A two way street

When Sr. Angela Deady visits 84-year-old Shirley Brunell in her senior housing apartment, it's like visiting a friend - not surprising since the two have been getting together for 13 years!

Visiting seniors and other homebound folks is just one of Angela's duties as Pastoral Minister at All Saints Parish in Ware, Massachusetts, where she has served for 20 years.  Angela's previous ministry involved working with children.  But now, she says, it's a privilege to work with people of all ages.

Shirley, a retired nurse, especially appreciates Sr. Angela bringing her communion because she is unable to go to church.  "I'm glad she's here, I don't know what we'd do without her."

Sr. Angela says it's a two way street.  "The work of the Sisters of St. Joseph is to unite neighbor with neighbor and neighbor with God ... and so, that's my job.  Who could ask for anything more?  The blessing of this work is that that is exactly what the people in this faith-filled community do for me."

(This article originally appeared in Witness, a publication of the SSJ Development Office.)