What we do?
To serve all our beneficiaries in the best way possible, 24 religious live in our Mercy home who work with the help of about 75 people, including professionals, workers, and volunteers.
Therefore, almost 100 people work for the 55 beneficiaries of our Mercy Home: their great needs demand it!
We live for them and God fills us with blessings because it will always be true that “there is more joy in giving than in receiving” (Acts 20:35). Our children and grandparents themselves are a source of joy and simplicity but great teachings are given to us on how to carry the cross with peace and joy.
The religious of the Mercy Home
8 priests and 16 other religious live in the Mercy home, including seminarians, religious brothers and sisters. The presence of the religious in the Home gives to it a supernatural meaning, that is, the light of faith in this great work. They not only lead but work with their own hands and complete dedication. According to the dignity of the children of God, all are treated like other Christs: Those who suffer like the Suffering Jesus, and those who assist, like Jesus the Good Samaritan.
The day of the religious community is marked by two very important moments: Holy Mass in the morning and Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament in the evening, developing the apostolate in various areas of the Mercy Home the rest of the time. The Holy Liturgy is the source from which strength and graces flow; and the summit to which all efforts are directed.
Professionals and workers
We do everything necessary to carry out this work so that they experience that God is their good Father who never abandons them. We try, therefore, to make their lives as happy as possible.
We have the help of 60 professionals and workers who are paid a well-deserved salary but who work for the children with great love and charity.
We have occupational therapists and workers who provide direct assistance and care for the beneficiaries.
We also have social workers, secretaries, safety and hygiene graduates, accountants, etc. who carry out the administrative work of the Mercy Home. In the field of health, we have doctors, a psychiatrist and psychologist, and a team of nurses who take turns covering 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Also, to help the children’s physical development, we have a nutritionist, kinesiologist, equine therapist, and physical education teachers who make them play and do other physical activities.
Seeking to develop their abilities as much as possible, we have in the field of education psycho-pedagogues, and workshop leaders who teach them carpentry, metalworking, agriculture, animal care, art, etc. And, like every home, we also need cooks, laundresses, and those who take care of the maintenance of the facilities.
All this requires an infrastructure that makes them feel like they are in a family home. There are playing yards, bedrooms, dining rooms, recreation room; an indoor pool, a gym, a special school, laundry, pantry, a maintenance room, etc.
Volunteers
Finally, we have the help of volunteers who occasionally collaborate in work and care for our beneficiaries. They come from different places and countries wanting to live this experience of concrete charity for a while. Many have changed their lives after this experience, getting closer to God. The Home is a living preaching of the Gospel and to be a volunteer is to experience it uniquely.
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Permanent volunteers
We also have volunteers or permanent collaborators who live with us for some years and can be volunteers and at the same time study in courses, tertiary or universities. Many come mainly looking for the religious environment that, by the grace of God, we can offer them at the Home. They have their own house and their schedules to be able to carry out all these activities comfortably.
