Marian Manor - History & Planning

In 1929 in New York City, Rev. Mother M. Angeline Teresa founded the congregation of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm. Her desire was to preserve the independence and personal dignity of the elderly in the spirit of the American way of life.

In 1954, His Eminence Richard Cardinal Cushing invited the Sisters to take over the facilities of the old historic Carney Hospital, founded on Dorchester Heights in 1863. It thus became a nursing home and was renamed Marian Manor in honor of the Marian Year of 1954. Renovations and additions have been added since.

Strategic Planning
For a number of years, administration and the governing body of Marian Manor has studied its current and future needs in trying to render excellent care to the elderly. While the Manor's buildings have been renovated repeatedly, it became apparent that the time had come to build a new, more state of the art facility which encompasses assisted living and skilled nursing care. The search for available land for this project has had to reach beyond the borders of South Boston, and an 8.3 acre parcel of land next to the Granite Links Golf Course in Quincy was purchased late in 2005. PUD permits to build were obtained in 2006, and THW architectural firm from Atlanta, Georgia has been working on the design of the new complex. THW is an award-winning firm which has designed many senior living facilities, among them two sponsored by the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm. In the new Marian Manor, there will be 22 memory support assisted living units in the section known as "Memorare", and 245 skilled nursing residents will be cared for in the nursing section. In the new nursing facility, there will be a short-term unit, a dementia unit, as well as traditional long term care services. The Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, Mother M. Angeline Teresa exhorted the Sisters to continuously meet the changing needs of the elderly. It is hoped that this strategic planning endeavor will help Marian Manor fulfill her mandate.

Marian Manor
130 Dorchester Street
South Boston, Massachusetts 02127-2699
617-268-3333