The plenary session of the City Council of La Laguna approved on Thursday to initiate the file of honors and distinctions to the Hogar Santísimo Cristo de La Laguna, “for its extensive history of assistance to those most in need, for its great vocation of service to the community, especially to the elderly population, performed over 125 years”. The institutional motion presented by the mayor, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, and approved unanimously by the entire Corporation, underlines that the work of the Congregation of Little Sisters of the Elderly, which manages the center, “has always been characterized by personalized attention, professional commitment and the feeling of welcome so that the elderly can feel fully cared for in the last period of their lives”.
Yesterday, the mayor visited the Home, where he greeted the new Mother Superior, Sister Clarisa Pérez Pérez, recently incorporated into his position, and informed her of the details of the motion, as well as the process that will be carried out from now on once open the record of honors and distinctions. The Mother Superior was very grateful for the Corporation’s recognition of the work they carry out in the municipality.
“For 125 years, the Congregation of Little Sisters of the Forsaken Elderly has been developing in San Cristóbal de La Laguna a commendable work of social service and care for the elderly in their residence on Viana Street, in the very center of the city. city”, is included in the document approved by the plenary session.
The motion recalls that the congregation was born in Barbastro (Huesca) in 1873, founded by the priest Saturnino López Novoa with the help and collaboration of Saint Teresa Jornet, with the aim of providing assistance to elderly people, mostly sick and with limited resources. Currently, the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly are present in 204 homes in 19 countries.
Now marks the 125th anniversary of the congregation’s presence in Tenerife. According to the information provided by the institution itself, on January 26, 1897, the mother superior, Sister Isabel de San José Escamilla, and Sister Victoriana de San Vicente Morquillas, arrived on the island and addressed the higher body of said Community in Santa Cruz, in charge of organizing a new foundation of the Little Sisters, initially projected in Icod de Los Vinos.
