"There is only one question Dionisia asks when she calls the Diocese Office, "What is needed at the Philoxenia House?"

Dionisia Athans
Designated by His Eminence


Dionisia Athans is a steward of the Ipswich parish. She has adopted the Philoxenia House as her personal project and has inspired so many from her community and the surrounding area to work with her and offer much to this philanthropic program of the Diocese of Boston. She, and those she has inspired to assist Metropolitan Methodios in this ministry, provide toys, games and clothes for all the residents and is making plans to offer time, talents and funds during the current expansion and improvement of the Philoxenia House.

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