Feeding the Hungry

Here at Christ the King we are so lucky to have a great St. Vincent de Paul Society.  I recently had a meeting with some of the leaders who are voicing a serious need to have more storage space for food.  Every week they get 5,000 pounds of food from the Greater Boston Food Bank plus unpredictable amounts of food from schools, banks, individual, etc.  On a positive note, they told me that the local supermarkets have greatly increased the amount of food they give to us rather than simply putting the unwanted food in a dumpster.

Every week our modest parish helps feed between 75 and 100 families.  The goal is to give them enough food of their own choosing to feed the family for five days.  Last year alone almost 12,000 people were fed.

There are about 90 volunteers who make this happen every Wednesday.

People think of Cape Cod, or at least Mashpee, as not having an issue with hunger and homelessness. Not true.The command to feed the hungry is heard loud and clear.

Now if I can only find more space!!!!

Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye