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§       Ignatian Spirituality is our Mission

Located in 160-year-old Ss. Peter and Paul Jesuit Church parish, the Warming Center is people in mutual service to and with our neighbors, many of who live on the street, and whose realities include addiction, grief, shame, fear, impoverishment and/or mental impairment. Our mission is nurtured by Ignatian Spirituality, which is rooted in the spiritual experiences and writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of the Jesuit order. This spirituality has been developed and adapted by Jesuits and lay people from its earliest beginnings.  Today, the core of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola forms one’s relationships with God, one’s neighbor and oneself. The Warming Center offers the space necessary for building up these relationships.

                     

§       Services

The Warming Center was first opened in l990.  For 2 decades we have offered many services.  Today we are open 7:00am to 10:00am on weekday mornings.  The Warming Center services currently include:

 

Hospitality

•A safe haven

•Daily refreshments of coffee, tea, donuts, bread, peanut butter, and jam

•At least one hot meal a month

•Quiet Time during which the television is turned off

 

Hygiene Care

•Shower room

•Laundry room

•Shaving/wash-up room

 

Practical Care

•Free and un-monitored use of a phone closet

•Unannounced distribution of new socks and underwear

 

§       Ways You Can Help

For a current list of our supply needs, please click here.

 

Donate or Tithe

A financial gift may be sent to the center. We also have cards available for memoriam donations.  Call the office for more information.  Donations of any size are equally appreciated.

 

Soup Sales

The Warming Center sells soup and pasta mix bags for $7 a bag.

•Each soup mix is all natural and has no added salt, no preservatives, and no MSG.

•Each soup and pasta mix bag makes several servings.

•Recipes include corn chowder, wild rice, minestrone, sausage lentil, Michigan chili, vegetable, beef barley, and Italian pasta salad.

•Contact Crystal Davidson at 248-540-2970, for more information or to place an order.

 

Hospitality Meal Ministry

A Hospitality Meal is a hot meal (with some meat) served monthly to 40-50 guests. A family, church, work place, or school provides the ingredients, and/or prepares and serves the meal. The average cost is $65-$80. You select one menu from several suggested options. Please contact Fr. Ben Jimenez, S.J. for more information.

 

Volunteer Opportunities

The Warming Center has only limited opportunities for volunteers in its ministry of hospitality. The proper practice of this ministry requires a staff who can understand the realities of the drug culture and informal economy, maintain appropriate inter-personal boundaries and commit to a long-term and regular presence which is essential for the development of pastoral care skills. Therefore, the Warming Center relies on a staff to realize its mission and does not schedule volunteers to be in direct contact with guests. Volunteers may work in "behind-the-scenes" tasks. These opportunities are scheduled with interested individuals at mutually convenient times.

Please note that the Warming Center has a strict policy against minors (children and teens) being present in the Warming Center during its hours of operation.

 

§         Other Resources

Mass, Meal Message

Join us for weekday Mass at 11:40am.  Followed by a complimentary light lunch with a guest speaker.  Topics vary, but are usually issues of concern to metro-Detroit. Past topics included “Super Bowl XL,” “Developing Downtown Detroit,” and “Black Bottom.”

 

§         Contact Us

The Director of the Warming Center is Fr. Ben Jimenez, S.J.  He can be reached at 313-961 8077 extension 202.

 

Our mailing address:

Ss. Peter and Paul Warming Center                               Phone 313-961-8077

438 St. Antoine Street                                                    Fax 313-963-5134

Detroit, Michigan 48226                                     Website:sspeterandpauljesuit.org

E-mail: sspeterandpauljesuit@yahoo.com

 

The Warming Center is located inside Ss. Peter and Paul Jesuit Church at 629 East Jefferson Avenue.  Located between I-375 and St. Antoine Street, in downtown Detroit, it is next to the University of Detroit-Mercy Law School and across the street from the GM Renaissance Center.


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