St. Patrick Center, a ministry of Catholic Charities, provides opportunities for self-sufficiency and dignity to people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Individuals and families build permanent, positive change in their lives through safe and affordable housing. Sound mental and physical health, employment and financial stability. 

St. Patrick Casserole Program
Every day of the year St. Patrick Center provides lunch for the hungry and the unhoused. As many as 225 make their way to the dinning room, located within St. Patrick Center. Here lunch always includes a hot casserole provided by the St. Louis Community. 

Sacred Heart Valley Park provides a chili mac casserole for the first Friday of the month. Volunteers from the parish prepare the casserole in provided pans and place them in freezers located in the church basement the weekend before the first Friday of the month. 

To learn more about this ministry please contact Jacalyn Marquart at [email protected].

Dinner Meal for Women's Night Program 
The Women's Night Program provides 20-40 individuals (primarily women) experiencing homelessness with safe overnight shelter, case management and support services with the goal of finding permanent homes. 

Sacred Heart Valley Park has committed to provide dinner on the first and fifth Thursdays of the month. Any formal or informal group of friends and/or family may sign up for one of the meals. You choose your menu (except no casseroles), prepare the meal in your own homes or use the ovens at St. Patrick Center and serve the meal. It is a wonderful opportunity to serve those who are experiencing difficult times. Throughout the planning and going to St. Patrick Center a member of Peace and Justice will be with you. 

To learn more about this ministry, please contact Pat Woodward at [email protected]