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Thanksgiving Memories
November 13, 2018
I think Thanksgiving must be a difficult time for those who feel bereft or abandoned. I remember my first Thanksgiving prayer with the children at the Soup Kitchen nearly 20 years ago. Brother Ray and I had worked hard to promote prayers of gratitude among the children. One distraught 9-year-old girl shouted out, “I ain’t thankful for anything. I don’t even know who my daddy is.” Her pain stayed with me for a long, long time—but eventually, her life got better and she often expressed words of gratitude.
Fall garden ceremony
November 8, 2018
It’s the end of the growing season at Earthworks Urban Farm, a program of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen.
Thanksgiving Day 2018 is coming
October 22, 2018
Thanksgiving provides a time to spend with those we love, and also a time to give something of ourselves.