Beginning November 9th, Catholic Sisters in western Pennsylvania will kick off the Catholic Church’s Year of Consecrated Life by joining forces on their 4th collaborative food drive to help families in need. Those wishing to join the Sisters in this charitable endeavor may bring a non-perishable food donation to one of several collection sites listed below. Suggested nonperishable food donations include: canned vegetables, soup, beans, tuna, etc; pasta (mac & cheese, hamburger helper), rice, baby food, formula, cereal, peanut butter, jelly/jam or sauces.
Sisters’ Food Drive Donation Sites
Felician Sisters of North America – Coraopolis, PA
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Convent, 1500 Woodcrest Avenue; Coraopolis, PA 15108
Sunday, November 9 – Saturday, November 15 from 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Donations go to Our Lady’s Pantry at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School
For more information, please call 412- 264-2890
School Sisters of St. Francis – Pittsburgh (Bellevue)
Mount Assisi Convent; 934 Forest Avenue; Pittsburgh PA 15202
Sunday, November 9- Saturday, November 15 from 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Donations go to Prince of Peace Parish and St. Paul Cathedral food pantries
For more information, please contact Sister Jeanne Marie Ulica, OSF at 412-761-6004 or jeanne_ulica@yahoo.com .
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill – Greensburg, PA
Caritas Christi, motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity
129 DePaul Center Road; Greensburg, PA 15601
Donations go to Rendu Services.
For more information, please call 724-836-0406, x 613 or x622.
Sisters of Divine Providence - Pittsburgh (North Hills)
Sisters of Divine Providence; 9000 Babcock Boulevard; Pittsburgh, PA
(Please use collection bins outside Motherhouse)
Sunday, November 9 – Saturday, November 15
Providence Heights Alpha School will also be collecting this week
Donations go to North Hills Community Outreach
For more information, please contact Sister Betty Sundry at bsundry@yahoo.com
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (Pittsburgh)
Holy Family Manor, 301 Nazareth Way; Pittsburgh, 15229
Monday, November 10 – Saturday, November 15 from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Donations go to FOCUS Pittsburgh
For more information, please contact Sister Maria Kruszewski, CSFN at (412) 216-1594 or srmariak@yahoo.com
Sisters of the Holy Spirit – Pittsburgh
Sisters of the Holy Spirit ask that donations be given to St. Maria Goretti Parish’s collections sites in Bloomfield, Garfield and Friendship. For more information, please contact the parish at (412) 682-2354 or parish.secretary.smg@gmail.com.
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas – Pittsburgh (Oakland)
The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas will host food collection bins at their various ministry sites throughout the region, including Carlow University and Campus School. The Sisters have also requested that 23 parishes where they have served ask parishioners to extend their vow to “serve the poor” through a food collection. Exact dates and times will vary. Collections from Carlow will benefit The Intersection in McKeesport, PA. For more information, please call (412) 578-6202.
Sisters of St. Basil – Uniontown, PA
Sisters of St. Basil Religious Gift Shop; 500 West Main Street; Uniontown, PA
Sunday, November 9 – Saturday, November 15 from 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Donations go to Rendu Services
For more information, please contact Sister Ruth Plante at 724-439-6180 or srplante1@verizon.net
Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities – Pittsburgh (Millvale)
Mt. Alvernia; 146 Hawthorne Road; Pittsburgh, PA 15209
Monday, November 10 – Saturday, November 15 from 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Donations go to the Millvale Food Bank
For more information, please call (412) 821-2200 or maufheil@osf.org
Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God – Pittsburgh (South Hills)
Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God Motherhouse (Main Entrance)
3603 McRoberts Road; Pittsburgh, PA 15234
Sunday, November 9 - Sunday, November 16 from 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
The Franciscan Child Day Care Center will also be collecting this week
Donations go to St. Winifred’s Food Pantry in the South Hills of Pittsburgh
For more information, please call (412) 885-7232
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden – Beaver County
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden; 1020 State Street; Baden, PA 15005
Sunday, November 23 from 9 a.m. – noon
Donations go to The Ladle in Ambridge, Beaver County
For more information, please call 724-869-6566