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For some of the organizations holding up the Washington region’s safety net, this time will bring unprecedented challenges. For St. Ann’s, it will mark a new test in a timeline filled with them. To figure out how to move forward, it just has to look back. The organization was founded during a crisis, and it has reinvented itself time and again since. Read more at The Washington Post

Washington Post: An orphanage created to help women and children during the Civil War adjusts once again to a crisis

The May 18, 2020 issue of The New York Times featured the stories of Susana Chiang and her daughter, one of the families being served by St. Ann's, and of Lazett Henry, a former resident, and how St. Ann's provides a true home. Read the full article at The New York TimesNY Times: “The Only Home Her Daughter Has Ever Known”

“From an early age,... I realized kids in my city… in my world, didn’t grow up with a home where they had no worries and a loving family”. Sister Mary Bader shares the source of her vocation, how she became a Daughter of Charity, and the life of St. Ann's Center for Children, Youth and Families. Read more at The Catholic Standard »

‘That’s the source of my vocation, serving children’: Sister Mary Bader

On October 2, we hosted our annual Fall Event in celebration of St. Ann's Center providing care and support for young mothers and children in the Washington, D.C. area for almost 160!

ST. ANN'S 2019 FALL CELEBRATION

When Janeika moved to St. Ann’s in July 2018, she was a mother to a toddler and pregnant with her second child.

Meet Janeika

A look at how Catholic Agencies are meeting the needs of the community featuring St. Ann's and our CEO, Sister Mary Bader.

Catholic agencies view Washington Archdiocese through people, not power