Inspired by the inherent dignity and value of each person and the example set by Saint John of God, Menni Services strives to give every individual the power to exercise their rights as human beings and to be treated as equals.

Saint John of God Menni Services is committed to the provision of a service of excellence to people with learning disabilities.

The mission of Saint John of God Menni Services is to provide a network of day and residential services to people with learning disabilities in south west Dublin. The service aims to identify the needs of each individual and respond by means of appropriate education, training, employment, community residential living, respite care and personal supports.

The Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God is a world-wide Catholic health care organization providing services in forty six countries. The Order was founded by St. John of God in Granada, Spain in 1537. The values of St John of God Hospitaller Services are Hospitality, Compassion, Respect, Justice and Excellence.

John Ciudad was born in 1495 at Montemor-o-Novo in the south of Portugal. He was reared at Oropesa, Spain. The greater part of his life was spent as a wanderer, working as a Shepherd, bookseller, soldier and labourer. In his travels, he covered several countries in Europe and North Africa.
When Saint John of God finally settled in Granada, Spain, around the age of forty, he underwent a conversion experience so dramatic in its intensity that he was placed in a psychiatric hospital. His brief experience of the harsh treatment meted out to patients gave him an understanding of the real needs of the sick. As a result, he anticipated some of the most important principles of health care and treatment that are being implemented in progressive health care systems today.
His unique appeal for alms “for the love of God, do good to yourselves by doing good for others” led him being nick-named “Juan de Dios”.
He gave the last 12 years of his life helping people living on the margins of society and died on his 55th birthday, 8th March 1550.

Menni Services is named after Saint Benedict Menni, an Italian Saint John of God Brother who was sent to Spain in 1867 to restore the Order there. In his lifetime, he founded 22 hospitals in Spain, Portugal and South America. In 1881, he founded the Hospitaller Sisters of the Scared Heart of Jesus. In 1911, he was appointed Prior General of the Order. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 23rd June 1985 and canonized on 21st November 1999.