Share the Plate will select a recipient organization that will be featured for one month, with a 50/50 split of all non-pledge contributions from the offerings. We are always open to suggestions for Share the Plate recipients and for new members of our busy and creative team. Please contact marialtesta@gmail.com to nominate a new recipient.
To donate to our Share the Plate ministry, you can click the link below.
Or you can drop a check or cash in the offering plate, send a check to the church through the mail, or arrange a regular automatic deposit with your bank. If your check is a gift to our Share the Plate ministry, please write “share” on the memo line and it will be shared between our monthly Share the Plate recipient and the church operating budget.
April’s Share the Plate Recipient: Little Portion Friary
The Mission of Little Portion Friary is to journey with our guests experiencing homelessness in a homelike environment and provide temporary shelter, meals, and counseling during their struggle to acquire permanent housing and jobs.
The Little Portion Friary was started in 1982 when Deacon John G. and the Rev. Alexius realized that homeless men and women needed a homelike setting and a sense of personal involvement with individuals who cared about them.
They envisioned a setting in which people from all walks of life would bring their talents and gifts, working anonymously and quietly, to help those in need. They established a Franciscan community to be known as the Little Portion Friary.
To St. Francis, the name represented the poverty, humility, and simplicity that he wished for himself and his followers. For Buffalo’s Little Portion, the name reflects a commitment to St. Francis’ ideals and hope of allowing our lives, in little ways to touch and be touched by the lives of others.
We depend almost entirely on donations and the efforts of volunteer workers and remain in awe of the generosity that has sustained us this long.
Those who volunteer here work together as a team, without publicity, positions, or titles, so that guests can regain control over their lives. Guests have given of themselves by offering comfort and encouragement to one another in their struggles.
We especially need your prayers and encouragement. Your openness to the causes and effects of poverty and homelessness.
Thank you for your kindness and generosity.
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