Outreach Opportunities
SFT Soup Kitchen
The St. Francis Table Soup Kitchen feeds 500 to over 700 people every Saturday. The only requirement for the people to be fed, is that they are hungry. Several organizations including parishes, religious denominations, colleges, high schools and companies participate in preparing and serving the food.
SFT Community Market
The Shrine relies heavily on community donations of canned goods and dry food to meet the growing need for emergency food assistance.
To Volunteer send an email to outreach@catholicshrineatlanta.org
Haiti Outreach
The Haiti Outreach group communicates with our sister parish Notre Dame de la Nativite in Malfety. Our parish has a regular collection to support our community in Haiti. We share our common experiences both personal and faithful - a community to community connection. Thus, we are creating an opportunity to nurture real and long-term relationships.
Night Shelter Foot Care
Night Shelter Footcare is an opportunity to be with guests at our Shelter and respond to the Gospel's call to be in the company of and serve the poor.
Pride Outreach
The Shrine has always welcomed all of God's children. During PRIDE week each year, we celebrate God's diversity by maintaining a booth in the park.
For more information about Pride outreach at the Shrine please email contactus@catholicshrineatlanta.org
St. Vincent de Paul Society
The Shrine’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul is part of an international society of friends united by a spirit of poverty, humility, and sharing, which is nourished by prayer and reflection, mutually supportive gatherings, and adherence to the founding principle of charity.
Check donations for this worthy charity can be made out to the St. Vincent de Paul Society of the Shrine I.C. and either mailed to the Shrine (48 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303) or put into the Sunday collection basket.
Bashor Night Shelter
There are approximately 14,000 homeless people in the city of Atlanta. Each year from November 1 to March 31, The Shrine ministers to a small portion of the homeless along with numerous organizations and churches by being a part of the Bashor Night Shelter.
The Shrine hosts 30-35 of the 100+ guests and by providing sack lunches, dinner and overnight assistance for approximately 30 of the 150 nights.
Thanksgiving Food Basket
For the Thanksgiving holiday the Shrine family shows its appreciation for God's generosity by collecting food and supplying families with a Thanksgiving meal through Faith Formation and the Fulton County Sheriff's Department.
Parishioners are requested to take a shopping bag and fill it with the items requested on the provided list.
Christmas Giving Tree
The Giving Tree is a Christmas collection of gifts donated by parish members supporting various ministries such as St. Vincent de Paul and the GA Alliance for Children.