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We are four Catholic Workers, hundreds of guests and countless
volunteers. We are brought together in an attempt to say, "who Jesus
is" without using words.
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Instead, we use good food, 3500 hot meals each week, and a warm place
to stay for up to 120 people each night. We use old clothes, about a
ton each week. We use 48 rolls of toilet paper and two boxes of
43-gallon trash bags. That's in just one week, and we do this every
week of the year.
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We're open all day, every day, 365 days a year. We don't do this for
money, because no one at the Catholic Worker is paid: we're all
volunteers. We do it because Jesus has been so very good to us; we do
it because we're grateful. We have been given the gift of life and we
have no other choice but to share it with everyone as need and talent
dictate.
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We think we're the luckiest people in the world, and we're the
best-kept secret in the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Orange.
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We are open to those most at risk on the streets- families, seniors,
disabled women. We open the door to our home to offer a safe haven. We
do our work as a gift, and share the gifts we receive directly with the
poor. We offer our home as a place where all can be transformed by
serving those in need.
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Three nights each school week Catholic High School Students come to
serve the homeless on the street and to read to the 50 or so little
kids that stay at our house. Other nights, groups from parishes come to
help. Every Sunday a different church group gathers to prepare a brunch
for the poor in our backyard. We set the table and break bread together
that all might encounter God in our brothers and sisters.
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We partner with Project Hope School to insure that no child staying
with us is academically deprived. Every child goes to school every
school day, without exception.
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We let parents stay here as long as their children are going to school,
until the problem that caused their homelessness can be resolved. We
see this as the only Christian alternative to the ordinary practice of
giving families 5 or 7 days each month, and then watching them blow
their TANF checks in cheap motels and at fast food joints.
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We try to reach out to those who are forgotten and alone. We believe
that people can heal through friendship and commitment. We have no
program except to care for our brothers and sisters as we would care
for Christ. We try to help one another to be living signs of Christ's
love by doing the corporal works of mercy at a personal sacrifice. We
invite you to join us, through prayer, with donations and in person.
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