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Franciscan Charities responds to coronavirus with Meals to Go
Franciscan Charities needs your help. We’ve been monitoring the response by state and local officials to the coronavirus (COVID-19). In an effort to comply with governmental guidelines and yet fulfill...
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Thankful for helping hands
It was water, water everywhere at the soup kitchen yesterday, but plenty to drink for our clients!! A kitchen flood meant no hot food for our Meals to Go, but that didn’t stop our small but mighty team...
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Meals to Go update! It’s looking like we’re in for a long road ahead trying to keep our folks fed! But look what you’ve done already ! Just today: — 200 hot meals of Corned beef and potatoes with fresh...
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People are hungry
The days are getting harder. We all know that. Here in the basement of St. Ann’s Church, the kitchen flooded again. The mayor of Newark placed us squarely within one of the city’s three virus “hot...
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Joy in the morning: An Easter message from Franciscan Charities
“It is in giving that we receive.” Those are the words that adorn the Franciscan Charities signature monk gracing our pages. If ever there was a time that tested those words, it was these past few...
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Stories of Hope
Easter weekend marked a month since the COVID-19 outbreak shifted our food service operations beyond our soup kitchen, and with it came signs of new help and new hope. Thank you to all those who...
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Powered by families
Families are the backbone of our volunteer corps at Franciscan Charities. They get their start simply, with parents bringing a child or two to help prepare and serve meals, read to younger children in...
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Faces of Hope
The faces of Franciscan Charities are the faces of hope. Many who come to our door – guests, donors, volunteers – don’t always start out that way. Some are hungry for food, others in need of protection...
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Back to the kitchen!
After a long three months of pulling together meals to go at an offsite location, we’re back in our kitchen at St. Ann’s, with Chef Ronney once again cooking up a storm! Our kitchen, dining room,...
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Support Our Back-to-School Drive!
Back to school may look a lot different this year, but the need for essential school supplies remains – all the more so now as families face the increased financial uncertainties brought about by the...
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