By Sister Jo Ann Villadermoros, SSND
I scrubbed those floors at Villa Assumpta.
I brought mattresses up.
I watched the chapel being built.
Villa Assumpta was home.
No matter where I lived - and I lived in many other places - I always called Villa Assumpta "home."
Leaving it was very hard.
I am happy at Stella Maris, though. It's almost like I was meant to move here. It is a Mercy facility, and the first nun I ever met was a Mercy Sister!
Sister Basil taught 3rd grade at Holy Family in Columbus, GA (she was originally from Baltimore). She was like my grandmother: gentle, loving, and encouraging to all the children.
That was my first impression of what Sisters were.
It’s interesting that I’m living out the rest of my life in a home built by the Mercy Sisters!
Stella Maris is a good place to be.
