In the Arms of Our Lady
At Heart of Mary House, our residents spend
their final days in comfort and peace.
This is a home where the dying poor are able
to safely live out the final stages of their life’s journey.
They are consoled, fed, bathed, and loved.
This is all made possible through the generosity
of monetary donations and the gift of
your presence.
1 Cor. 13:8
Love
never fails.
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to stay connected with us at Heart of Mary House! We are so grateful for this community and we are most grateful for your prayers. The work we do at HOMH is extremely unique. In fact, we are the only organization in Middle Tennessee offering this service to those in need in our community.
- A safe, comfortable, home-like atmosphere
- For those with a terminal diagnosis and a short prognosis
- Who either have no home, or no one at home who can take care of them
By God’s grace, we have provided our rented home and 24/7 caregivers through the use of private donors (people like you!) In our first 2 years we have served 30 residents in our 900sq ft, 2 bedroom, humble home, .
Sadly, each month we have to turn away 10 to 15 potential residents needing our help due to lack of space. We know there is a dire need for us to expand, but we cannot do it alone.
After we have been established for 3 years we will be able to apply for grants. In the mean time, we do not want to have to turn away hundreds of more people while we wait on the potential of grants. We need monthly donors! We are also asking everyone to dig a little deeper and consider a sizable donation to help us obtain a larger home which will help us meet the needs of the dying poor in our community.
In Him~Through Him~For Him,
Kim Derrick
Founder and Director
With the faith and charity that is poured out of our souls,
as caregivers we can experience the pain of our
residents and their families.
We can be open to a personal relationship with them;
one that expands the horizons of life,
along with one that is remembered past death.
As a result, these relationships become a beacon of
for both the caregivers and residents at
Heart of Mary House.
hope
hope
2024
Heart of Mary House
Annual Fundraiser
love never fails
“And now these three remain:
faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.”
1 Cor. 13
SAVE THE DATE!
November 2
All Souls Day
@ The Aquinas Center
Dominican Campus
These [Hospice Residential] centers are an example of genuine humanity in society, sanctuaries where suffering is full of meaning.
For this reason, they must be staffed by qualified personnel, possess the proper resources, and always be open to families.
“In this regard, I think about how well hospice does for palliative care, where terminally ill people are accompanied with qualified medical, psychological and spiritual support,
so that they can live with dignity,
comforted by the closeness of loved ones,
in the final phase of their earthly life.
I hope that these centers continue to be places where the ‘therapy of dignity’
is practiced with commitment,
thus nurturing love and respect for life.”
Pope Francis
Make A ReferRal
“The eloquence of the parable of
the Good Samaritan and of the whole
Gospel is especially this:
every individual must feel as if called personally to bear witness
to love in suffering.”
St. Pope John Paul II
We are taught by the Good Samaritan
how to care for the terminally ill,
and likewise how to obey the commandment linked to the gift of life:
“respect, defend, love
and serve life, every human life!”
St. Pope John Paul II
1 Cor. 13:8
Love
never fails.
“Every time you did it for the least ones, for a suffering brother or sister, you did it for me.”
-Jesus
Matthew 25: 31-46