“Charity is certainly
greater than any rule.
Moreover, all rules
must lead to charity.”

Poverty, Homelessness and Food Insecurity Justice Circle

Our Circle focuses both on hands-on service and on advocacy for systemic change:

For hands-on service, we have

• Collected canned goods for food pantries at events and celebrations of Sisters and Associates
• Grown fresh veggies in our gardens and given them to food pantries this summer
• attended a memorial vigil for homeless individuals who died in the past year

For Advocacy, we have

• Kept track of efforts to build affordable housing in Delhi and around Cincinnati
• Written letters to Congress in support of the Farm Bill and the Food Stamp program
• Begun monitoring proposed local, state and national legislation limiting large corporations trying to buy up local housing
• Worked on a petition to fund the Affordable Housing Trust Fund

We also offer prayer and education opportunities

• With the Earth Justice Circle, we collaborated during Lent on daily prayer postings and a longer prayer service focused on poverty
• We are beginning to compile a library of books on poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity and hope to invite speakers on these topics.
• For Catholic social teaching on poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity, click here [link to resources below]

We welcome new members – both to our Circle meetings, which are generally once a month on a Friday morning, to help with our activities, or simply to support us in prayer.

Contact S. Pat Wittberg (spwittberg@srcharitycinti.org) for more information about this circle and if you would like join.