Welcoming diversity of cultures and backgrounds, Jubilee House is a place for learning and sharing, located in the South End of Hartford, Connecticut.

 

Sr. Maris Stella Hickey
Office: 860-247-3030
Fax:  860-548-9635
Email: jubilee.house@hartnet.org
40 Clifford Street
Hartford, Ct 06114

 

 

   
   
 
Jubilee House Jive

Sr. Paula Vaghi, CSJ

It has been over two months since our new website has gone live.  Thank you so much for clicking onto the website and for all your positive reviews. We are glad that you like it and hope that you will continue to stay online with us.

A lot has happened over the past two months.  Our garden is looking so beautiful showing its sequence of brilliant flowers and buddings as one season unfolds to another.  The bird feeder is constantly busy with eager and hungry feathered friends.  We have seen more cardinals this year than any other year.  The Blue Jays visit and cause a stir.  Wrens and Finches still dominate but are equally generous of dropping seeds to welcoming squirrels below.  At one point we had a female possum around the courtyard carrying her young ones on her back and winding her way under the iron gate to the back of the brick wall.  The neighborhood cats refresh themselves by sipping water from our fountain.  Indeed there is a lot happening in the natural world.

Jubilee House had its first Award Ceremony for the ‘Straight Ahead’ Adult Enrichment Program on May 15th. 12 graduates earned Certificates for Computer Science, Life Skills, and English.  Our keynote speaker was Mr. John Ferrantino of CL&P, one of our major funders of the program.  The ceremony was followed by a reception for family and friends.  We are happy to say that several of the graduates are going on to further study.  

  The Esperanza Academic Center completed its academic year on May 17th. During the 2007/2008 academic year, EAC completed 8 week modules including Writing I, Writing II and Math I.   59 students received Certificates of Completion.

The ESOL Program will come to a close for the year with our certificate presentations on June 12.  Nearly 50 students are currently active in this program and most plan to return in the fall and continue to improve their fluency in English.  A big ‘thank you’ goes out to our wonderful group of over 30 volunteer tutors who make it possible for us to offer this much needed service.

As Jubilee House winds down a bit for the summer I look out at the view from my window.  Signs of new life are everywhere.  People are biking, walking and taking a more relaxing approach to life as summer is not too far away.  Over the Memorial Day holiday, I smelled the backyard grills and barbecues which reminded me of a much simpler time when I grew up in Bethel. With the escalating gas prices people might start to enjoy their own backyards, their neighborhoods and count them as blessings. It really doesn’t get any better than that!

I want to thank you for making Jubilee House happen!  Thank you for your generosity and for all you do for the cause!Happy Spring!  
 


Jubilee House is already used on a regular basis by several groups as a meeting place. For the future we would like to expand this aspect of the mission of Jubilee House. Any group with a mission compatible with ours is welcome to schedule retreats, meetings, conferences, workshops, celebrations, etc. Groups of forty to fifty can be comfortably accommodated.
 Jubilee House
Meeting Facilities


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Jubilee House has two large meeting rooms, several smaller conference/ meeting rooms, a library, computer lab, meditation room, fully equipped kitchen and adjoining dining room, and a spacious outdoor garden and covered cloister space. It is fully air-conditioned.

To obtain further information, arrange a visit, or make reservations, please contact Sister Maris Stella Hickey.