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Social Justice Newsflash
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”
- St. Augustine
CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE WINTER CLOTHING COLLECTION - Please join us in donating your GENTLY used CLEAN WINTER clothing for The Catholic Worker House’s annual winter clothing giveaway. The clothing giveaway will be held at San Juan Bautista’s Plaza on Saturday, November 6. We are asking for the following seven, winter items only: Coats, Sweaters, Hats, Gloves, Scarves, Winter boots and Blankets. Please DO NOT send shirts of any type, socks, pants or business attire. These items can not be accepted.
We would greatly appreciate women’s, men’s and children’s clothes be bagged separately, in large, tied, trash bags. Please label each bag “CWH-Women’s”, “CWH Men’s” or “CWH-Children’s”. This makes sorting much easier for our volunteers. You may drop the items off after mass in the designated area. Donations will be accepted through Sunday, October 31. Please contact Anne May at 627-1869 or anne.may89@yahoo.com if you have any questions. Thank you for your support!
ST. MARY’S MEALS UPDATE AND NEED - St. James is responsible for a meal at St. Mary’s the fourth Friday of the even months (February, April, June, August, October, and December). Prior to the pandemic, meals were prepared and served at St. Mary’s by St. James volunteers for 100-120 of our neighbors. Since April of 2020, sixty to-go bagged meals have been prepared in the St. James kitchen by St. James volunteers and provided to St. Mary’s for distribution by St. Mary’s volunteers. The next St. Mary’s meal is October 22.
After 15 years of dedicated and loving service to the St. Mary’s Meals ministry, Kathy Cardos and Renee Billow have decided to step aside as co-chairs. We are in search of a new chairperson or co-chairpeople to organize this ministry. Anyone interested leading this important ministry or who has questions about the ministry can contact Kathy (kvdunn51@gmail.com) and Renee (billowtalk@gmail.com) through their emails. A new chairperson or co-chairpeople need to be in place well ahead of the meal in February 2022. You can also contact Jeannette List if you have any questions or are interested in volunteering at 717-626-1715 or blist@dejazzd.com. We thank Kathy and Renee for their years of service and devotion to the St. Mary’s Meals ministry, its volunteers, and our neighbors in need.