Residents come and go in Maria Center. We’d like to introduce the larger TCAD community residents who have arrived in the past 18 months. (Not listed is Antoinette Condo, who is temporarily in Virginia with her family.) Mary Alice Fogarty...
Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
Ancilla Beef & Grain Farm works to sustain the earth and the community through responsibly grown food
In the early 1920s, the Sisters of Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ (PHJC) purchased several-hundred-acre property by the lake that later became known as The Center at Donaldson and included the Ancilla Beef & Grain Farm. The sisters established...
In the Aftermath
“Let us pray with and for one another for the grace of faithfulness and perseverance in doing good until the end.” Saint Katharina Kasper, January 2, 1882 The end of this month marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic’s...
Donor Profile: Jean Perrin – Inspired Giving
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us,” wrote noted author Joseph Campbell. This quote resonates with Jean Perrin as she reflects upon the loss of her husband, Don Perrin, and...
PHJC Volunteers Serve Marshall County Homeless
As we currently live in a time in history where uncertainty is the name of the game and quarantining and staying home are the rules, what do you do when you haven’t all the resources required to play? For many in Plymouth and the surrounding area...
Team Captain Training Event for Annual Walk to End Homelessness
Sojourner Truth House (STH), a day center for women and children experiencing homelessness and poverty with a community pantry and other related services, will hold Team Captain Training through Facebook Live on Thursday, April 29, at 6:00 pm on the...
Ministry Minutes
Closing of the Teresa Morales Soup Kitchen The soup kitchen in the neighborhood of Teresa Morales, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, opened on October 2, 1996. In the beginning we occupied part of the Holy Family chapel to provide meals for the children and...
St. Joseph Community Health Foundation Seeks to Understand the Plight of Immigrants
As a Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ ministry, we listen attentively to the needs of the most vulnerable. Increasingly, we are hearing of the fears and challenges of the immigrants amongst us. This is an important voice as we recognize Christ’s call...
Stangers become part of us
There are currently more than 400,000 migrants in Mexico and another 12,000 have passed through Coatzacoalcos in the past year. The role the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ play is small but very important. These migrants are being forced to end their...