At La Posada, it’s all hands on deck when it comes to celebrating a birthday. This time we celebrated Program Director Sister Zita Telkamp’s birthday. These special events not only allow for taking time to honor someone’s life, it also provides the staff and clients time to smell the flowers – literally. While the break …

It is our pleasure to host volunteer groups from civic organizations, schools, colleges, universities and churches. We enjoy sharing our ministry and the stories of our clients with these groups who often visit us from around the state and the country. We try, in the short time we have with visitors, to provide them with …

In keeping with La Posada tradition, we celebrate birthdays. Monday March 4 was Sister Margaret’s turn to be celebrated. Sister Margaret is La Posada’s Site Coordinator and is responsible for developing and caring for the property (10 acres!) using ecological and environmental sustainability principles. She teaches and works collaboratively with clients in everyday tasks, monitors …

Meet Isabella, the first baby born this year to a mom in La Posada’s care.  The baby was born January 18 at 9:55 a.m. weighing 6 lbs. 5 oz. Her mother named her after her grandmother. Isabella has an older brother who is 5 years old and has been attending La Posada’s onsite ESL classes …

This past week we received a visit from nearly 40 members of the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). They were aware that La Posada Providencia shelters and provides services to recently released asylum seekers. They wanted to learn about the ESL classes we offer to our clients – how we teach the classes and how …

On Jan. 31, La Posada Providencia had the pleasure of welcoming Sister Serena Hong, CDP, who is from South Korea and who is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence. The Sisters of Divine Providence, also the community of Sisters Zita Telkamp and Margaret Mertens, is an international congregation of three …

On Jan. 25, La Posada’s Interim Executive Director Magda Bolland, and staff member Shalom, joined Monica Reyes’ English class at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at Brownsville. Monica Reyes is a volunteer ESL instructor for La Posada Providencia and a PhD Candidate at Old Dominion University. During their visit, Ms. Bolland and Shalom gave a short presentation …

Do you have your tickets for Hands & Hearts this Saturday? If not, call us now or order online. Don’t miss out on our annual signature fundraiser. We will have a delicious brunch, both silent and live auctions, a 50/50 drawing, Mystery Boxes and more! Come with your friends and have a great morning of …

These volunteers learned about La Posada by visiting our website. Because of the interest they share in helping immigrants and refugees, they contacted La Posada last year, in December, and made arrangements to come and visit us in 2019. They were here two days and helped in any way needed, which included baking 60 loaves …

This past weekend La Posada hosted a meal for a number of volunteer attorneys from around the nation. These attorneys came to town to lend a hand to the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR), a national effort to provide pro bono legal services to immigrants and asylum seekers detained in South Texas …