Saint Joseph's Homeless Ministry began over thirty years ago as an outreach effort in Framingham. For the last fifteen years, this much needed ministry has been based at Saint Joseph Parish in Medway. It is an ecumenical effort involving volunteers from Saint. Joseph's Church, Medway, Saint Thomas the Apostle Church, Millis, Saint Mary's Church, Holliston, The First Baptist Church, Holliston, and the Community Church, Medway.
Thank you so much for your generosity to our friends in Boston! Our friends in Boston have been blessed with your generous donations! Thank you so much for the XL, 2X, 3X, 4X coats and hoodies! Also, new men's briefs and boxers and new white crew socks are always needed. If you shop at Market Basket, please save the plastic bags and throw them in the clothing bin. Most of all thank you for your thoughts and prayers for our friends that live day by day on the streets of Boston. If you prefer to make a donation online please go to Donations.
Volunteers gather on Monday evenings at the Saint Joseph Church parking lot and head to Tremont Street on the Boston Common where they distribute sandwiches, bottled water, clothes, new underwear, new socks, shoes, coats, blankets, towels, toiletries, winter coats, scarves, mittens and boots to those who gather to greet them. Volunteers are continually humbled by the gratitude shown by their homeless friends, who enjoy the ordinary chit-chat and personal connection offered by the volunteers. These non-judgmental conversations, during which participants recognize the face of Christ in each other, are as important as the items volunteers distribute and a cornerstone of this ministry.
We so appreciate all our returning sandwich makers! The Boston Homeless Ministry is indebted to the volunteers who make sandwiches each week and to all who fill our donation bin, located in Fr. Mara Hall at Saint Joseph Church and the Parish Center.
If you would like to make sandwiches on a weekly, bi-monthly or "on-call" basis, please call Wayne & Sheila Marshall at 508-735-4346 or email tesseractsam@yahoo.com. To make a donation online click Donations.
Thank you again for all your donations and prayers for our friends that live on the streets of Boston. God Bless You All!