by admin | Mar 20, 2013 | Franciscan Center, Stories from the Center
In 2011, Calvin White, Sr.’s world fell apart. His marriage to the woman he loved since junior high school ended and he lost the tip of his index finger during an accident at work. Calvin became severely depressed, and fell back into his old habit – drug use....
by admin | Jan 31, 2012 | Franciscan Center
It’s a look Ronald Brown hasn’t seen in more than a dozen years. “The last time I wore a suit was my grandmother’s funeral back it 1998,” he said. But today, Brown is suiting up to change his life after years of nowhere and nothing to...
by admin | Jun 2, 2011 | Franciscan Center
A YouTube video that was shared with us on Twitter pointed out the need for outreach organizations to remember that we work with our poor, not for them. It is just a simple term, a small word, but when you change that preposition from ‘for’ to...
by admin | May 5, 2011 | Franciscan Center, Press Releases
by admin | Apr 11, 2011 | Franciscan Center, Stories from the Center
Every choice we make is like a drop of water in a crystal pond. The ripples emulate out from those choices and although we can sometimes see the effect they have, often it is impossible to measure the value and change we can be effecting in the lives around us. Living...
