By: Steven Schwankert
Named for St. Gianna Beretta Molla, the organization now serves expectant mothers in need with two locations and a mobile unit
Almost three years to the day after it opened its first facility in the Archdiocese of New York, pro-life pregnancy counseling organization Gianna’s House welcomed more than 75 guests to its new Yonkers office on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
Following the opening of its initial location in Brewster in 2023, and the launch of its mobile unit in late 2024, the organization, named for St. Gianna Beretta Molla, saw Yonkers as its next site due to the number of calls that staffers received from the area.
“We were getting a large number of inquiries from Yonkers and nearby,” said Father Richard Gill, CEO of Gianna’s House and pastor of the parish of St. Lawrence O’Toole and Sacred Heart in Brewster. “About a year ago, we started looking for a suitable site in the area,” he told The Good Newsroom.
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The new office of Tilma Care, Gianna’s House’s clinical arm, is located in a medical office complex. Like its Brewster sister site, the Yonkers office will offer limited ultrasound imaging, pregnancy testing, spiritual help, and counseling, along with “loving care and support,” Father Gill said.
Nurse practitioner Dana Inzeo, who walked visitors through the ultrasound process, explained that, unlike some facilities, Tilma Care allows expectant mothers to hear their baby’s heartbeat and see the ultrasound images. “The most powerful moment is when you really see the Holy Spirit at work,” she said.
“There is no other pregnancy center in the Yonkers area like this one,” said Nicole Moore, the center director of Gianna’s House Yonkers.
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Attendees of the opening included representatives of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, the Sisters of Life, and local pastors and priests from nearby parishes.
St. Gianna Beretta Molla died days after giving birth in 1962 at age 39, rather than allow doctors to terminate her pregnancy to save her own life.
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The Yonkers office joins Brewster, which also has a baby boutique in addition to ultrasound and counseling facilities, and the mobile ultrasound van, which was blessed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan following the annual Right-to-Life Mass on January 26, 2025.
Gianna’s House, together with Colorado-based pro-life organization Save The Storks, raised more than $280,000 to make the purchase and outfit the vehicle, in order to serve women in need of its services in Dutchess, Putnam, and Westchester counties, and even parts of the Bronx.
