• September 18 - Sun Times Columnist Mark Brown Writes about Turn-Aways at  Franciscan House

• August 10 - Where Have all the Homeless Gone?

• July 27 - Introducing the Fr. Tom Fratus Foundation

• May 25 - Volunteers Needed for Shelter

• May 18 - How Many Persons Into Housing?

• April 17 - Our Spring Benefit Dinner - "A View From the Dunes"

• April 4 - Mental Health Links ~ Computers Needed

• February 15 - Buy Tickets for Art From the Heart Now

• February 7 - The Cold Hard Facts

• January 26, 2007 - Art From the Heart

• December 29, 2006 - Our Guests are Talented!

• December 22 - Christmas Greetings and Pooch Walk Photos

• October 27 - Fall Dinner and Raffle of Deed to timeshare

• October 17 - Successful Housing Placements; Fall Dinner

• August 17 - Pooch Walk 2006 Registration Open

• July 28 - Ending Homelessness

• July 14 - Looking at a Homeless Person

• July 3 - Yearning to Breathe Free

• June 16 - We Need TOWELS

• May 23 - New Summer Volunteer Opportunities

• May 16 - Loop Case Management Program off to (an Overwhelmingly) Good Start

• May 5 - Staying out of Trouble (and out of Prison)

• April 26 - Our Spring Benefit Dinner

• April 11 - Our Dining Room a Church?

• March 23  Pooch Walk for the Homeless 2006 - Want to Volunteer?

• March 8 - Recovery Groups Helping Guests

• March 2 - Lent - What's it all About?

• February 17 - Loop Case Management Project Underway & Save the Date for Spring dinner

• February 2 - Case Management Stats for 2005

• January 11, 2006 - Turn-Aways at the shelter up 52%

• December 22 - Making Christmas Brighter for our Guests

• December 15 - St. Francis, the Poor-ness of Christ, and the Nativity Scene

• December 9 - HIV-AIDS Testing

• November 22 - Count your Blessings!

• November 3 -  Funding for a Housing Specialist in the Loop ~ Plus! Great Silent Auction Prizes at Fall Dinner

• October 21 - Recovery Groups

• October 14 - Fall Dinner featuring Rep. Joe Lyons

• October 4 - The Feast of St. Francis - Reflection on St. Francis, his Love for Animals, and Serving the Homeless

• September 22 - We're Fixing the Roof! Thanks to our Donors!

• August 22 - A Felonious Roadblock

• August 9 - Why an ID Matters

• July 19 - Learning About our Guests' Learning

• July 12 - Reflections on Service

• June 28 - Pooch Walk Registration and Pledge Forms Available On-line

• June 14 - AA Meeting at the Marquard Center

• June 7 - National Hunger Awareness Day Today

• May 24 - 20th Annual Interfaith Memorial Observance for Indigent Persons

• May 3 - Remembering Archbishop Oscar Romero

• April 19 - Spring Benefit Dinner - Gateway to the Kingdom

• April 5 - Where do They Go if our Beds are Filled?

• March 22 - Determined to Make Things Happen

• March 15 - New Ways to participate in Lawyers United for the Homeless

• March 8 - Lent, St. Leo the Great, and Operation Rice Bowl

• March 2 - Help Sr. Patricia turn your Used Printer Cartridges into Sheets for our Shelter

• February 22 - Double your Gift with a One-to-one Matching Grant

• February 15 - Introducing the Wednesday Bridge Program

• February 8 - Increasing our Availability to our Guests

• February 1 - Words of Wisdom

• January 25 - Save the Dates for Dinners, Volunteer for a Pooch Walk, Send Candy to a Loved One

• January 18 - Franciscan Outreach on the News!

• January 11, 2005 - 2004 Emergency Services

• December 28, 2004 - New Year brings New Beginning for One of our Guests

• December 21 - Christmas...Bringing Christ into the World Today

• December 14 - A Little Help Goes a Long Way - Even to St. Louis

• December 7 - No Secrets! View our Tax Returns!

• November 30 - Needed! Hats, Gloves and Scarves

• November 23 - Thanks from our Guests at the Marquard Center

• November 16 -Pictures from our Fall Dinner

• November 2 - Hot Prizes at our Fall Dinner

• October 26 - A New Look for the Shelter's Kitchen

• October 19 - Eye Exams for 98 Guests

• October 12 - Who's on the Streets?

• October 5 - Join us at our Upcoming Dinners

• September 28 - High School Freshman Takes a Stand Against Stereotyping

• September 14 - Photos from Lawyers United Cruise

• September 7 - What's Franciscan about Franciscan Outreach?

• August 31 - Welcome Aboard to our New Case Managers!

• August 17 - FOA Seeking FPC

• August 10 - Volunteers Needed in Soup Kitchen on Thursdays in August & September

• August 2 - Case Management Connections

• July 27 - Proof That We Can Help

• July 20 - Full Speed Ahead at Half Year

• July 13 - Getting our Guests Where They Need to Go

• July 6 - Save the Date for our Fall Dinner

• June 29 - Gratitude is an Attitude

• June 22 - Needed at the Marquard Center...

• June 15 - Words of Catholic Social Teaching

• June 8 - Volunteer Calendar for Shelter Sandwich-makers Now On-line!

• May 25 - How Many are Veterans?

• May 18 - Save the Date--Prime Minister Golf Outing (plus: Empty Bowls Event)

• May 11 - A Beautiful Night on the Lakefront

• May 4 - Lawyers United for the Homeless

• April 20 - Oceans Alive!  An Evening at the Chicago Yacht Club

• April 13 - Medical Care for the Homeless

• April 6 - A Sign of Being Lost

• March 30 - The Gift of Seeing Clearly: Eye Glasses for the Homeless

• March 23 - Reflections for the Lenten Season

• March 16  - Pace e Bene Award to Nick & Mary

• March 2 - A New Collaboration - HIV/AIDS testing

• February 24 - Dinner at the Berghoff! "Smooth Landings"

• February 17 - One Guest's Story

• February 3 - Shelter Services in 2003

• January 27 - Save the Dates!

• January 20 - Seeking Restauranteurs

• January 13 - Share your Love and Send a Candy Valentine

• January 6, 2004 - Another Good Year at the Marquard Center

• December 29, 2003 - A Ray of Sunshine

• December 23 - The Divine and Human: Together Forever

• December 16 - A Service Project for the Morning of Superbowl Sunday

• December 9 - Visitors' Perspectives

• December 2 - Warm Hands, Warm Heart

• November 25 - Giving Thanks

• November 18 - Franciscan House of Mary & Joseph: Open for 20 years!

• November 11 - Inspiration from the Ways of St. Francis

• November 4 - Delightful Dinners

• October 28 - Support FOA While Shopping Online!

• October 21 - A Sneak Peek at our Newsletter!

• October 14 - Silent Auction Prizes Galore!

• October 7 - Featured Guests for our Fall Benefit Dinner

• September 30 - It's Cold Outside!

• September 23 - Inspired Bridges

• September 16 - What do You Think?

• September 2 - The Working Poor and Homeless

• August 26 - Spaghetti Dinner & Sock Hop in the South Suburbs

• August 19  - Following the Ways of St. Francis

• August 12 - Spending a Year Serving the Poor

• August 5 - Homeless in the Summer

• July 29 - Our Collaborative Efforts

• July 22 - Fall Dinner--Save the Date

• July 15 - Mid-Year Service Statistics

• July 8 - Nice, Cool Showers at Marquard

• July 1 - Remember our Guests on the 4th

• June 24 - New Ways to Volunteer

• June 17 - Hope for the Desperate

• June 10 - Caring for our Guests

• June 3 - Happy Anniversary, Father Larry!

• May 27 - SUMMER BASH 4 THE HOMELESS

• May 20 - Who Eats at the Marquard Center?

• May 6 - His Name was Dave

• April 29 - A Wonderful Letter

• April 15 - Sea 'em Ashore

• April 8 - MAIL CALL!

• April 1 - Sunday Night Trivia to Benefit the Homeless

• March 11 - Mayor Daley Signs on to Plan to End Homelessness

• March 4 - Gentrification and Hunger in our Neighborhood

• February 11 - Our Spring Benefit Dinner

• February 4 - Cold and Homeless

• January 21 & 28 - Case Management Statistics for 2002

• January 14 - A Story of St. Francis

• January 7, 2003 - The 2002 Stats are In

• December 31, 2002 - Holidays at the Marquard Center

• December 24 - The Incarnation: Still a Happenin' Thing

• December 17 - Empty Bowls Event

• December 10 - Two New Staff: Barry and Patrick!

• Nov 25 & Dec 3 - Christmas Presents Needed

• November 19 - Our Turn-Away Rate Keeps Going Up

• November 12 - St. Francis in the Eyes of a Seventh Grader

• October 29 - Highlights of a Wonderful Evening (and photos!)

• October 15 & 22 - Fine Prizes Await You

• October 1 & 7 - Our Fall Dinner - Growing Rainbows

• September 24 - We Need Shelter Volunteers!

• September 17 - What will it Take to Reinstate the Weekend Dinner Service?

• September 10 - An On-line Fishing Contest to Benefit the Homeless

• September 3 - A New Collaboration: Chicago Housing for Health Partnership

• August 27 - Now Offering Tours!

• August 20 - A new page - Our Calendar

• August 13 - Where do we get the money?

• August 6 - Half Year Numbers from the Case Managers

• July 30 - New Parish Mission on Catholic Identity

• July 23 - Save the Date for our Fall Dinner - Fr. Andrew Greeley to Speak!

• July 16 - Half-Year Statistics for Franciscan House

• July 2 & 9 - Sneak Preview of Summer Newsletter

• June 25 - Parish Missions Successful!

• June 4 & 18 - A Life & Death Difference

• May 28 - Garage Sale Cruise

• May 21 - Raffle Prize Winners

• May 7 & 14 - Automobiles Needed

• April 30 - Lots of Prizes at our Spring Benefit Dinner

• April 23 - What's Fr. Jim Doing Now?

• April 16 - Who Stays at the Shelter?

• April 9 - Inspiration from St. Francis of Assisi

• April 2 - New Statistics about our Guests

• March 26 - Water in the Desert - A Spring Benefit Dinner

• March 19 - Moving and Storage Help Needed

• March 12 - What Takes So Long?

• March 5 - Help us Add a Volunteer Bedroom at the Shelter!

• February 26 - Spirituality and Action

• February 19 - Mark your Calendars for a Fun Time!

• February 12 - A Valentine's Day Message

• February 5 - Just What do our Case Managers do all Day?

• January 29 - The Dignity of the Human Person

• January 22 - New Volunteer Opportunity at the Shelter

• January 15 - 2001 Statistics

• January 8 - "What kind of stuff do you need?"

• January 2, 2002 - Our 2002 Budget

• December 26, 2001 - Homelessness on the Rise Throughout the USA

• December 18 - St. Francis and the Celebration of Christmas

• December 11 - Christmas Presents Needed

• December 4 - Our Christmas Wish List

• November 27 - Volunteers Needed

• November 20 - Announcing Fr. Larry's Parish Mission

• November 13 - Number of Persons Seeking Assistance Increases

• November 5 - Volunteers Needed for Repair Projects

• October 29 - Radiating the Compassion and Love of God

• October 15 & 22 Sign up now for our 25th Anniversary Dinner

• October 8 - The "Brother" in Brother Herb

• October 1 - Visits with the nurse at Marquard Center

• September 24 - Office Volunteers Needed

• September 17 - Pray for peace and justice

• September 10 - Mark you calendars for our 25th Anniversary Dinner

• September 3 - Help the homeless by surfing the net!

• August 27 - A St. Francis prayer card for you!

• August 20 - Art Therapy Sessions to start at Marquard Center

• August 13 - "Are you associated with the Franciscans in...?"

• August 6 - Status of eminent domain action against the shelter

• July 30 - Franciscan Outreach's Mission Statement

• July 23 - Buy-A-Supply on-line!

• July 16 - Some facts from our quarterly survey of shelter guests

• July 9 - Introducing our newest Case Manager

• July 2 - Dignity and the Value of a Shower

• June 25 - How do you rate?

• June 18 - A song about St Francis

• June 11 - Marquard Society established

• June 4 - Turn-away statistics for our overnight shelter

• May 28 - Winners of raffle prizes

• May 21 - Photo of Fr. Larry and Francis Cardinal George at our 25th Anniversary Mass

• May 7 - Speaker Series and Mass with Cardinal Francis George

• April 23 - Dates on which we need volunteers in our soup kitchen  Link to dates on Part Time volunteer page

• April 16 - Some sayings of St. Francis: "Blessed is..."

• April 2 - Information gathered in a survey of our shelter guests

• March 26 - A writing from Archbishop Oscar Romero about taking the long view

• March 12 - Is this the St. Francis who's known for his love of animals?

• March 5 - A writing on Justice by Fr. Phil Marquard, founder of Franciscan Outreach Association

• February 26 - Answers to the question: "Where do you go when you leave the shelter?"

• February 12 - "Getting to Know and See Christ" by Fr. Phil

• February 5, 2001 - Can you guess what topics our guests ask for help on most often?

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