Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate
Endowment Fund in Memory of Sr. Amelia Kuska
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Sister M. Amelia Kuska , SSMI, was born in Poland on June 20, 1931. She was assigned to the American Province of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate in Catonsville, Maryland in 1961. She served in various leadership capacities, including the Community’s Director of Novices and Administrator of St. Joseph’s Nursing Home.
In 1976, the Sisters were invited to minister to the elderly on Cleveland’s southeast side, known as Slavic Village. Sr. Amelia served as the first director of the Special Ministry to the Aged program from its inception in 1976 to 1993. Under her guidance various corporal and spiritual programs were established in which the mission of mercy and care to many of the poor, sick, forgotten and frail elderly took root and continues to expand to this day.
Sr. Amelia was tireless in her energies and unlimited in the love she poured out to the elderly, homebound shut-ins. She was equally relentless in persuading others to lend their engeries and resources to help expand the ministry.
An endowment fund to receive tax-deductible contributions has been established to continue the work of serving the elderly in Sr. Amelia's memory. This endowment fund will provide for the future operations so that the Sisters may continue serving the needs of the elderly in Northeast Ohio regardless of nationality, religion or race.
The funding of the endowment may be derived from cash and stock gifts, charitable bequests, remainder interests of trusts, life insurance proceeds, residual gift annuities and memorial gifts. The income of the fund ensures the ministry started by Sr. Amelia may continue serving the needs of the elderly. While current income is required to support the day-to-day operations of the Sisters’ ministry, tax-deductible contributions to the endowment are invested and closely monitored. The fund’s earnings, of a specific percentage of the earnings, will be used to provide for the future operational needs of the ministry. Your tax-deductible contribution can be sent to: