Caring Causes - Five Queens Catholic Schools Join Forces to Help Marguerite’s Pantry

 Five Catholic schools in Queens are joining together for a massive service project to help the community. 

 

St. Leo the Great Catholic Academy, St. Bartholomew Catholic Academy, Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Academy and St. Joan of Arc Catholic School have teamed up to sponsor 150 families in need for Margeurite's Pantry, which is run by the Grey Nuns, who were the founders of four of these five schools. 

 

Each school was assigned certain products to collect and on December 15 at 10 a.m., the middle school aged students of all five schools will meet at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Academy to package everything up. The schools are collecting laundry supplies, personal hygiene products, blankets, coffee, tea and tins of cookies. 

 

St. Marguerite d’Youville, Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal in 1737 founded the Congregation now known as the Grey Nuns in 1737. Subsequently, this strong, creative woman, a risk taker and powerful advocate for the poor, has inspired generations of faithful followers. The Congregation of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart was founded in 1921 as an English-speaking Congregation to continue the work of St. Marguerite. In 1996, the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart were asked to choose a way to celebrate the75th Jubilee of their founding.  The New York area Grey Nuns decided to open a pantry in Jackson Heights, an area where they had served for many years.  Today Marguerite’s Pantry provides food to 500 families each month.