Latest news and updates from the St Swithun’s Homeless Mission

Lunch@12! Each day our amazing team of volunteers make lunch possible every Sunday Following on from the news of the wonderful advances of the lunch@12 project, Lisa Butler who is the coordinator is asking if maybe a couple of families, on a rota basis, could volunteer to make the sandwiches ...
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HOMELESS APPEAL December 2021 : Each year our amazing team of volunteers make Christmas boxes for the vulnerable Helping the Homeless and vulnerable. We are looking for Hats; Gloves; Scarves; Socks; Soap, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Roll on Deodorants; Shower Gel; Chocolate; pocket tissues or any small treat we can fit into ...
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The Society of St Vincent de Paul is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church, founded in 1833 for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor. The lunch @ 12 project has been running at St Swithun’s RC Church in Southsea since March 2018. Its ...
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOURTH WORLD DAY OF THE POOR 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 15 November 2020 “Stretch forth your hand to the poor” (Sir 7:32) “Stretch forth your hand to the poor” (Sir 7:32). Age-old wisdom has proposed these words as a sacred rule to be followed in life ...
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