Through God’s grace the following highlight some of our accomplishments and new developments:
- More than 400 babies’ lives have been saved which otherwise would have died from abortion
- Established a structured tiered system of services (from crisis to stabilization, maintenance and follow-up support)
- Expanded programs and services in two different locations:
- St. Gerard’s Limited Obstetrical Ultrasound Service Center, 22 Maple Avenue, 2nd Floor, Hartford, CT 06114
- St. Gerard’s Support Service Center, 59 Eaton Street, Hartford, CT 06114
- Received funding from the Knights of Columbus and other benefactors who contributed to St. Gerard’s Saving Sacred Lives Campaign to purchase a 3D/4D Aloka Ultrasound Machine
- Established a volunteer medical team at St. Gerard’s Limited Obstetrical Ultrasound Service Center
- Judith Mascolo, MD – St. Gerard’s Medical Director
- Barbara Burkard, RN – Nurse Manager, Certified in Limited Obstetrical Ultrasound Services
- Joan Anderson, RN – Nurse, Certified in Limited Obstetrical Ultrasound Services
- Kasia Szok, RDMS – Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
- Initiated offering free limited obstetrical ultrasound services on April, 26 2011!
- 7 babies have directly been saved through God’s grace and after receiving an ultrasound from our program
- Served more than 3,500 mothers and children-in-need by providing them with emotional, material and spiritual supports with the goal of self-sufficiency
- Assisted mothers in placing their children up for adoption by collaborating with a local adoption agency
- Recently, a St. Gerard mother placed her baby boy for adoption!
- More than 125 mothers have participated in the “Keeping Hearts Pure” Program
- Participation of mothers on a weekly basis ranges from 10 to 25
- Chastity program is now offered in Spanish
- More than 50 children have been baptized as Catholic
- This past Easter, April 2011 a St. Gerard mother was baptized, too!
- Supported by individual, parish and corporate sponsors
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