Merry Christmas!

The Christmas season and the promise of a new year provide a time for reflection and gratitude.

It's thanks to your love that students at Immaculate Heart of Mary School are learning in new, more comfortable classrooms. And your love continues to give parents who need help peace of mind that tuition and school costs won't be a barrier to giving their child the benefit of a values-based education at IHMS.

Thanks to your love, all year long, loved ones who live at Holy Family Home enjoy special activities like barbecues, a petting zoo and field trips for ice cream. They dance and sing along with dozens of musicians and entertainers. They paint wonderfully creative works of art. They can also visit with family and friends on the new wheelchair swing in the park. And soon, they'll have even more choice at mealtimes, as they choose what and how much they'd like to eat from special new food carts.

And with the gift of your love, more than 20 vulnerable girls at Home of Hope in Ukraine are not only safe and healthy, but, in the Sisters' nurturing environment, are building both a present and a future where they thrive.

On behalf of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, the staff and Boards of Lubov SSMI Foundation, IHMS and Holy Family Home, and some very special angels, we wish you and yours a merry and blessed Christmas and joyful, peaceful new year.

Христос Рождається! Славім Його!