ST. MARY / ST. PHILIP SOUP KITCHEN MINISTRY
WHERE WE SERVE….
ABBY’S HOUSE, 52 High Street, Worcester, MA (508) 756-5486
Abby’s House provides emergency shelter and long-term affordable housing to homeless, battered and low-income women and children. The Soup Kitchen provides and shares a lunchtime meal with the women and staff the last Thursday afternoon monthly.
DISMAS HOUSE, 30 Richards Street, Worcester, MA (508) 799-9389
Dismas House is a re-entry program for formerly incarcerated men. They provide temporary housing and a supportive community to help these men successfully transition back into society. The Soup Kitchen Ministry provides and shares an evening meal with the residents the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays monthly.
FRIENDLY HOUSE, 87 Elm Street, Worcester, MA (508) 792-1799
Friendly House provides emergency shelter and transitional housing for up to fifteen homeless families. The Soup Kitchen provides a meal the 3rd Sunday monthly. This is a drop off meal.
JEREMIAH’S INN, 1059 Main Street, Worcester, MA (508) 755-6403
Jeremiah’s Inn is a transitional shelter for up to 30 homeless men who are recovering from substance abuse problems. The Soup Kitchen provides and shares and evening meal with the residents the 3rd Thursday every month.
VISITATION HOUSE, 119 Endicott Street, Worcester, MA (508) 798-8002
Visitation house is a home that welcomes women with crisis pregnancies. Visitation House provides material, emotional, and spiritual assistance as well as the peace of living in a Christian home. The Soup Kitchen provides and shares a dinner with the women and staff the second Wednesday evening monthly.
INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK (IHN), 91 June Street, Worcester, MA (508) 755-2212
The Interfaith Hospitality Network is a nationwide effort to provide temporary housing to homeless families. Through this program, homeless families are provided minimum 6 weeks shelter at the networks’ home on June Street. The Soup Kitchen provides supper hosts and overnight coverage for 1 week each year in August.
GRAFTON COMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT, 37 Wheeler Road, N. Grafton (508) 839-7402
The Grafton Community Harvest Project, a working farm is the sole provider of fresh produce for the Worcester County Food Bank that supplies 140 local food banks in the county. The Soup Kitchen Ministry participates in the working of the farm by providing team leaders who supervise the volunteers who do the farm work (planting, weeding, etc.) from April-October.
This ministry collects donated grocery and household products through St. Mary and St. Philip to be sorted and bagged for pick up for families and individuals assisted through the St. Vincent DePaul Ministry. Sorting takes place the first weekend monthly. Food collection is an ongoing weekly process.
Soup Kitchen Mission Statement
The St. Mary’s - St. Philip Soup Kitchen Ministry’s mission is to feed those who are hungry as an expression of our service to God. We minister to the homeless and hungry not merely to be good citizens; but primarily because we believe that Jesus can be encountered and loved in those most in need, particularly in the poor and marginalized. We serve Abby’s House, Dismas House, Friendly House, Jeremiah’s Inn, The Grafton Community Harvest Project, The Interfaith Hospitality Network, Visitation House, Market Sunday, and The Veteran’s Shelter through The Veteran’s Ministry.
If you have any questions, please call 508.839.3993 x32 (Soup Kitchen Extension) or E-mail: SoupKitchenMinistry@stmarysgrafton.org.
Rev. 3-12-2017