- Ignatian
Spirituality is our Mission
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.
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
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.
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.
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.”
The Director of the Warming Center is Br. Denis Weber, 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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