FAITH AND LIGHT

Contact: Bill Walker -- 264-6012

Faith and Light supports persons with developmental disabilities, their families and friends. The goal is to reveal to them their call to share the riches of the heart, their tenderness and their fidelity. Faith and Light supports parents, and helps them to see the inner beauty of their son or daughter and to discover that their child can be a source of life. For others, the path of friendship and commitment with handicapped people is opened up. Holiday celebrations, pilgrimages, dinners and retreats are a part of this ministry. Meetings are on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

FOOD PANTRY

Contact: Allee Page (364-6353)

The Food Pantry, supported by donations of food and money, provides outreach to those of the Westside who are in need. Volunteers maintain the Pantry by collecting, buying, stocking and distributing emergency food and supplies. The Food Pantry operates on Monday and Thursday afternoons in the Parish Center.

INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK

Contact the Office (633-8711)

The Tri-Community is part of a citywide network of 13 churches, each of which "hosts" homeless families with children (up to a total of 14 people) approximately once every three months. Each participating church provides hospitality, temporary housing and some meals while the families seek permanent housing and work. The Tri-Community shelters these families in the former Rectory at Sacred Heart.

National Interfaith Hospitality Network

Colorado Springs Rescue Mission -- 632-1822

School District #11 Outreach Program and homeless teen initiative for GED programs through Adult Education.  Contact: Paul Johnson  -- 328-7914

THE LORD'S DINNER

Contact: Westside CARES (635-4108)

This weekly meal, sponsored by Westside CARES, serves the broken members of our community in the name of Christ. The meal is served every Sunday in the Parish Center at Sacred Heart; the Tri-Community hosts the meal every 5th Sunday.

MARIAN HOUSE SOUP KITCHEN

14 W. Bijou, downtown Colorado Springs

Contact: The Tri-Community Guild (Glorine Orr -- 471-9372)

Provides meals and simple medical care for the poor and homeless. "Drop-In" is Monday, Wednesday and Friday for personal grooming and socialization. Our parish volunteers prepare vegetables and carry food to Marian House.

More local and national homeless resources.