Capuchin Mobile Ministries, our ministry of spiritual care to the homeless communities in Greater Boston, has received an infusion of talent and resources.

Br. Francisco Serrano joined the team of chaplains as of May 25. He assists head chaplain Br. Paul Fesefeldt on the outreach trips that take place three days a week, Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Brother Francisco previously served at St. Michael-St. Malachy Parish in Brooklyn and founded a soup kitchen there to feed migrants who have come to the United States recently from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba. The Province is also in the process of bringing a Capuchin priest from El Salvador to the U.S. to join the chaplaincy team and work with our Spanish-speaking homeless neighbors.

Anchoring the chaplaincy team for the last 12 months were our post-novices Br. Gabriel Conlon and Br. Leo Rojas; Vince Aquino, an Ignatian Volunteer Corps intern from Nashua, N.H.; and Nathan Knutson, a Harvard Divinity School student. We thank them for their dedication and commitment to accompanying our homeless neighbors.

The Province has hired Amanda Grant-Rose to direct our fundraising efforts for Capuchin Mobile Ministries. An educator and social worker from Swampscott, Mass., Amanda comes to us with over 15 years of experience in stewardship management at nonprofits. For seven years she was executive director of common cathedral, an ecumenical church for the homeless community in Boston. Most recently, she was deputy director of Winter Walk in Boston, which raises funds for various homeless service agencies.

Throughout Lent, the parish of St. John the EvangelistSt. Paul in Wellesley, Mass., took up a special collection for Capuchin Mobile Ministries. On March 6, Brother Paul and Br. Anthony Zuba gave a presentation on the ministry and its Franciscan model of accompaniment to the people of the parish. A few days later, Brother Anthony and Stephanie Gigliotti, a parishioner and a volunteer, gave an appeal at the weekend liturgies. By the end of Lent, the parish had collected over $33,000 for the ministry.

 We welcome Brother Francisco and Amanda! We thank everyone at St. John-St. Paul in Wellesley for their generosity. And we thank you, our benefactors, for your prayerful support of our friends who live on the streets. To volunteer with us, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To donate, go to www.capuchin.org/support-us and use the dialog boxes to direct your gift to “Capuchin Mobile Ministries.”