Blog Posts from December, 2014

Bless the work of our hands

Daily our community of Dominican Sisters shares Morning Prayer. A favorite psalm that occurs periodically includes the refrain: ‘Bless the work of our hands.’ (Psalm 90)

Christmas in the City

It has been a tough year in Detroit. Residents in the neighborhoods surrounding the Soup Kitchen have long been living in darkness at night, the streetlights having ceased functioning years ago. They have become accustomed to residing next door to burned out, abandoned houses; decaying, silent factories. They have had to learn survival skills, how to negotiate dangerous, violent streets and drug-infested tenements.

Sharing Job Leads

Recently a veterinary doctor asked if we had anyone at the soup kitchen who needed a job. As a result, two of the men who have been regulars and, who have been looking for work for a long time, have now been suited up in uniform and work as greeters/helpers and parking lot attendants at the clinic.

Bingham Farms Students Serving the Meal

On Monday this week about 30 4th and 5th graders moved into the Meldrum site for the afternoon and took over the serving of the noon meal. No guest had to leave the table as the students served the meals directly to them along with a drink and napkin and anything else they may have needed.