by admin | May 8, 2012 | Franciscan Center
Vintage photos reveal the early days at the Franciscan Center. Since 1968, the Franciscan Center has provided emergency assistance and supportive outreach to persons who are economically disadvantaged in an effort to assist them in realizing their self worth and...
by admin | Apr 10, 2012 | Franciscan Center, Stories from the Center
I am a Baltimore inner city native. Raised on the streets I’ve seen the filth and sadness of our city; I’ve been in fights, slept in alley ways, and begged for food. I have also seen the kindness and beauty that permeates Baltimore. Almost a year ago, I wondered into...
by admin | Mar 7, 2012 | Franciscan Center, Press Releases
Last Friday, at the Franciscan Center, Lt. Governor Brown, Mayor Rawlings-Blake,(along with many others) launched the 26th annual Harvest for the Hungry, a state wide healthy food drive. Marylanders are encouraged to donate healthy non-perishable foods by simply...
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 | 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...
