St. Katharine Drexel Food Pantry Collection – This Sunday, July 21 at St. John Church
The St. Katharine Drexel Food Pantry Collection will take place as scheduled this Sunday. As always, please double bag your donations and drop at the Glen Road entrance to the church any time before 11:00am on Sunday morning. Thank you for your continued generous support of our Food Pantry Collections, especially during the summer months when other resources such as school-based programs are unavailable and the need is great! ...
NPH Summer Events on the Cape and Nantucket!
Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) is thrilled to host two fundraising events in July on Cape Cod and Nantucket, where we will welcome Dr. Edwin Vallecillo as our guest speaker. Edwin grew up in our home in Honduras with his seven siblings, and with the support of NPH and donors, became a medical doctor. He was the National Medical Director for NPH before becoming the COO of NPH International. Please join us at our event on Nantucket on July 24 or in Brewster on July 25 - and invite family and friends! More details can be found at nphusa.org/event/Nantucket or nphusa.org/event/CapeCod ...
St. Francis House Clothing Drive: Thank You!
Year after year, the Collaborative has been able to support the clothing needs of St. Francis House through the abundant generosity and good will of our parishioners. This year’s clothing drive, held on the weekend of June 1- 2, was no different! Located in the heart of downtown Boston, St. Francis House is Massachusetts's largest day shelter. Open 365 days a year, St. Francis House serves hundreds of individuals experiencing homelessness, providing basic, rehabilitative, and housing services that overlap and build on one another to provide guests with continuous and comprehensive support. Through the efforts and generosity of so many, ...
Thank You from NPH!
It is with sincerest gratitude that I thank you on behalf of the 8,000 children that Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) supports both living in our home full time and in the community. Your generous donations to the Second Collection on April 27-28 raised almost $6,500 to help ensure the most vulnerable and orphaned children don’t have to worry about food, shelter, and medical care, and are provided with resources to exit the cycle of poverty and enter a better life for generations to come. NPH could not operate without thoughtful individuals like yourselves. Thank you! This year, NPH is celebrating ...
A Wonderful Update from the Rwamuhinda Family!
Many of you will remember the Rwamuhinda family, the first family our POWIR Ministry team supported from their initial arrival in this country to their new, independent lives. After fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo, the family spent 13 years in a refugee camp in Rwanda. In March of 2020, Emile and Rosine and five of their six children landed at Logan Airport (on one of the last arriving flights before international travel was halted due to COVID.) Sadly, their eldest daughter, Peace, who was 21 at the time, had to remain at the refugee camp for several ...
