In 1965, the Antonine Sisters moved to North Jackson, where they had been granted a convent and a plot of land on the grounds of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon. In 1989, a new group of sisters, with Sr. Marie Madeleine Iskandar as Superior, was assigned to the United States to establish a day care for the elderly. In January 1991, the Sisters began to offer care and service to elderly
individuals in their own convent. As word of the Day Care spread, the program grew and soon needed its own building. With financial support from local American religious communities, their own community, and the Maronite faithful in the U.S., the Sisters were able to build a large new facility next door to their convent in 1996. A 2001 addition allowed the Day Care to offer physical, occupational and speech therapy. It also includes a memory room for clients with Alzheimer’s and an on-site beauty shop. In May 2013, the Antonine Sisters broke ground for the construction of Antonine Village, an Assisted Living and Memory Care facility to be located adjacent to the Day Care. In addition to the Antonine Village and the Antonine Sisters Adult Day Care, the Sisters are also active in St. Maron parish in Youngstown, assisting with Christian formation for both children and adults.
