caring is a non-profit, ecumenical organization devoted to serving the poor, homeless and disadvantaged people in and around the Wilmington area. The organization
offers food, shelter, job training and placement, childcare, basic medical and dental care, a residence for people living with AIDS, clothing and household goods for those in need.

Service Trip participants provided both direct assistance to their various programs such as child care, senior citizen activities, and clothing distribution. They also assisted with cleaning apartments at various transitional housing sites as well as created an “extreme makeover” at different ministry sites.

The participants were eight IHM sisters, two young women and fourteen high school students from Massachusetts, New York, various parts of Pennsylvania and North Carolina
They joined together to “make a difference” by joining the IHM Sisters to spread “God’s Unconditional Love” to the poor, homeless and disadvantaged people in the Wilmington area.

The IHM High School Service Trip was created to provide young women with a first-hand opportunity to experience the IHM Charism of “unconditional love” in a variety of ways: community, prayer, service, play and other daily household duties.

For more information about this trip or for more information about the IHM Sisters, please contact Sr. Ruth Harkins at 570-346-5413 or e-mail: harkir@sistersofihm.org