Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

Feeding Bodies · Nourishing Spirits · Strengthening Communities

Meal Program

Meal Program

The Capuchin Soup Kitchen's Meldrum Street and Conner Avenue dining room sites serve free, nutritious meals each weekday (and Saturdays as well at Conner) to anyone desiring to eat.

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Substance Abuse Services

Substance Abuse Services

Jefferson House offers substance abuse treatment and a “new start in life” to indigent men seeking recovery from addiction.

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Earthworks Urban Farm

Earthworks Urban Farm

Earthworks Urban Farm seeks to promote sustainable agricultural practices, nutrition and care for the Earth. It is a working study in social justice, as well as in being more connected to the food we eat.

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On the Rise Bakery

On the Rise Bakery

The bakery ministry is designed to assist individuals "re-entering" society after bouts of incarceration or substance abuse. The bakers learn a marketable skill while continuing to become men of greater integrity.

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Services Center

Services Center

The Capuchin Services Center distributes (at no cost) food and clothing to people in need, as well as furniture and appliances to families following a stay in an emergency shelter, or who have suffered a household fire.

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Children’s Program

Children’s Program

By means of tutoring and art therapy sessions, a garden club, fieldtrips,and nutrition activities, the Rosa Parks Children and Youth Program offers enrichment programs for children ages 6-14.

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Welcome to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen Web Site

Welcome to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, a ministry of the Capuchin Province of St Joseph. Inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, we tend to people’s basic needs, especially the need for food. We also stimulate minds, nourish spirits, and attempt to address root causes of social injustice. Founded in 1929 by Capuchin friars Solanus Casey and Herman Buss, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen serves the people of metro Detroit. We welcome you…whether you are a guest in need of a hand up, a volunteer willing to assist, or a donor willing to support. Welcome to our ministry.

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Courville Children's Concert Choir

Meet the Courville Children’s Concert Choir as they entertain the guests at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Conner location.

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Ahee Family’s Capuchin Souper Summer Celebration “Rock of Ages”

You're invited to the 32nd annual Capuchin Souper Summer Celebration, held at Comerica Park on Saturday, June 29. This year promises to rock your summer with a night of live music and dancing. Gates open at 7:30 PM with free admission (ages 21+ only), food available for purchase, cash bar, complimentary self-parking, optional valet parking, live entertainment and fireworks!

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The Chef’s Collaborative Cookbook

The Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s very own Chef Alison Costello is featured in a new cookbook called, “The Chef’s Collaborative Cookbook…Local, Sustainable, Delicious Recipes from America’s Great Chefs!” Read a sample here

Purchase the book from the Solanus Casey Center’s Gift Shop and learn how to make Chef Alison’s Pumpkin Tip Curry.

Will You Help Us Serve?

Since 1929, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen has provided food and clothing to people in need. Serving up to 2,000 meals a day, we depend on people like you. Will you help us serve by making a donation? Watch the TV Commercial

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Bonanza Barrel Raffle Winners

Congratulations to the winners for the week of June 17, 2013

  • Mary Mansour
  • M/M Alfred Sottre
  • Anthony Timbers
  • Jennie Volos
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