Global Outreach

St. Ann Center is a national and international model for intergenerational care. St. Ann Center has received visitors from across the United States as well as other countries including: Israel, Japan, and Africa.

St. Ann Center has a partnership with SAJOCAH (St. Joseph's Children and Adult Home) in Cameroon, Africa. The Home is operated by the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis in Cameroon.

International Consortium for Intergenerational Programs - Singapore 2010
Sr Edna Lonergan, president of St. Ann Center traveled to Singapore in April 2010 to serve as a panelist at the 4th International Consortium for Intergenerational Programs Conference 2010 – Council for Third Age and ICIP and National University of Singapore. She took part in the Intergenerational Programs and Community Models portion of the the conference.

Citizen of the Year
Sr. Edna Lonergan, president of St. Ann Center, was named St. Francis Citizen of the Year in January of 2009 by the St. Francis Association of Commerce. Sr. Edna has presented St. Ann Center as an intergenerational model at home and abroad.

United Nations World Assembly on Aging 2002
In April 2002 Sr. Edna Lonergan attended the 2nd United Nations World Assembly on Aging in Madrid, Spain and shared with the international participants the importance of intergenerational care. From that experience St. Ann Center   initiated its collaborative outreach with the Tertiary Sisters in Cameroon Africa.  In October of 2009 Sr. Edna, three St. Ann Center staff members and eight members of the community traveled to Cameroon Africa on a mission trip.  This project has involved helping some of the world’s poorest people by providing goats and chickens to sustain future generations…one family at a time. Please see our Cameroon Goats and Chickens Fund page for more information.

People to PeopleSr. Edna with some women from China
In October of 2005, Sr. Edna Lonergan traveled to the Peoples Republic of China as part of a delegation sponsored by People to People Ambassador Program. Click here to read the press release regarding the People to People Ambassador Program.



Here on Earth Radio broadcast.  Here's a link to the website for the show where you can also stream the broadcast.  Here is a link to our archives where, under the date of the show--5-26-09--you'll find a link to the MP3 which you can download here.

New York Times
St. Ann Center appeared on the front page of the New York Times on August 19, 2008. Please click here to read the entire article.