Dear Friends,

 ANNIE JURGOVSKY: I didn’t know this lady’s last name till this past week. Annie was the older lady who worked at our food bank every Friday. That apostolate that goes back to the founders of this monastery in the 1850’s. St. Paul of the Cross recommended we put aside some food to give to the poor. This monastery has followed that directive faithfully since the 1850’s. The Brothers in the early days would put aside food from the kitchen for the poor. Over the years since 1852, this Pittsburgh Monastery has fed thousands of people. Lay people and Associates now help us with this work. It is a beautiful apostolate.