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 We become a family for those who have no one. We are not a shelter, but a home, full of love who reaches out to all peoples in all walks of life. The doors as are hearts are always opened, to any one in need. The home is a non profit 501C3 interdenominational organization. It is run and operated by all volunteer staff and funded through donations. Our home lives by the Ten Commandments. We have a curfew time; children must go to school or work. They are assigned household responsibilities. There is no smoking, no alcohol, no drugs and no swearing. This is there home; no time limit is set for length of stay. Mrs. Rudy becomes a temporary guardian. This guardianship can be terminated at any time by either party, returning parental rights to the original parent or guardian. The Silence of Mary title signifies the quiet trust that Mary, displayed throughout her life and her obedience to the Will of God. It received its name from a priest at St. Francis of Assisi, Roman Catholic Church next door.
 Our mission is to provide a Christian family home for God's abandoned or neglected children. We love them, we teach them, faith and morals. We provide catechesis to those who live in our home and within the local community. We work with the local parish to have them fully initiated. We provide transportation to and from church, and assist in their enrollment into the parish community and registration into the catechesis classes. We become active sponsor for those in our home and within the local community and continue to follow up and assist our brothers and sisters with their every need. We work to instilling a sense of achievement and self-reliance. We promote reconciliation with family members where feasible. We encourage the attainment of academic levels, according to abilities, expecting to achieve economic independence through meaningful employment. Our home is a family; it is a clean and safe home that provides nutritious, well-balance family style meals. We coordinate educational placement for students, monitor students to ensure assignments get completed. We enlist social service agencies to provide basic and special health care, counseling or rehabilitation.
Is God calling you to open your hearts and your home to needy? All one has to do is trust and believe that God will lead the way for you. There are many just waiting for you to take that first step. Once you say Yes, God does the rest. As our late Holy Father, John Paul II, quoted so often "Be Not Afraid", and rightly so, because, we do the Means and God, does the endings.
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