Almost 20 years had passed since Luis Santillana and his wife, Zoila, first set foot at La Posada Providencia. A lot has changed since that day in 1996, both for the former clients and for the shelter, but it all has been for the better. “This is the second time we’ve visited La Posada since …
Short of a miracle… That’s how La Posada Providencia’s Program Director Sister Zita Telkamp, CDP, describes the shelter’s recent Hands & Hearts fundraiser, held Saturday, Jan. 25th. “On January 21st, we had sold only 134 tickets,” Sister Zita recounts. “Five days later, we had 340 guests attending the event and we were scurrying around trying …
Hundreds of clients come through the doors of La Posada Providencia each month. Many of them are fleeing dangerous situations in their home countries, and for security reasons their identities are not shared with the public. Because of this, their faces and names often remain unknown to the rest of the world. Their stories, however, …
Last week, La Posada Providencia reached 7,000 clients served in the roughly 25 years of its existence. The milestone comes as La Posada experiences an unexpected surge in the numbers of families seeking emergency shelter and assistance. “We were not expecting to reach the 7,000 client mark this year,” said Program Director Sister Zita Telkamp, …
La Posada’s program to produce our own healthy food—our citrus grove, vegetable garden and pecan tree—is central to teaching our clients and volunteers about healthy eating and environmental sustainability. And now we are proposing a new project to provide La Posada with healthy food: chickens! A recent study in “Mother Earth News” has reported that …
La Posada Providencia’s Program Director Sister Zita Telkamp, CDP won the final popular online vote for the 2013 Lumen Christi Award—and we want to say thank you for voting, asking your friends and family to vote and for all of your messages in support of Sister Zita, La Posada and the Diocese of Brownsville! A …
La Posada Providencia continues to respond to a dramatic increase in need for shelter services by new immigrants and asylum seekers who have been recently released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). La Posada typically supports 200-250 clients annually—yet, at the time of this writing, we have sheltered 455 individuals, and we are only 9 …
The Most Reverend Daniel E. Flores, STD, Bishop of Brownsville, has nominated Zita Telkamp, CDP, program director of La Posada Providencia, for the 2013 Lumen Christi Award. Every year, Catholic Extension’s Lumen Christi Award honors an individual or group working in one of America’s mission dioceses who demonstrates how the power of faith can transform …
La Posada Providencia’s third annual Hands & Hearts brunch, held on January 26, was a resounding success, raising nearly $36,000 to support our program! Approximately 250 supporters of La Posada gathered to support our shelter and celebrate its mission of providing safety and hope to new immigrants and asylum seekers. Letty Garza of KRGV Channel …
Blanquita’s Restaurant in San Benito, Texas, was the place to be on Saturday, June 16. More than 100 people attended our Serenata with Carlos Cañas event, which raised both funds and awareness for the ministry at La Posada. “The music that Carlos and his son performed was so pleasant and relaxing,” says Client Coordinator Monica Peña-Rasmussen, …
