St. Mary’s, family of Ben Stephens, bless Mercy Guest Cottage
St. Mary’s President and CEO Montez Carter welcomes the Stephens family, friends, and St. Mary’s colleagues to the blessing of the new Mercy Cottage at Highland Hills on March 30. CONTRIBUTED
Decorated and furnished by Sue Stephens with funds from the Benjamin John Stephens Foundation, St. Mary’s Mercy Guest Cottage provides a comfortable refuge for out-of-town families who need a place to stay while visiting a loved one in the hospital or hospice. CONTRIBUTED
The Stephens family poses in front of the renovated St. Mary’s Mercy Guest Cottage at Highland Hills Village shortly after the blessing ceremony on March 30. CONTRIBUTED
Under sunny skies with birdsong filling the air and trees budding green with new life, St. Mary’s and the family of the late Benjamin John Stephens blessed St. Mary’s Mercy Guest Cottage at Highland Hills Village on Wednesday, March 30 – the day that would have been Ben’s 34 th birthday.
St. Mary’s Mercy Guest Cottage is a freestanding house that will be a home-away-from-home for out-of-town famili…