If you hear the sounds of Motown echoing through the halls of St. Francis Seraph Ministries, feel free to sing along. You’ll be in good company with the Foot Care for the Souls team and the guests they serve every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. ...
The practice of medicine is about more than diagnosing illnesses and writing prescriptions. Truly caring for patients means understanding their lives, their challenges, and the underlying causes of the conditions they’re facing....
The next time you pack your lunch for work or put together a lunchbox for your child or grandchild, imagine what this would look like on your kitchen counter:...
Catherine “Katie” Baugher had a brilliant mind. While working on her Ph.D. in computer science at Ohio University, she was also doing an internship related to cancer research through the National Institutes of Health. She loved animals and was proud of having her work published in Nature magazine. Though she might not have realized it,...
You might not see him serving guests in the dining room or teaching sewing classes at the Sarah Center, but Finance Manager Ren Austing’s efforts behind the scenes are what make St. Francis Seraph Ministries’ work possible....
In the biblical story of the fishes and the loaves (Mt. 14:13–21), Jesus fed 5,000 men, as well as women and children, with just two fish and five loaves of bread. That’s the inspiration behind St. Ignatius of Loyola Church’s Project 5000, which this year provided about 400 bags of food, hygiene items, paper products,...
Sarah Center Director Adina Wofford thinks back to one of her favorite days at work. It was a Wednesday, and seemingly everyone at the center had good news. Goals were being realized and obstacles overcome. One woman had just found a new place to live after experiencing homelessness....
It doesn’t really matter now how much Ronda Bennit earned when she sold the first pair of earrings she made at the Sarah Center more than 20 years ago. That bit of extra cash is long gone. What remains is the value Ronda found in herself. ...
When Lanesia Berney was facing one of the toughest challenges of her life, she found a strong support system in The Sarah Center at St. Francis Seraph Ministries to help her stay on track and become the person she was meant to be. ...
Melanie Ruggles knows what the alternative is. She could spend her days staring at the TV, dwelling on her stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis. She could feel sorry for herself for losing her home last fall. She could let herself get caught up in what she calls “the grind of depression.”...
