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Compassionate Care
The Little Sisters of the Poor provides the neediest elderly residents of Louisville a place to call home, regardless of race or religion. Their mission is to create a loving family environment for low-income individuals over the age of 65. As part of an international women’s Roman Catholic order, the Little Sisters of the Poor serve the elderly in 31 countries and have had a presence in Louisville for more than 100 years.
“Our founder is St. Jeanne Jugan who lived in Brittany, France, during the time right after the French Revolution. She was 47 years old when she realized her mission. She saw a poor, paralyzed, blind woman, took the woman to her home and put the woman in her own bed,” says Mother Mary Richard, Mother Superior.
From there, St. Jeanne Jugan’s work of providing needy elderly people with a home grew. She began to take in and house dozens of people who had no other resources. Little Sisters of the Poor communities began to expand across France and internationally. According to Mother Mary Richard, 40 years after providing the first woman with a home, 2,400 women had joined the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the congregation had homes in 10 countries…