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Knights renovate seventh home for intellectually disabled

Catholic Herald Staff Report
7/15/20

The newest Marian Home, the Mother of Good Counsel House in Fairfax, will house five women with intellectual disabilities. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blesses the newest Marian Home, the Mother of Good Counsel House in Fairfax, July 11. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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Marian Homes President Jim McHugh, Braddock District Supervisor James Walkinshall, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and Fr. James S. Barkett, pastor of St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax, prepare to cut the ribbon officially opening the newest Marian Homes residence in Fairfax County. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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Marian Homes, a project of Fairfax Knights of Columbus, celebrated the opening
of its seventh home for people with intellectual disabilities
July 11. The new Mother of Good Counsel House in Fairfax will soon be home to
five women. Multiple companies and organizations donated more than $100,000 in
labor and materials to renovate the home for the residents. 

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blessed the home and cut the ribbon at
a socially distanced ceremony. 

 

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