About The Woman's Well
About the Name:
“Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.’”
John 4:13-14
Based on the story of the Samaritan Woman to whom Jesus spoke to in John 4:7-42, The Woman’s Well is a play on words utilizing 2 different definitions of the word well. As a noun, a well is “a deep chasm dug to access water or other natural resources.” The woman was alone, gathering water from the well of Jacob in the heat during the peak of day when Jesus approached her with no jar, asking for water. The woman was shocked at the humanity and decency in which Jesus acted toward her being a woman, one who was not Jewish, and was an outcast for her checkered past, having been divorced 5 times already and living with a man not her husband. Jesus showed her he knew her and still treated her with dignity and respect, allowed her to know who he was, and to evangelize to others through her own redemptive story. At Jesus' words, she dropped her jar and ran back to town to spread the news of Jesus. In that moment, after a life of longing, she stopped searching for broken and temporary love, having found true fulfillment in Christ.
Women are deep chasms, created by God to feel deeply, handle so much at once, and care for others in innately motherly ways. But what are we filling our depths with? The Woman’s Well exists to help fill ourselves with the living water of Christ through a sisterhood of faith and fellowship. Woman’s is in the possessive, speaking to the personal depths of each of us.
Back in the days, a well was also a meeting place where people gathered. This ministry serves as that gathering place. A place to find community and friendship. A place where your faith journey could be guided and enhanced, no matter how far along you are on that road with other women to help you on your journey.
In doing so, we strive to be the second definition of well. As an adjective it means “to be in good health, sound in mind, body and soul.” What beautifully complex creatures humans are: mind, body, heart and soul, with each aspect affecting the others. What better way to strive to be well than to be well with Christ? As we navigate the stormy and unpredictable waters of our earthly lives, let us remind one another to turn to the Lord and help calm our seas. Woman’s becomes the conjunction, a state of being, “The Woman is Well”.
Christ is a 3rd definition of well meaning “water issuing from the earth like a spring.” Living water is defined as a naturally flowing water source that sustains life. In Judaism, total body cleansing for purification called a Mikvah has to be done in living water. Jesus has become that living water to cleanse our souls. Fill your well with the living water of our Lord Jesus Christ to be well body, mind, heart and soul.
Founding Date: August 28, 2025
History:
Originally started in October of 2023, Angelica “Angel” Delallana dreamt of building a community of Catholic women to help find camaraderie and a safe place to live and share their faith, while together finding ways to cope with the life demands of daily life. However, with no clear direction and no dedicated team, it quickly fell through. Still, the ministry remained in her mind and in her heart, constantly praying for some way to cultivate the seed that was planted.
That came in the form of Father Tommy Green and the men’s ministry of St Philomena. Started on March 8, 2025, what started as a small band of no more than 6 men seeking to create a community for themselves quickly grew. In less than a year they multiplied more than 10-fold. Their ministry became the blueprint for The Woman’s Well today.
The first thing that needed to happen was developing a core team. Who that core team would consist of was the challenge as Angel was unsure who would be willing and able to take on the responsibilities of building the ministry from the ground up. It was thanks again to the men’s ministry after seeing how rapidly they were growing Monica came out of the wordworks to reach out and asked if the women’s ministry was still happening. She had attended a rosary and saw that all those in attendance were much older, and realized the need for a ministry for young and middle aged women. Within less than 24 hours, all the women that Angel had in mind to ask said “Yes” and they met on Thursday, August 28, 2025 along with Donna , Jackie , Rhonda and a few other women.
We, along with the precious gifts of Patti and Myra , both of whom God called to us along the way, are working toward the goal of building a community and sisterhood of Christ-loving women to walk together and grow in faith as we each try and live more Christ-centered lives.