About Our Organization

Learn about our history, mission, values and commitment to providing compassionate care for adults with special needs.

Our History

Founded by the Franciscan Brethren of Saint Philip, our organization began as a small community initiative to serve individuals who were often overlooked and underserved.

What started as a modest facility with a handful of participants has grown into a comprehensive program serving numerous individuals across the region. Throughout our growth, we have remained committed to our founding principles of dignity, respect, and personalized care.

Over the years, we have expanded our services to meet the evolving needs of our community while maintaining our core values of compassion and excellence in care. Our staff continues to grow in expertise and dedication, ensuring that each participant receives the highest quality of care.


Our Mission

In keeping with our charism of outreach to the marginalized, we devote ourselves to compassionate care for adults with special needs.

We are committed to creating an environment where each individual is valued, respected, and given opportunities to grow and thrive. Our holistic approach addresses not only the physical needs of our participants but also their emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.

Through personalized care plans, therapeutic activities, and a supportive community, we strive to enhance the quality of life for those we serve and provide peace of mind to their families.

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Our Values

To create homes of dignity, compassion, and community where individuals with special needs are supported to live with joy and peace. We serve with humility, protect with tenderness, and accompany each person as a brother or sister on the journey toward fullness of life.


Our core Franciscan values include:

  1. Dignity of Every Person: We are affirm the sacred worth of each individual. We honor our personal choice autonomy and the right to self-determination.
  2. Compassionate presence: We solved by being present, listening deeply, responding gently, and offering care rooted in empathy and patience.
  3. Simplicity & Humility: We embrace simplicity in our relationships, our work, and our daily routines. We serve without superiority, recognizing that every person has gifts to share.
  4. Community & Fraternity: We cultivate our home environment where everyone belongs. Residents, staff, families, and friends form a community of mutual respect and shared responsibility.
  5. Joyful Service: We celebrate life's simple joys. We encourage creativity, laughter, and moments of beauty that uplift the spirit.
  6. Peace & Nonviolence: We commit to peaceful communication, trauma informed care, and practices that promote emotional and physical safety.
  7. Care for the Vulnerable: We advocate for those entrusted to us, ensuring their rights, choices, and well-being are protected.
  8. Stewardship of Resources: We use our resources wisely, maintain safe and welcoming homes, and care for creation with gratitude.


How Our Franciscan Identity Shapes Our Care

Person-Centered Support

We honor each person's stroy, preferences and goals.

Our service plans reflect the unique gifts and needs of each resident.

Hospitality as Ministry

We welcome each individual as Christ himself.

Our homews are places of warmth, safety, and acceptance.

Accompaniment, Not Control

We walk with individuals rather than doing things for or to them.

Growth happens through partnership, encouragement, and shared life.

Community Integration

We support residents to participate fully in community life--work, worship, recreation, and relationships.

Respect for Creation

We model sustainable practices and encourage gratitude for the world around us


As Franciscans, we commit ourselves to:

  • Serve with humility.
  • Protect with tenderness.
  • Advocate with courage.
  • Lead with compassion.
  • Build community with joy.
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