From the Society of St. Vincent De Paul of Mary, Mother of God Parish The Society of St. Vincent De Paul at Mary, Mother of God parish is teaming up with local organizations to help police districts where people who are seeking asylum are sleeping after arriving in Chicago. We have been asked to support relief efforts by donating new underwear for children, women and men of all sizes. Your generous donations of new items can be left in boxes at the back of the church. Underwear for children, men and women of all sizes are currently the most requested item by organizations helping our new neighbors- please help if you are able to! Boxes are located in the back of the churches. DONATIONS ACCEPTED MAY 15-23 We also urgently need volunteers! We will need help with sorting donations, transportation and getting items to those who need them. Contact James Murphy at jamesmurphy004@gmail.com to learn how you can help.
 Potluck Community Meal @ 6:00 PM
Discussion: 6:45 PM It’s planting time for Solidarity Gardens- find out how you can help and be a part of this new initiative to grow food for our soup kitchen and food pantry, our neighbors, and more! Kevin Erickson, director of sustainability at Loyola University, will be attending. "[A]ll this idea of an agronomic university is in order that one’s spiritual life may be continually deepened, and to show how life in Christ can be achieved by realizing the faith in response to the needs and opportunities of our everyday occupations. The idea of work, the land, people’s needs. The study of what others are doing, the lives of great Christians–a sharing, in other words, with each other, in love and work, thought and worship; all this will be part of the life here on our beginnings of an agronomic university." --Dorothy Day, "Idea of an Agronomic University" |
