“I have never felt that I am a stranger. As if I am at home and my mother takes care of me, I see the smile on their faces that makes me feel that I am with my second family. All the words of thanks are few for them.” These are the words from Jose, …
Marco A. Castillo is a retired Police Chief. He served the City of Harlingen for over 25 years. Marco is a practicing Behavioral Therapist with 17 years of private practice and a State Licensed Insurance Agent and Financial Advisor. Marco and his wife were foster parents for five years and provided a home for approximately 200 boys …
This week La Posada Providencia bids farewell to our longtime Database and Information Manager of 19 years, Colleen Price. Colleen was an essential member of the Development team. She participated in the commencement of our monthly giving program and is recognized for producing the creative name, Circle of Hope. In 2015, she also assisted with …
I thank my God every time I remember you. Philippians 1:3 (NIV) As we reflect on this week’s Thanksgiving holiday, all of us here at La Posada have so much to be grateful for. The support of so many people— family, friends, volunteers, donors, community members—continues to sustain La Posada and our work. We truly thank …
Thomas R. Gambardella was a teacher and campus minister at Bishop Hendricken High School- BHHS, a Catholic, all-male, preparatory high school in Warwick, Rhode Island. Since 2015, Tom coordinated immersion field trips for students that included visits to La Posada Providencia and other charities in the Rio Grande Valley. Tom was passionate about building community …
In late October, Milagros Carrera joined La Posada Providencia to support the Case Management department as Case Manager I/ Child Coordinator. Her role is an initiative from our partnership with Save the Children and their mission to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. Her passion to …
Sister Nora Ruiz arrived at La Posada Providencia in mid-September. Sister Nora is in the formation process with the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate (SHSp) in San Antonio, Texas. The Sisters selected La Posada Providencia as her first ministry under the mentorship of Sisters Thérèse Cunningham and Dympna Clarke. Remarkably, this was …
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is a volunteer network of Anabaptist churches that responds to natural disasters in Canada and the United States. While the focus is on clean-up, repair, and rebuilding homes, their partnership with La Posada is in response to the humanitarian disaster and the migrant influx crisis at the South Texas border. Mennonite …
In 2016, we began the Capital Campaign, Hope Lives Here, a project to construct much-needed new facilities. All of La Posada’s three buildings are very old and were not designed for their current applications. The building specifications at that time envisioned a single building complex and more recently shifted to a multi-building design that include three living …
Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Brownsville and long-time friend of La Posada Providencia, Bishop Raymundo J. Peña, died on September 24 at age 87. Bishop Peña was ordained a priest in 1957, and appointed as a bishop in 1976 by St. John Paul II. He served as Bishop of Brownsville from 1995 until his …
