Located
in
160-year-old
Ss. Peter and PaulJesuitChurch
parish, the WarmingCenter
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 WarmingCenter
offers the space
necessary for building up these relationships.
§Services
The
WarmingCenter
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 WarmingCenter 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 WarmingCenter
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
WarmingCenter
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 WarmingCenter
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 WarmingCenter has a
strict policy against
minors (children and teens) being present in the WarmingCenter
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 WarmingCenter
is Fr. Ben Jimenez,
S.J.He can be reached
at 313-961 8077 extension 202.
Our
mailing
address:
Ss.
Peter
and
Paul Warming CenterPhone 313-961-8077
The
WarmingCenter is located inside Ss. Peter and PaulJesuitChurch
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.
Ss. Peter
& Paul