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About Fr. Scott Donahue
Rev. L. Scott Donahue (Fr. Scott) is the President and CEO of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls.
Fr. Scott has been caring for the children at Mercy Home since joining its Board of Regents in 1990, later serving as assistant to its president. In 2006, after ten years of service as Mercy Home's associate president, Fr. Scott was appointed the Home’s eighth president since its founding in 1887.
Entries by Fr. Scott Donahue
Partners in Prayer: Mercy Home Gives Paige a Merry Christmas
December 21, 2018 /0 Comments/in Partners in Prayer, Sunday Mass biggest delight for paige, christmas, christmas at mercy, christmas at mercy home, delight for paige, family and loving, family and loving home, first christmas, first christmas at mercy, first christmas at mercy home, girls and my coworkers, heartbreakingly most evident, home, invited to celebrate, loss of a family, mercy, mercy home, paige, presents under the tree, tree to open Optional /by Fr. Scott DonahueJoin our Partners in Prayer to pray for kids like Paige who went from feeling forgotten on Christmas to feeling celebrated at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls.
Partners in Prayer: Tyler Finds Safety at Mercy Home
November 21, 2018 /0 Comments/in Partners in Prayer, Sunday Mass being in the gang, felt much safer, felt much safer navigating, first to offer an encouraging, gang, leaders at mercy, leaders at mercy home, mercy home, navigating the streets, offer an encouraging, offer an encouraging word, safer navigating the streets, streets with this tough, streets with this tough group, tyler, tyler decided, tyler felt, tyler felt much safer, tyler felt much safer navigating, word to a young man Optional /by Fr. Scott DonahueJoin our Partners in Prayer to pray for young people like Isabelle whose incredible burdens were lifted when she moved into Mercy Home for Boys & Girls.
Fr. Scott’s Corner – Gratitude
November 6, 2018 /4 Comments/in Fr. Scott's Corner, Sunday Mass blessed, blessings, children, curse, curse god, fortunate, god, gratitude, happy, help, home, life, loved, meet, mercy, mercy home, people, thank, thanksgiving, time Optional /by Fr. Scott DonahueFr. Scott Donahue shares his ingredients to a truly happy life, the main ingredient being gratitude; he reminds us to take time to reflect and celebrate our blessings as we enter into the busy Holiday season.
Feast of All Souls
October 29, 2018 /0 Comments/in Sunday Mass earth, god, grace, grace of the lord, home, important to remember, life, lives, lord, loved, mercy, mercy home, next life, offer, people, place, prayers, souls, time, walk with god Optional /by Fr. Scott DonahueJoin Fr. Scott Donahue as he refelcts on the celebration of the Feast of All Souls’ Day, a day to remember our loved ones who have passed and offer words of prayer to those deep in your heart.
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 21, 2018 /in Homily, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueFr. Scott Donahue celebrates Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls on the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 21, 2018.
Partners in Prayer: Mercy Home Improves Mackenzie’s Life
October 16, 2018 /0 Comments/in Blog, Sunday Mass absence in her life, approval and involvement, began to defy, began to defy her mother, blamed her mom, boys and girls, defy her mother, desperate for her father's approval, father's absence in her life, father's approval and involvement, grateful to partners, grateful to partners in prayer, help hurting young people, hurting young people like mackenzie, involvement in her life, mackenzie, mercy home, mom for her father's absence, truly grateful to partners, young people like mackenzie Optional /by Fr. Scott DonahueJoin our Partners in Prayer to pray for young people like Isabelle whose incredible burdens were lifted when she moved into Mercy Home for Boys & Girls.
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 7, 2018 /in Homily, Sunday Mass /by Fr. Scott DonahueFr. Scott Donahue celebrates Sunday Mass at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls on the Twenty- Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 7, 2018.
Fr. Scott’s Corner – Unconditional Love
September 28, 2018 /2 Comments/in Blog, Sunday Mass allowed, children, divorce, given, human, intended, interesting, jesus, jewish, lord intended, open, people, pharisees, unconditional, unconditional love Optional /by Fr. Scott DonahueThis month Fr. Scott Donahue reminds us that we should remain willing and open to the Lord’s unconditional love for all of us, that the Lord intended for all of us to be united as one church, filled with both the love and compassion that Jesus bestowed on each one of us.
Partners in Prayer: Adam’s Road to Recovery
September 21, 2018 /0 Comments/in Blog, Sunday Mass adam, adam the opportunity, adam the opportunity to find, behavior under control, children like adam, children like adam the opportunity, continued kindness and support, damaging his family, father's behavior under control, find happiness in the darkest, give children like adam, happiness in the darkest, home, household responsibilities, kindness and support, lives of all our children, mercy home, opportunity to find, opportunity to find happiness, prevent the abuse Optional /by Fr. Scott DonahueJoin our Partners in Prayer to pray for young people like Mia. Before finding stability at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, Mia was struggling.
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