Have some: leave some.  Need some: take some.  This amazing ministry has become a self-sustaining community outreach.  While the people of St. Mary's oversee and maintain our LFP, the community of Wayne has truly adopted us and keep us stocked throughout the year.  Be it monthly Radnor Elementary School Food Drives, scouts having community drives or just individuals helping out, we are feeding our hungry.

Each Christmas the people of St. Mary's purchase and wrap in white Christmas paper generic Christmas gifts for St. Mary's in Chester County. At their description they give the gifts to those in need throughout the year. 

This is an extension of our relationship with Home Works and is for our college aged kids.  They participate in a yearly Mission Trip to Peru and build up to 6 house in a week.  Picture above is the latest home they built.

Good Works is a home repair project out of West Chester, PA.  Here we get to stay local and use our passion for home repair to help those in need in our own community. 

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Embrace the spirit helping others by joining St. Mary’s volunteers to repair homes and restore hope for low-income families on Saturday, April 12th. The event is organized by Good Works, a Christian nonprofit organization located in Phoenixville, PA. Any skill level is welcome. To sign up, contact Scott Scheidt. Let's make this year unforgettable by creating positive change together for families in need!

In 2016 a few parishioners took the lead role in organizing our community to support refugee families.  In a truly ecumenical endeavor and working with Bethany Refuge Resettlement, our goal is not to take care of every need of a family but rather give them the skills to survive in this foreign culture in which they find themselves.  Our goal was for each family to be independent within a year or two.

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For an update on the refugee resettlement please read this post on the Parish Blog

Feeding the hungry.  Working with Church Farm School through Rise Against Hunger, annually we are able to package over 10,000 meals to be shipped overseas. 

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