St. John – St. Paul Catholic Collaborative

The clothing program at St. Francis House is the only free clothing program for adults experiencing homelessness and poverty in the greater Boston area. Every spring our Collaborative supports this program as a collective force. Your generosity is greatly appreciated by the thousands of people who rely on St. Francis House during their most challenging times.

Items may be dropped off between 9:00am – 5:00pm at both the St. John and St. Paul garages on the weekend of June 20-21.

Items St. Francis House Needs!

Two categories of adult clothing are needed. All should be gently used (or new),  clean, and in good condition, please…

Pope Leo XIV will preside over a worldwide rosary for peace May 30, uniting Marian shrines across continents in simultaneous prayer to close the Catholic Church’s month of devotion to the Virgin Mary.

The pope will lead the prayer from the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican Gardens at 7pm local time (1:00pm Eastern time) on Saturday. The livestream will be available at vaticannews.va.

Pope Leo will pray the joyful mysteries, with each of the five decades dedicated to those suffering the effects of war and violence, and entrusted to the intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace.

“Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together.”  -Pope Leo XIV

The opening words of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, summarize its underlying reasons and purpose. The Pope signed the encyclical on May 15, the 135^th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum novarum.

Read more at VaticanNews.va

Please join us in congratulating Fr. James Taah on his graduation with a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) from the Clough School of Theology and Ministry (CSTM) at Boston College!

We’re thrilled to let you know that Fr. James has been accepted into the Doctorate in Sacred Theology program at the CSTM, which means he will  be remaining with us here at the Collaborative for at least a few more years!