Latest Press Coverage and Issues That Effect Us
Xavier Mission Featured in “El Diario”
Xavier Mission was recently highlighted in a front page article of El Diario documenting hunger in the Hispanic community in New York. Executive Director, Cassandra Agredo, was also interviewed in a sidebar to the main article.
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“Religion Can’t Be An End Unto Itself,” The Huffington Post
My wife Heather is a fiber artist. She creates quilts, wall-hangings and even three-dimensional structures based on Jewish texts and social justice themes. And for the last two years, she has been going to homeless shelters through New York City to talk to men, women and children, in order to turn their stories into a piece she is calling “Temporary Shelter.” It’s based on a sukkah, the temporary hut we build each fall on Sukkot, and evokes the Israelites’ wandering in the desert, the time when our ancestors were homeless.
“Temporary Shelter” will be traveling to different churches and synagogues throughout the City in November and December, but there was one church that had a rather unique idea. The Church of St. Francis Xavier in Chelsea wanted to host it, but they weren’t sure they’d be able to because of logistical reasons.
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Xavier Mission appears in HuffPost, Wall Street Journal, Food Bank Blog
Xavier Mission can be spotted in some of your favorite online and print publications! See our “Mission in the News” page for the full text of these articles/posts.
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“Funding Shift for Free Food”, The Wall Street Journal
A reorganization of how New York state funds hunger-relief groups has reshaped the region’s food-delivery system for the poor, causing cutbacks in long-established programs while helping other efforts expand.
Catholic Charities Community Services was among the biggest losers in the state Department of Health’s re-evaluation of its food funding formula. The Archdiocese of New York’s program gets $150,000 this year, a 73% cut, forcing the charity to lay off two employees, reduce funding to 18 programs, and slash how much food it gives away.
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“From the Front Lines: Thanksgiving Hunger Relief”, Bank On It: A Food Bank Blog
On Wednesday, I took the trip to the Bronx myself to help out. I also took the opportunity to talk with a few of our network members about what it’s like on the front lines of hunger relief over the holidays. Here is what Cassandra Agredo, Director of Xavier Mission at Chelsea’s Church of St. Francis Xavier, had to say.
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Closing the Door
The Port Authority’s elevated vehicle ramp keeps the corner of Ninth Ave. and 41st St.—where the Open Door homeless drop-in center stands—shrouded in semi-darkness.
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Thanksgiving Food Drive 2009
Xavier High School Thanksgiving Food Drive 2009
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Homeless Advocates Criticize New DHS Rule
With the number of homeless families hitting record highs, a new plan issued by New York City’s Department of Homeless Services in December has advocates for the homeless worried about a cutback in services for the homeless citywide.
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No Soup For You!
No more faith-based shelters. No more emergency drop-in centers. No more Bellevue. In a time of growing need, the city’s homeless are running out of ways to survive.
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Mandatory Public Service for Students
NEW YORK—Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) and representatives from City Year, New York Cares, Common Cause NY, and Big Brothers Big Sisters gathered at the Church of St. Francis Xavier on Sunday, Jan. 18.
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