Holy Family Villa Nursing Home in Palos Park will host its Inaugural Dinner to benefit the residence on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at Gaelic Park, 6119 W. 147^th Street in Oak Forest.  A highlight of the event will be the bestowal of the Inaugural “Caritas Sanctae Familiae” (Love of Holy Family) Award on Father John A. Kuzinskas, resident Chaplain of Holy Family Villa, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago for 57 years.   

The Inaugural Dinner will begin with cocktails at 3 p.m., followed by dinner at 4 p.m.  Individual tickets are available at $100 per person.  Proceeds from the event will contribute to the expansion of Holy Family Villa to meet the ever-growing needs of seniors in the community.

Rebuilt and operated by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago since 2001, Holy Family Villa is home to 99 residents.  For these seniors who are unable to live alone, Catholic Charities provides a fully licensed nursing home with a round-the-clock nursing staff.  The home offers physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social services, pastoral care and nutritious meals. It has a wide variety of social and recreational activities for each level of care.

Holy Family Villa is located in the Southwest Suburbs at Will-Cook and McCarthy (123^rd Street) Roads, occupying the same spacious campus as the St. Francis of Assisi Residence for seniors, Bishop Timothy J. Lyne Residence for Retired Archdiocesan Priests, and the Poor Clare Monastery of the Immaculate Conception.  

For more information or tickets, please contact: Bobbi Magurany, Administrator, at Holy Family Villa: (630) 257-2291; or rmaguran@catholiccharities.net.

Holy Family Villa was founded in 1947 by the Lithuanian Catholic community to provide a home for the aging.  Today, in a new structure, this mission is continued and administered by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago for seniors of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds.  Holy Family Villa is generously supported by family and friends.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is one of the largest private, not-for-profit social service agencies in the Midwest, annually assisting 1.1 million persons in Cook and Lake counties without regard to religious, ethnic or economic background. Catholic Charities fulfills the Church's role in the mission of charity by providing compassionate, competent, professional services that strengthen and support individuals, families and communities.