HISTORY
OF THE MANOR

Located in Liberty, Missouri, Immacolata Manor provides residential and day habilitation programs for women with developmental disabilities. The Manor is built on 37 rolling acres that were originally part of a farm known as “Broadacres” in the 1800s, on which Clydesdales were raised. The Bruening family purchased the property in the early part of the 20th century, and rebuilt the Manor House in the 1930s. After Joseph and Della Bruening passed away in the 1960s, the Manor and grounds were purchased by the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese and converted for use as a Jesuit Retreat Home.

In 1981 Immacolata Manor was purchased again by a group called “Friends of the Handicapped”. The Friends established the Manor as a home for women with developmental disabilities, with the Benedictine Sisters of Kansas City as the caretakers. The Sisters managed the home until their retirement in 1997, and their work is now carried on by a not-for-profit agency, under the direction of a volunteer board of directors and a full-time professional staff.

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