Providence House began in August of 1979 when four Sisters of St. Joseph offered a mother coming out of prison a place to stay and reunite with her young child. Sister Elaine Roulet, right, one of these four sisters, a beloved presence at the Bedford Hills Correctional facility, saw that many women she ministered at the prison had nowhere to go once released. She became committed to providing an environment centered around community, non-violence, compassion, and hospitality.
We may have grown over the past 40 years, but those values continue to shape all that we do. Today we serve over 600 people between nine residences. Whether it’s a family escaping domestic violence, a woman who’s addiction issues led to incarceration, or an individual who needs extra help to maintain their independence, each are welcomed into the Providence House community and promised a safe, supportive environment where they can work toward stability.
Creating Communities
Transforming Lives
1979
PH1 - Church Avenue residence opens
1982
PH2 - Bainbridge residence opens
Providence House officially incorporates
1983
PH3 - Jamaica Residence Opens
Providence House Thrift Shop opens
1984
The first PH Office opens in East Elmhurst
My Mother’s House opens in two locations
1985
PH4 - New Rochelle Residence opens
PH5 - Lincoln Road Residence opens
1988
House of Providence opens in Coney Island
1989
PH6 - Long Island City Residence opens
1992
PH Administrative office opens
1995
New Rochelle - Sickles Avenue residence opens
PH6 and My Mother’s House depart to become Hour Children
2001
PH7 - Bedford-Stuyvesant Apartment Program opens
2003
PH2 Bainbridge moves to South Park Slope residence
2013
D’Addario Supportive Housing residence opens
2014
Bishop Sullivan Supportive Housing residence opens
2018
PH1 - Church Ave residence closes
2019
PH2 - South Slope residence becomes part of the Women’s Justice Program
Sister Janet Kinney Supportive Housing residence opens
Royce Mulholland Supportive Housing residence opens
2020
PH3 - Jamaica residence closes
East New York Residence opens
“We never once thought this was going to be done by one person. It was going to be done by all of us.”
Mary Ann Ambrose, CSJ
Priscilla Baker
Linda Barnes
Barbara Baronowski, CSJ
Chris Benigus
Mary Angeline Bertrand, CSJ
Lisa Bergeron, OSU
Donna Bolton
Assunta Boyle, rsm
Mary Bradley, CSJ
Eileen Brennan, CSJ
Eugenia Calabrese, CSJ
Patricia Casey, CSJ
Jeanne Cassandra-Hawney
Karen Cavanagh
Cathy Costello, CSJ
Joanne Coyle
Marion Defeis, CSJ
Saint Christopher Donnelly
Mary Doyle, CSJ
Mary Dunleavy, CSJ
Marianna Euring, OP
Judith Fay, CSJ
Mary Ferdinand
Erin Ferrick
Tesa Fitzgerald, CSJ
Mary Jane Fulton, OP
Margaret Galiardi, OP
Joan Gallagher, CSJ
Patricia Garvey
Cathy Gotimer, OP
Ave Regina Gould, CSJ
Helen Hanley
Patricia Hanvey, OP
Mary Harvey, rsm
Pat Harvey
Denise Haviland, OP
Taina Heptig
Helen Roberta Herley, CSJ
Kathleen Hickey, CSJ
Sue Jasko, CSJ
Teresa Hougnan
MaryEllen Kane, CSJ
Patricia Ann Kelly CSJ
Constance Kennedy
Janet Kinney, CSJ
Yolanda Kinsella, CSJ
Marie Lenihan, CSJ
Carol Lentz, CSJ
Lorraine Leibold, OP
Helen Lieberth, CSJ
Patricia Lucas, CSJ
Margaraet Mayce, OP
Patricia Mahoney, OP
Patricia Mahoney, CSJ
Marlene Martin
Eileen McCann, CSJ
Kayla McClurg
Jeanne McGorry, CSJ
Maureen Mcgowan, RGS
Loretta McGrann, CSJ
Eileen McGuire, CSJ
Nancy Mettz
Marianne Mocarski
Helen Muhlbauer, OP
Elizabeth Mullane, CSJ
Beth Murray, CSJ
Francis Teresa O’Reilly
Sandra Pepitone, CSJ
