Home. For all of us, the word brings images to mind. Home is meant to be a place of comfort and safety, but for some women facing unplanned pregnancies, this isn’t the case. And that’s why St. Gianna and Pietro Molla Home in Warsaw, North Dakota, exists.
“There are so many people who really are alone in the world who might not, in North Dakota, be on the streets homeless, but maybe they’re living couch to couch,” says Mary Pat Jahner, director of the North Dakota home. “Maybe they have family, but … there would not be a means for gas money to [go to] an appointment or to get a car seat or things like that. So, you know, those are the people that we serve, the people who are alone in the world,” Jahner, founder of the St. Gianna and Pietro Molla Home, explains.
For 20 years, the large residence has provided expectant and new mothers with a place not only to find safety and provision, but also community and the love of Christ during and after their pregnancies.
“We live as a family,” Jahner says of the home for mothers. “We just have a few moms at a time and give them as much love during their time here as we can.”
Jahner joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share the mission of the St. Gianna and Pietro Molla Home, as well as stories of the women who have found refuge at the home over the years.
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