Tag: poor

This year, rather than hosting only men at our parish, St. Isidore volunteers will prepare and serve meals for men, women, and children at the MCREST

This year Ash Wednesday is on February 18th, which also begins another St. Isidore Lenten Giving Tree Program. During Lent we spread God’s Word

“Mary’s appearance as Our Lady ofGuadalupe and her identification with thepoor and oppressed was, and remains, apowerful reminder of

The World Day of the Poor is a Roman Catholic observance, established by Pope Francis, and is celebrated on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time since

Absorption in one’s own interests causes the heart to grow hard and die. Let us pray for the gift of life for all our brothers and sisters.

Every year S.I.T.E. holds a “Pajama Project” collection for Friends of Foster Kids. It’s such a blessing knowing we’re making

The last weekend of each month, you are invited to bring a donation from the St. Vincent de Paul needs list or a canned/powedered Similac (no liquid)

“There are so many people in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more people dying for a little love. The poverty

No love in mortality comes closer to approximating the pure love of Jesus Christ than the selfless love a devoted mother has for her child. Jeffrey

Help honors when to the bread that nourishes it adds the visit that consoles, the advice that enlightens, the friendly shake of the hand that lifts

Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays well; who rewards even a cup of cold water given for love of Him. St.

Let us go then, my brothers, and work with a new love in the service of the poor, looking even for the most destitute and abandoned among them.  Let

A friend is more to be longed for than the light; I speak of a genuine one.  And wonder not:  for it were better for us that the sun should be

Thank you, St. Isidore. We asked for donations of hats, scarfs, gloves and socks, and you knocked our socks off with your response. We began our

During this time, we may be worrying about how we can safely enjoy the coming Holidays with our family or shopping for gifts and food, but there are

Many of us have watched an episode of “Undercover Boss.” The show has the CEO or owner of the company disguise themselves as a new employee

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. St. Thomas Aquinas Put your

“You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.” – St. Catherine of Siena “However

“Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.” St. Vincent de Paul “The

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” St. Francis of Assisi “All the things in this world are gifts