It may be helpful as a first time reader to know of the Pastoral Care Projects' beginnings.
 
The Pastoral Care Project began in 1994, as a result of Frances Molloy now Project Manager, meeting with a lady in an EMI (Elderly and Mentally Infirm) Ward at the local George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, while visiting as a church volunteer in 1989. The lady had a form of dementia but was also blind and yet seemed to have an awareness, which captured Frances' attention.
 
At the time, Frances was training as a Spiritual Director (Light Out Of Darkness – Sr Kathleen O'Sullivan SSL) and the theme of the programme that particular week was ‘finding God in my weakness'- the relevant scripture being Romans 8.26-27. This lady with dementia made Frances aware of how special and unique each person is and that weakness can be strength.
 
The lady visited was instrumental in this Project taking off because no-one had recognised that she too had a spiritual life, which was overlooked on medical assessment. Frances never knew the lady's name; the lady could not remember what it was – and yet she had this great awareness of God and others.