At Marywood, our mission is to provide shelter and support for children, while seeking to build nurturing families for a lifetime.

People have come to trust Marywood when making lifetime decisions. Our experienced staff have helped thousands over the past 84 years. We are an independent, non-profit organization that is licensed by the state of Texas.  In 2003 Marywood received national accreditation by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services in New York.

Our History Marywood was established in 1921 in response to a need expressed by St. Austin's Parish to provide care for abandoned and neglected babies.  The Ladies of Charity and Seton administrator, Sister Ursula Fenton, formed the Home of the Holy Infancy.  The Daughters of Charity assisted the Ladies to care for these infants in a home on Salado St. near the original Seton Hospital. In 1977, Bishop Vincent Harris appointed a lay governing board and Marywood began operating under an independent Board of Directors. The home's original mission was to provide adoption and maternity services to women experiencing unplanned pregnancies.  As Marywood grew and community needs changed, so did  its programs.

Marywood offers foster care and adoption services, pregnancy and parenting resources, individual and family counseling, and a residential program for young women and their children.

Recollections of our past....