Mission

For the better part of two decades, Santa Sophia has supported ISN’s Rotational Shelter Program, first as a Host Congregation and now as a Support Congregation. In the past as a host congregation, Santa Sophia welcomed up to 12 guests experiencing situational homelessness. (Situational homelessness is “the status of being forced to live without housing due to a life-altering event, such as job loss, domestic violence, medical emergency, or natural disaster.”)

Currently, Santa Sophia has committed to supporting ISN’s Rotational Shelter Program as a Support Congregation; this means when host congregations need dinner hosts, food donation/delivery, or overnight chaperones, they can reach out to a support congregation. Our work would then begin finding parishioners with the time and calling to support ‘the dear neighbors without distinction’ CSJ Community.

For more information about Interfaith Shelter Network, The Rotational Shelter Program, and Santa Sophia’s role as a Support Congregation, contact Barb Stewart.