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PAGE 7—The Southern Cross, October 25,1984
octal Ministry A Top Priority In Diocese
Each Center is unique and cannot be compared, but the following chart lists specific data.
Major forms of
Program
Area Served
Coordinator Total Served
Volunteers
assistance given
N'-’-dibors in Need
Albany
Barbara Logan
1,658
65(1,863 hrs)
Utility Bills, food, rent,
transportation
Catholic Social Services
Augusta
Sr. Kathleen Toland
10,000
55
Food, utilities, medical
bills
Social Services
Hamilton
Sr. Rosemary Sullivan
3,800
2
Food, utility and
medical bills
SERVE
Macon
Wendy Lockwood
5,760
57
Utilities, food, clothing,
housing, repair, prison
ministry, transportation
Social Services Metter/Candler Cty
Sr. Pat McNally
145
2
medical bills, food,
clothing, education,
transportation
Social Apostolate
Savannah
Sr. Mary Catherine
Moore
17,295
56
food, utility, medical,
rent, education,
transportation , ramps
for elderly, soup
kitchen, showers
St. Francis Thrift Shop
Valdosta
Dwight Carver
1,200
1
food, clothing,
transportation,
temporary shelter,
prison ministry
Criminal Justice/Penal
form
Diocese
Johnnie Moulton 260
(Lakeland) -
40,118
3
241
prison ministry
BREAK BREAD Program. Sister Margaret
delivers home meal.
Visiting Lake Haven Nursing Home.
Mealtime at Soup Kitchen
Thi Le and son at home in
September 1984.
SISTER HELEN ANNE SSMN, volunteer, and
migrant baby at Leslie, Ga. in June of 1984.
MANUEL DE LA ROSA, crewleader, with
Teen Volunteers at Ellaville Ga. in June of 1984.
vreness In The Valdosta Area
a meal from their own table on Saturday or Sunday. Sister
Margaret has been instrumental in establishing the
week-end meals.
The Soup Kitchen is also a joint community effort. The
Soup Kitchen feeds on the average of 200 people 5 days a
week (Monday through Friday).
Saint Francis Center is an outreach program supported
solely by the Catholic Church and what the Thrift Shop
sells. St. Francis provides clothing, food, help with utility
bi’ guidance to the proper government agencies, etc. to
those in need.
Saint Francis Center has been in operation for
approximately ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carter started
and managed the Center in the old St. Francis Church for
seven years. Mr. Dwight Carver took over the position as
social director three years ago when the Carters retired.
This past summer extensive renovating was done on the
building. The Open House was for St. John’s members and
the public.
Numerous people were reached and several volunteers
came forward to offer assistance due to the Workshop’s
and Open House.
mps. deportation. Social service agencies and even church
nnah groups are reluctant to help them, for fear of breaking
>odia laws and facing fines or imprisonment.
who
Sister
Hunger, sickness and ignorance are problems for
. Americans of low income as well as for those from
overseas. The Campaign for Human Development, the
Jishops’ annual anti-poverty drive, has done much to give
\ e the poor a “hand up” rather than a “hand-out.” The
iere Savannah Catholic Diocese has actually received much
more from the Campaign, through its grants from the
even national office, than it has contributed in response to the
: aid, annual appeal. Each year however, Catholics of south
ar of Georgia contribute generously to the appeal, which funds
long-term anti-poverty projects.
One of the projects sponsored by the Office of Black
Ministry, under Sr. Julian Griffin, V.S.C. is proving
successful in Savannah -- it is the “Talent Unlimited”
School for the Performing Arts, which is housed in the old
St. Mary’s School on West 36th Street. Here local children
from under privileged backgrounds receive not only
training in the performing arts but also extra tuition
subjects - a must if they are to succeed in school and
make progress in later life.
Sister Julian is also responsible for the Pius X Center on
Anderson Street, which is operating a program for
drop-outs and hard-core unemployables, by offering
training in job skills such as painting, carpentry and auto
repair.
Literacy training, visiting the sick, outreach to prison
inmates, Birthright, and other forms of social outreach are
practiced by Catholics in many areas, as a practical way to
show love of neighbor.
One program which is well known to the Catholic
community is that run by St. Mary’s Home, which cares
for boys and girls from troubled families. Situated in
Savannah, the home, run by Mercy Sisters, offers
counselling and outreach to families, as well as giving
loving care to the children who stay there.