HOME OF COMPASSION

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 86, 8 October 1935, Page 13

HOME OF COMPASSION

SILVERSTREAM GARDEN.FETE

To cope with and extend its work j for the aged and incurable the Home of Compassion was removed from Buckle Street, to Silverstream on grounds acquired adjoining St. Patrick's College. Here a commodious building was erected some two years ago and here are housed and tenderly cared for aged and incurable men and boys. This branch of the work of the Sisters of Compassion was inaugurated by the late Rev. Mother Mary Aubert, the foundress of the Sisters of Compassion and carried on for many years at the Buckle Street institution. The accommodation there, however, was very limited and the Sisters were unable to meet the applications for admission and the work also was carried on with innumerable difficulties owing to lack of facilities. Thejjiew home at Silverstream on the otlier hand was specially designed to cater for this branch of the Sisters' activities and all the modern appliances and facilities for the work were installed. This involved a considerable outlay which together with the cost of upkeep and maintenance is causing considerable financial worry to the Sisters. No charge is made.for the accommodation and treatment of the inmates, as the necessary qualification for admission is destitution combined with helpless old age.or incurable illness, irrespective of class, colour, or creed. The Sisters have no fixed annual income or endowments and depend entirely on public benefactions.

To aid the Sisters in their self-sacri-ficing work, a garden fete is being organised to take place next Saturday afternoon at the home in Silverstream. A strong committee has been formed and excellent arrangements have beenj made to cater for those who patronise.' the function. Those who avail themselves of this fete are assured of a ivery enjoyable afternoon in the spaj cious grounds, and in addition they jwill be helping the Sisters in a practical manner to continue their laudable work for the destitute incurable. The committee feels confident that the work of the Sisters of Compassion is so well appreciated by the public that whenever an appeal is made on behalf of their wprk it will meet with a ready response, and that consequently the garden fete at the home in Silverstream will be well patronised and thus assist the Sisters to meet their financial obligations.