BUILT ON TRADITION. CONTINUED WITH PURPOSE.
Community shaped by time, designed for today
Some places carry their history quietly. The 25-acre campus where The Providence Senior Living stands has been a place of service, hospitality and quiet care for more than fifty years, and the spirit of that work reaches back nearly two hundred.
This is senior living grounded in something greater, a legacy of service that has shaped this land for generations. We are honored to continue it.
Humility. Hospitality. Attention. Dignity.
The Daughters of Charity in Albany
The Daughters of Charity arrived in Albany in 1828. Over nearly two hundred years, their work in the Capital Region has shaped schools, hospitals, social services and the lives of the people who passed through them. The values that guided that work are the values that ground The Providence today.
In 1971, the Sisters made the 25-acre Menands campus their Northeast Provincial home. DePaul House became the center of the community. The buildings, gardens and grounds have been cared for by the Sisters ever since.
What you see here today isn’t a recreation of that legacy. It is the next chapter of it.
A living tradition
The Daughters of Charity continue to live and work on this campus. DePaul House, rededicated in 2012, is still home to Sisters whose vocation has not changed. Their presence is not a memory. It is the daily reminder of why this place exists. The Providence is being built around it. The Sisters are our neighbors. The work continues.
Proudly carried forward by Franciscan Ministries
The Providence is operated by Franciscan Ministries, a senior living organization with more than 130 years of experience caring for older adults across the country.
Founded in Chicago in 1894 by the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago, Franciscan Ministries brings a tradition that complements the belief already here–that the dignity of an older life is something to be served, not managed.
Our community is new. Our foundation is not.
Caring for the land that cared for so many
Just like our campus, Albany holds stories in its streets, its architecture and the people who have called it home for generations. The Providence was created with that same sense of place in mind.
As our community takes shape, we are planting trees, preserving green space and integrating sustainability into the design of the campus. This is land that has welcomed many. We intend to leave it better than we found it.
Become part of the story
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