Lenten Reflections: Third Week in Lent

Every week we give to deserving local charities during our second collection after Communion. But have you taken time to get to know them? This week, we share information about Second Stork, Holy Family Adoption Agency and Franciscan Brothers of Peace. Please take time to pray for these worthy, pro-Catholic causes during this Lenten season.

Second Stork works to support new parents who are bringing their baby home from the hospital but have no safe crib, diapers, clothing and other essential supplies. Started with the wish for a "magic closet" of newborn goodies from a committed hospital social worker in Saint Paul, Second Stork has served more than 10,000 babies since 2009.

Bishop Cozzens wrote of Holy Family Adoption Agency in 2017: 

"HFCAA was established in 2001, with a mission inspired by St. Teresa of Calcutta, to promote adoption as the loving answer to abortion. There is a great need to spread the word about this worthy nonprofit organization, because it could make all the difference for someone facing an unplanned pregnancy, and for their unborn child. This ministry is presently the only Catholic adoption agency located in our Archdiocese, since Catholic Charities is no longer providing adoption services."

Holy Family is a Catholic nonprofit, pro-life organization that promotes adoption instead of abortion and helps Catholic families adopt a child at an affordable rate.  

Many of us know Franciscan Brothers of Peace as the recipients of our regular food and hygiene donations, but do you know they literally walk the streets of Saint Paul, handing out mittens and food to the homeless, in addition to providing the food and resources at their downtown center?

Like their namesake, the Franciscan Brothers are committed to serving and defending the most vuulnerable of our society: the pre-born, the severely disabled, survivors of torture, the poor and the homeless. They provide food, clothing and hygiene items for all those in need.