Catholic Eldercare

12/18/2025

Main Street Lodge residents had a great time at their Christmas party last night, and we heard a few give their wish lists to Santa too! 🎅🏻🎄

12/03/2025

We are so pleased to have been featured in Inside Senior Living's 30-in-30 episode, which highlights our Adult Day Program! Erik, one of our Day Program Assistants, is featured in the episode and really shines a light on why our Day Program is so special.

Adult Day Services are an underutilized and cost effective way to provide care for seniors, and ours is one of the best. ⭐

In today’s Inside Senior Living® 30-in-30 MN episode, we explore Catholic Eldercare’s Adult Day Program—a vital resource that supports aging adults while giv...

12/03/2025

12/02/2025

Wyndris is in the Christmas spirit. Our Club Room tree is decorated, and we are ready to celebrate the season.!

11/24/2025

Our Skilled Care Transformation is well underway at Catholic Eldercare—as we create new spaces of privacy, peace and belonging.

Your contribution helps us bring 88 private suites, 3 beautiful exterior porches and 3 welcoming neighborhoods across the finish line.

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Your gift today opens tomorrow’s doors. Thank you.

11/13/2025

We had a wonderful celebration honoring all the veterans in our community! Thank you to all of the brave men and women who proudly served our country!

10/27/2025

We had so much fun seeing everyone at our Trick or Treat event this year! Thank you to everyone who came and shared their little ones with our community!

10/23/2025

Today, we're happy to introduce you to the heartbeat of our pastoral care department, Linda, who has been our Liturgical Coordinator for 9 years. Linda grew up in Parma, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She began organ lessons in second grade, added clarinet in sixth grade and became a pianist when the high school choir needed one. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Bowling Green State University, she came to Minnesota in 1994 as an intern in music and liturgy at the University of Minnesota Newman Center, working with church music composer Tom Conry. Linda earned her Master of Pastoral Studies degree from Loyola University in Chicago. She and her husband, Mike, returned to Minnesota in 1997 and happily added "ope!" and "ya sure, you betcha" to their vocabulary. Through her internship at the U of M Newman Center, Linda discovered that her favorite sound is a singing assembly. This fueled her desire to learn more about Catholic liturgy and music and pursue work in the Church. When she started at Catholic Eldercare in 2016, Linda knew immediately that she had found her "home." The spirit of the residents and staff at Eldercare made her excited to come to work every day. Outside of her work at Catholic Eldercare, Linda is a dog training instructor at Twin Cities Obedience and Training Club (TCOTC). Linda and Mike are the proud "parents" of Danni, a 98-pound Great Pyrenees, who teaches them to live in the moment every day. Linda also enjoys spending time with Mike and riding her Quarter Horse mare, Fancy Pants. If Linda could have any superpower, it would be teleportation--no more driving!!

Linda is worth her weight in GOLD to our organization. Not only does she coordinate everything for all of our chapels--scheduling all priests, ministers, cantors, lectors, coordinating funerals, etc.-- she also created our in-house channel during COVID to create meaningful programming for our residents when everyone was in their rooms. No problem is unsolvable to Linda and we are so grateful to have her creative spirit and kind heart as part of our pastoral care team. Thank you for everything you do, Linda, we appreciate you so much!

10/22/2025

Today, we're thrilled to introduce you to the newest member of our Pastoral Care team, Nikki! She is a Yooper--born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She graduated from Northern Michigan University, Wheaton College in Illinois and Evangel University in Missouri. She has three kids and two cats. Nikki felt called to cross-cultural ministry when she was young and further developed when she lived in Kyrgyzstan and Türkiye. She has also ministered among college students in Michigan & Minnesota and thoroughly enjoys walking alongside people through life's transitions. Although she is new to our team, she has loved hearing people's stories and learning about different cultures and contexts. When she isn't working, she enjoys cross-stitching, reading, nature hikes, swimming in Lake Superior and saunas. If she could have one superpower, it would be to understand and speak all languages!

We are delighted to have you as part of the team, thank you for the love and support you offer our residents!

10/21/2025

Next up, we're excited to introduce you to Fr. Ivan who serves as our priest chaplain. He provides chaplain services at the Care Center and says weekly masses at all of our sites. Fr. Ivan was born and raised in Ukraine but has lived in the United States for several years. He is married and has two wonderful children who bring so much joy and laughter into their home. In addition to his work at Catholic Eldercare, Fr. Ivan also serves as the pastor at St. Constantine Ukranian Catholic Church. He has always felt a deep calling to accompany people in moments of vulnerability--bringing comfort, prayer and hope where they are most needed. "Working in spiritual care allows me to live my faith through compassion and presence." His favorite part of his role as priest chaplain is meeting people from all walks of life and witnessing how faith and love can bring peace and light even in the most difficult situations. Outside of work, Fr. Ivan enjoys fishing, spending time outdoors with his family and connecting with nature. If he could have any superpower, he would love the ability to bring peace and calm to people's hearts instantly, especially when they are anxious or in pain.

Fr. Ivan we are so grateful to have you as part of our team at Catholic Eldercare. Thank you for sharing your gentle, caring heart with all of our residents and staff. We appreciate you so much!

10/20/2025

Join us for our 2nd Annual Trick or Treat event at Catholic Eldercare! Our residents are so excited to see everyone's costumes and can't wait to pass out candy!

For questions, please reach out to our Life Enrichment Director, Kiran Dahlin.