westsidekitchen.blogspot.com
In the Soup: March 2009
http://westsidekitchen.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html
Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen, St.Joseph/St.Patrick Parish, Utica,NY. Friday, March 20, 2009. People Are Good to Us. The Utica Common Council honored the volunteers of Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen this week with a proclamation and a good citizenship award. Betty Frank, SFO, accepted on behalf of Father Richard Dellos, pastor of St. Joseph-St. Patrick parish; Deacon Gilbert Nadeau, soup kitchen director, and all the volunteers. The presentation, originally scheduled two weeks earlier, was pos...
westsidekitchen.blogspot.com
In the Soup: December 2008
http://westsidekitchen.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html
Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen, St.Joseph/St.Patrick Parish, Utica,NY. Thursday, December 25, 2008. Some 185 people celebrated Christmas at the soup kitchen Thursday. The hungry. Those alone for the holiday. And volunteers full of Christmas cheer. It was a record number, and a huge jump over the 100 people who enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner there. Bob Oderkirk (the evening volunteer food preparation supervisor), Donna Nelson and Jeannette Williams, SFO, "did a magnificent job setting up and directing t...
westsidekitchen.blogspot.com
In the Soup: October 2008
http://westsidekitchen.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html
Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen, St.Joseph/St.Patrick Parish, Utica,NY. Thursday, October 9, 2008. Every day's a birthday party. I got to act silly yesterday. I made funny faces and uttered strange sounds. But the 4-month-old infant enjoyed it, breaking into big smiles and flailing his arms. His light grey eyes locked on mine, curious and completely open. They were among the 85 guests Wednesday. That thought is anti-cultural is today’s society, she said. We want more, we want bigger, we want bett...
westsidekitchen.blogspot.com
In the Soup: April 2008
http://westsidekitchen.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html
Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen, St.Joseph/St.Patrick Parish, Utica,NY. Thursday, April 24, 2008. Mother Marianne's Avid Readers. The two girls sat against the wall, their knees pulled up, as they got lost in their books Wednesday. Samantha Mussatto, 10, found herself sailing the ocean to Ireland as she turned the pages of The Wanderer. By Sharon Creech. Her sister, Amanda, 7, was caught up in a Boxcar Children Special, The Great Shark Mystery. By Gertrude Chandler Warner. Besides being the youngest ...
westsidekitchen.blogspot.com
In the Soup: September 2008
http://westsidekitchen.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html
Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen, St.Joseph/St.Patrick Parish, Utica,NY. Wednesday, September 17, 2008. Melissa McCann of Poland showed up to volunteer at the soup kitchen this past week, helping to prepare meals, greet guests and clean up tables. It was her first day, but it was anything but typical. A WKTV News Channel 2 photojournalist and a WIBX radio reporter dropped by. So did Jan Squadrito from the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc. With the soup kitchen staffed by volun...
westsidekitchen.blogspot.com
In the Soup: November 2008
http://westsidekitchen.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html
Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen, St.Joseph/St.Patrick Parish, Utica,NY. Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Laughter Filled the Air. St Mary's School in Clinton arranged for bus transportation, then 6th graders sponsored a "dress down" day last Friday, where students donating canned goods to the soup kitchen could dress down, and on Monday eleven 6th graders showed up at Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen with the cans of food, a teacher and two parents. Were served (151 children, 107 elderly, and 2,100 othe...
livingstones-sfo.blogspot.com
Living Stones: September 2014
http://livingstones-sfo.blogspot.com/2014_09_01_archive.html
The Glory of the Most High Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order seeks to help lay people and secular priests and deacons live out their Franciscan vocations through prayer, community, and opportunities for spiritual growth. Saturday, September 20, 2014. A few profession pictures (Dick and Ann Marie Kunz). And, of course, being a Franciscan celebration it had to include food! Saturday, September 13, 2014. I Thirst - For You (St. Theresa of Calcutta). 8230;Ask for the grace, He is longing to give it.
westsidekitchen.blogspot.com
In the Soup: May 2008
http://westsidekitchen.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html
Mother Marianne's West Side Kitchen, St.Joseph/St.Patrick Parish, Utica,NY. Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Nourishment for the Homeless. Fr Richard Dellos put fingers to mouth and blew a loud, piercing whistle. He did it again and again, each time to show his appreciation for the singers and dancers at the 40. Anniversary of his ordination Sunday. It started to rain, but the showers didn’t dampen the fest, as long lines of parishioners filled their plates with sausage, pork, beef, chicken and fixings. Our blin...
paxchristirochester.blogspot.com
A Follower of Francis: Here come the blues
http://paxchristirochester.blogspot.com/2015/08/here-come-blues.html
A Follower of Francis. These are the reflections of a Secular Franciscan. I look not only at my own spiritual journey, but also at issues of life, economic and social justice, morality, the arts, and more through the lens of Franciscan Spirituality. The Madonnas of Leningrad" by Debra Dean. Mercy" by Lucille Clifton. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah. Brothers and Sister Family Poems" by Eloise Greenfield. Bleeder" by John Desjarlais. Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya. Catholic ...
paxchristirochester.blogspot.com
A Follower of Francis: July 2015
http://paxchristirochester.blogspot.com/2015_07_01_archive.html
A Follower of Francis. These are the reflections of a Secular Franciscan. I look not only at my own spiritual journey, but also at issues of life, economic and social justice, morality, the arts, and more through the lens of Franciscan Spirituality. The Madonnas of Leningrad" by Debra Dean. Mercy" by Lucille Clifton. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah. Brothers and Sister Family Poems" by Eloise Greenfield. Bleeder" by John Desjarlais. Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya. Catholic ...