Friar Benjamin of the Most Holy Trinity, member of the Franciscans Poor of Jesus Christ, an order which is being established in the Los Angeles, is leading bi-weekly Sunday outreach to the Skid Row (one of the largest stable populations, between 5,000 and 8,000, of homeless people in the United States). Three more friars and four sisters will join in the spring. Two students of Stone to Flesh are committed to this outreach and are forming a small team which will reach out to the homeless and form relationships with the unreached poor for the purpose of preaching the Gospel with hands and words.
People who have hearts for ministry to the poor, including corporal and spiritual works of mercy and want to engage on temporary or consistent basis, contact:
Fabiola Acosta: facosta@magnoliapublicschools.org or Daisy Reis: daysikngs@gmail.com
Schedule:
1pm - Meeting at Daisy's house (address in event's descreption): preparation and packing of the food, prayer.
3pm - Travel to the Skid Row: food distribution, prayer and ministry among the homeless and poor
5:00 The end