Hat tip: StarTribune.com
Some homeless Minneapolis residents are walking in the pope's shoes.
That's after two big boxes from Rome arrived at Sharing and Caring Hands, a homeless mission in downtown Minneapolis. Recently, the Rev. Joseph Johnson, the rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul gave some friends from the Vatican a tour of the facility while they were visiting the Twin Cities.
Sharing and Caring Hands has an on-site shoe room, but director Mary Jo Copeland didn't know what was in the big boxes when they arrived.
"Father (Johnson) says, 'That's from the Pope.' I said, What do you mean? The Pope," said Copeland.
She opened them to find several dozen pairs of handmade Italian shoes to give to the poor.
"These are just grand! This is just the best gift. That Pope Benedict, wherever you are, God bless you!" said Copeland.
Johnson said Benedict got the shoes from an Italian shoemaker who asked that they be distributed to the poor.
Tasha Allen, who received a pair of the shoes, said, "It's a blessing for everybody. All the kids love them. The parents love them, too. I just can't stop smiling. Thank you pope."
For herself, Copeland received a note from the Vatican and a picture of the pope.
"That was very nice because now the pope is praying for me," she said. "I know I'll keep going," said Copeland.
To personally donate to Sharing and Caring Hands you can click here. As you can see from the last financial chart on that page, people are still desperately in need of Sharing and Caring Hands' support. (Their expenditures have been higher than their donations since last year.) Another great idea is to get your employer to sponsor Sharing and Caring Hands for a month. My old employer did this for several charitable organizations and I was always surprised at the overflowing generosity of the regular working American.
Some homeless Minneapolis residents are walking in the pope's shoes.
That's after two big boxes from Rome arrived at Sharing and Caring Hands, a homeless mission in downtown Minneapolis. Recently, the Rev. Joseph Johnson, the rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul gave some friends from the Vatican a tour of the facility while they were visiting the Twin Cities.
Sharing and Caring Hands has an on-site shoe room, but director Mary Jo Copeland didn't know what was in the big boxes when they arrived.
"Father (Johnson) says, 'That's from the Pope.' I said, What do you mean? The Pope," said Copeland.
She opened them to find several dozen pairs of handmade Italian shoes to give to the poor.
"These are just grand! This is just the best gift. That Pope Benedict, wherever you are, God bless you!" said Copeland.
Johnson said Benedict got the shoes from an Italian shoemaker who asked that they be distributed to the poor.
Tasha Allen, who received a pair of the shoes, said, "It's a blessing for everybody. All the kids love them. The parents love them, too. I just can't stop smiling. Thank you pope."
For herself, Copeland received a note from the Vatican and a picture of the pope.
"That was very nice because now the pope is praying for me," she said. "I know I'll keep going," said Copeland.
To personally donate to Sharing and Caring Hands you can click here. As you can see from the last financial chart on that page, people are still desperately in need of Sharing and Caring Hands' support. (Their expenditures have been higher than their donations since last year.) Another great idea is to get your employer to sponsor Sharing and Caring Hands for a month. My old employer did this for several charitable organizations and I was always surprised at the overflowing generosity of the regular working American.
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