Villa Guadalupe
Gallup, New Mexico

The Little Sisters of the Poor first came to the United States in 1868. A hundred and fifteen years later, the Little Sisters came to the Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico. Currently, Villa Guadalupe is able to provide a home for thirty-nine Residents who are mostly in need of assistance with Activities of Daily Living. About 50% of our Residents are Native Americans of the Navajo tribe. The other Residents are Hispanic and Anglo. In addition, the home provides eleven adjoining low-income apartments for elderly men and women with access to facility activities, chapel services and meals.

Our home also has a senior day center which offers the elderly from the neighborhood companionship, nutritious meals and the opportunity to participate in our pastoral and recreational activities. Over the last twenty-three years, the Little Sisters of the Poor have sustained the mission of care and hospitality to the elderly poor of Gallup and the environs.

We subsist mainly on Navajo Nation Funding, outside donations and legacies. As part of the legacy received from our Mother Foundress, we rely totally on God’s Providence to provide for our Residents’ needs. At Villa Guadalupe, as in all our homes, volunteers and generous benefactors are the “hands of Providence” which enable us to carry on our work for the benefit of the elderly poor.