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House of Blessing

Benedictine Sisters Celebrate 150 Years by Building House of Blessing.

In 1859, the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery found a home in the East Side of Covington on 12th Street between Scott and Greenup. The sisters have since relocated to their current monastery in Villa Hills, but have chosen to celebrate their 150th anniversary by helping to provide a deserving family with a home just three blocks away from their original motherhouse.

In order to achieve this goal, the sisters have partnered with Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky (HONK), which has been providing affordable housing for Northern Kentucky families in need sine 1992.

The three-bedroom home at 332-334 Trevor Street won’t mark the first time the Benedictine Sisters have contributed to a HONK project, but it will represent their most significant contribution to a single home. Through fundraising efforts and by providing links to favorable vendors who can supply labor and material, the sisters plan to cover nearly all of the $100,000 construction cost of the home and have raised $84,000 to date.

HONK will serve as the general contractor and construction manager of the project and also find a family for the home from its program which provides financial counseling services in an effort to increase home ownership rates throughout Northern Kentucky.

With a similar partnership currently taking place with the Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky for a house on Corneal Street in Ludlow, the Trevor Street home could serve as a model for partnerships with other area companies and organizations for future HONK homes.

Groundbreaking on the Trevor Street home is scheduled to take place on October 3rd at 1:00 pm. The groundbreaking will be attended by local and regional officials in addition to local personalities and companies involved in the construction of the home. Completion of the House of Blessing is targeted for July 11, 2009 to coincide with the Feast of St. Benedict.

For more information on the event or the Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky program, please feel free to contact Marcia Jennings or Steve Lutkenhoff at 859-581-4665. Call Sr. Deborah Harmeling at 859-331-6771 to make a donation to the House of Blessing.