by admin | Dec 21, 2012 | Healthy Food, Issues
When Ed McNally took on the position as Executive Director of the Franciscan Center in 2010 and reached out to us at the Center for a Livable Future (CLF) for help improving the quality of food served to their clients, I was a research assistant with CLF’s ...
by admin | Feb 27, 2012 | Healthy Food, Issues
With the sacred season of lent upon us, many Christians will be thinking of ways to make this time of prayer and self denial meaningful and spiritually enriching. One suggestion we have at the Franciscan Center is for you to “give up” some of your healthy...
by admin | Nov 23, 2011 | Homelessness, Issues
In this season of the Earth’s bounty and harvest, we have so much to be thankful for: faith, family, friends, co-workers, jobs… let us keep grateful hearts for all that is given to us, and share our gifts and talents with those who come to us for...
by admin | Jan 19, 2011 | Homelessness, Issues
‘Michelle’ is not what you would expect. When she came to the Center she stood out and did not look comfortable at all. However, she didn’t walk with the stature of a person who had been on the lower side of a shoe most of their lives. She was well...
by admin | Jan 12, 2011 | Homelessness, Issues
Homelessness is a complex social and public health crisis. – The Journey Home In January of 2008 Mayor Sheila Dixon launched an innovative and highly ambitious plan to end homelessness. The Journey Home, outlines a step by step plan of action for the city of...
