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St. Moses the Black pantry expanding to meet increased need

When the St. Columbanus Parish opened its food pantry in 2004, it served about 50 households each week. Now part of St. Moses the Black Parish, the food pantry regularly serves more than 700 households each week, distributing more than 2 million pounds of food and clothes each year.

Caritas Internationalis calls U.S. foreign aid freeze ‘ruthless’

The “ruthless” and “callous” decision of the Trump administration to freeze U.S. humanitarian and development aid “threatens the lives and dignity of millions” of people around the world, said Caritas Internationalis.

St. Ferdinand students pack 300 lunches for people in need

Students at St. Ferdinand School took time out from their classes on Jan. 27 to make 300 packed lunches to feed people in Chicago over the next 24 hours.

East Side high school opens student-run food pantry

St. Francis de Sales High School launched its student-run food pantry with a large food giveaway and Christmas celebration on Dec. 21, 2024.

Catholic groups nourish communities in food deserts

Sharon Tillmon has been working to feed hungry people in Chicago for a quarter-century, starting when she began working for Catholic Charities at the St. Sabina Food Pantry in her own Auburn-Gresham neighborhood.

Longstanding parish ‘diner’ offers hot meals and friendship

How does a hot, home-cooked meal at no charge on Wednesday evenings sound? For Morgan Park residents, that’s available in the diner in the OSP Community Room at Our Lady of Kibeho Parish.

Rising cost of groceries sends more people to local food pantries

As the price of food at the grocery store rises, so does the number of people seeking help from area food pantries.

Old St. Pat’s parishioners donate commercial stove to soup kitchen

Frieda Holley has been providing hot meals to people in the Back of the Yards neighborhood for more than 30 years. Holley, the namesake of Frieda’s Place at Su Casa Catholic Worker House at 51st and Laflin streets, serves breakfast to everyone who turns up on Tuesdays and Thursdays and works with parishes and other groups to provide brunch on Sundays.

Waukegan food pantry makes Christmas feasts possible

Darlene Montesdeoca has served as the food pantry coordinator at Most Blessed Trinity Parish in Waukegan for many years. But before that she was a client in need of food for herself and her daughters.

St. Rita Parish provides over 550 families with Thanksgiving supplies

More than 550 families received turkeys and other food for their Thanksgiving meals at St. Rita of Cascia Church, 6243 S. Fairfield Ave., Nov. 20.
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