Mercy Home

As a Community we are always eager to respond to the needs of the destitute wherever possible. The epidemic rise in HIV/AIDS cases in Trinidad and Tobago caused the Community to embark on a project where those who are so stricken can receive the care that is otherwise unavailable to them.

In April 2006, Archbishop Edward Gilbert cut the ribbon to mark the opening of Mercy Home, our hospice for AIDS patients. This home has ten beds and a wonderful, dedicated and caring staff.

A 38 year old female patient was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS from Medical Research Foundation and was admitted to Mercy Home in 2012. Her husband had died a year before, leaving her with three children. When she was admitted for further care and supervision in taking her medication, from a weight loss of 60 lbs. she left Mercy Home weighing 130 lbs. While at Mercy Home, she joined us in our daily morning prayer and helped with the laundry.

As is done for all our patients before leaving Mercy Home, she received her Welfare Assistance and her Food Card services. From her first pay cheque, a small donation was given to Mercy Home, with tears in her eyes. She comes to visit us often, and when possible, she joins us in prayer and offers encouragement to the other patients.

She says often to others that “Mercy Home is a home away from home.”

Living Water Community is an implementing agency of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and works with that organization in the resettling of asylum seekers who come to this country looking for a safe haven.

In these times when many nations (especially in Africa and parts of Asia) are in the grip of civil wars and famines, many millions of persons are displaced and have to be resettled.

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, is especially concerned about the plight of these our brothers and sisters (who really have to be considered the poorest of the poor) and is constantly reminding the Church of its duty to shelter and care for them.