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By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on February 18th, 2012%
This is my second “comment” given to Sally O’Brien to pass on to the Health Dept. of Philadelphia regarding their proposed regulation that would require us to submit a menu and schedule one year in advance, prepare food in a commercial kitchen that they inspect, get a permit, etc., etc. There have been no problems with . . . → Read More: Feeding the Poor is Sacramental
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on February 18th, 2012%
I mentioned there were plans in the works for a community meeting/strategizing session around the health department stuff. Well, it will be happening next Tuesday the 21st at 6 pm at Friends Center, 15th and Cherry. From what I can tell, it’s an open meeting hosted by the occupy philly food crew and will specifically focus . . . → Read More: Concerning the City of Philadelphia’s proposed crackdown on public feeding of people
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on February 8th, 2012%
The City of Philadelphia is trying to shut down open air feeding programs for the homeless before the new Barnes Museum opens up in an effort to “clean up” the area. You know rich, white, suburban people’s sweat is so much sweeter than poor, black, urban people’s sweat. Here is my response:
No one was afraid of . . . → Read More: Urgent
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on November 14th, 2011%
“There is your brother, naked and crying! And you stand confused over choice of floor covering.”
The quote above could just as well have come from Occupy Wall Street, but it is from St. Gregory of Nyssa, 4th Century.
icon by the hand of . . . → Read More: Options
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on October 30th, 2011%
A modern monk heard it said, and taught his brothers, that money is like manure. Unless it is quickly spread around, it does no good, but scorches and defiles what it covers. . . . → Read More: Spread it around
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on September 26th, 2011%
”The larger the gap between the rich and the poor, the more God fades from the hearts of both the rich and the poor.” – Fr. . . . → Read More: Why is America secularizing?
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on September 8th, 2011%
I have been praying the Prayer of a Sick Person quite a bit over the last year, especially this summer. Since June 8th, I have had more days with debilitating migraines than without. I have experienced at least three incidences of strokes, the second two with multiple infarcts. I have been unable to do the work . . . → Read More: “… and let mercy and justice meet …”
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on September 8th, 2011%
O Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Physician of souls and bodies, who didst become man and suffer death on the Cross for our salvation, and through thy tender love and compassion didst heal all manner of sickness and affliction; do thou O Lord, visit me in my suffering, and grant me grace and strength to bear . . . → Read More: A Prayer of a Sick Person
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on August 23rd, 2011%
Aren’t there poor people right here in Souderton? Why go all the way to Philadelphia? The short answer is that is where the 150 inmates in the Bible study I led at Graterford Prison, with one voice, told me to go in 1989 when I laid out the vision for The King’s Jubilee. Of course, since . . . → Read More: Why Do We Travel So Far to Serve?
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on July 23rd, 2011%
I say it every year: Summer is our busiest time of year. More people are looking to us for meals on the street, because fewer shelters are serving food and the college based outreach programs are not active over summer vacation. Please include The King’s Jubilee in your summer plans. Make some sandwiches. Buy and chill . . . → Read More: Poverty Doesn’t Take a Vacation
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The King's Jubilee has been ministering in Jesus' Name among poor and homeless people in Philadelphia since February of 1989. We also seek to equip and encourage any who wish to join us in similar service, wherever they are located.
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