Gathering at the Dorothy Day House For the final night of my Volunteer Odyssey week, I had a bit of pre-work to do. I would be headed to the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality for an evening gathering, and they had asked that I bring “a simple dessert.”
Today was the last day of the whirlwind that is my Volunteer Odyssey. My final stop for the week was at the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality. Every week the shelter hosts “Sundays at Six”, where volunteers and families living in the facility meet for an hour of fellowship, plus
I first heard about Dorothy Day from my friend Eric. At the time, we were both volunteering with a nonprofit to host non-denominational worship services at Glacier National Park. Eric was a hitchhiking, train-jumping, crusty punk kid with a lot of tattoos and even more stories. He was a terrific storyteller
The Dorothy Day House The Dorothy Day House is a home that supports and provides a safe space for homeless families. This facility is the only place in Memphis that accepts entire families without separating the children and parents. The house can take up to three families at
Day 6. I have driven past The Dorothy Day House of Hospitality numerous times and never even knew it existed. The sign-less large gray house sits on Poplar Avenue with no indication of the wonderful organization that functions inside. Dorothy Day was an activist for people acquiring jobs and places
Keeping families together. Homelessness is unfortunately a huge problem within the city of Memphis. Memphis also has a high rate of poverty, which at times leads to homelessness. Thankfully we have the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality. The Dorothy Day House provides temporary housing and support services for
Epilogue from Sarah Beth Jarnagin I encountered a lot of different types of people and situations during my Volunteer Odyssey Week. I was blessed by a young Ethiopian boy’s grateful heart after I helped him with his geology homework; and a woman whose heart has gone out to families divided
The Dorothy Day House has taken hospitality to the next level. They opened a home specifically for people in periods of transition in order to address homelessness. In the city of Memphis, after the age of 13, boys are not permitted to stay at homeless shelters with their mothers. Because
"Put a pot of coffee and a pot of soup on the stove, open the door, and God will take care of the rest." That Dorothy Day quote is the motto of Sister Maureen, the only employee of the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality. The House provides temporary
What Happened to My Home By: Max Groce I didn't really know where to start on this blog about my Volunteering at the Dorothy Day House. I've never even been close to being homeless in my life. We lived in a small house when I was a kid but it