Visiting the Elderly

Author, Dimensions & Description

Author: Sr Jeanette Jabour OP

5.5 X 8.5" -- 88 pages

It's obvious that Sr. Jeanette Jabour loves her ministry to the elderly. She looks at elders and sees beautiful persons still capable of sharing life experiences and mysteries of the spirit. She looks beyond illness and incapacities, beyond loneliness and regrets, and she reaches out to the person beneath who is a wondrous gift from God.

In this lovely and inviting book, Sr. Jeanette shares her experiences of visiting the elderly. Her advice is warm and welcoming, and she is an experienced guide. It is her fond hope that those who read it will embrace the ministry of visiting the elderly--and sometimes forgotten--members of the parish, to share stories, to pray together, and to grow spiritually together. She believes that this ministry is lifegiving, affirming for the elders, and an essential aspect of parish life.

Excellent for parish leadership teams, parish coordinators of visitation programs, and for all involved in the ministry of visiting the sick and elderly.

A WONDERFUL REVIEW OF THIS BOOK: "This is a wisdom book, rooted in a profound regard for the sanctity of elder persons, who are seen here as gifts from God. This book is the fruit of Sr. Jeanette's forty years of caring for the elderly and dying--as a friend, counselor, and pastoral minister with families, social agencies, and retirement homes. Words about the elderly are wonderful, but experience speaks even more profoundly." --from the Foreword by Rev. Robert Hater

Sr. Jeanette Jabour, an Adrian Dominican Sister, has served elders for over thirty years, as a nursing home administrator, a social worker/counselor, and as Director of Bayley Place, a Senior Care Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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