Amy VanScoter (Community Development and Communications Coordinator), reflects on her first weeks as a new staff member. About two weeks...

On January 9, 2024 Emmaus Soup Kitchen marked 50 years of serving meals to the hungry of Erie. Sister Jacqueline Sanchez-Small, Staff...

by LIZ ALLEN, Staff Writer Dental health involves a lot more than brushing and flossing but those two practices are good habits to adopt....

by LIZ ALLEN, Staff Writer Ciera rolled plastic silverware into napkins. Jenn unfurled tablecloths. Although they volunteered at Emmaus...

By LIZ ALLEN, Staff Writer Marcia’s Frisina’s heart ached for people who are homeless, but she knew that she couldn’t embrace everyone...

by LIZ ALLEN, Staff Writer For 28 years, members of St. Jude and St. Patrick Catholic Churches have stepped up to bundle up the guests of...

by LIZ ALLEN, Staff Writer Guy and Sierra boarded the mobile wellness center operated by AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania, parked outside...

by LIZ ALLEN, Staff Writer Chuck Miller is a fix-it guy, whether that involved his 40 years on the job as a heating, ventilation and air...

Sisters Lucia and Claire Surmik, who worked at Emmaus for more than three decades danced away at the tenth Harvest Fest on October 1,...

by LIZ ALLEN, Staff Writer “Map the Meal Gap,” published by Feeding America in May and using 2021 statistics, reported that in Erie...

By LIZ ALLEN, Staff Writer When J.D. Jata walked, Sister Mary Miller listened. What she heard one day when J.D. was a guest at Emmaus...

By LIZ ALLEN, Staff Writer Sister Mary Miller helped to plant the seed for Emmaus Grove Urban Farm in 2013. The garden grows and thrives...

By JACQUELINE SANCHEZ-SMALL, OSB; Staff Writer “Lemonade! Lemonade! Come and get your lemonade!” 8-year-old Kids Cafe participants Roia...

The Emmaus Ministries Board of Directors is heartbroken to share the news that Emmaus director Sister Mary Miller, OSB, died on May 14,...

“Robert! I can’t believe you’re here! It’s been a year since I’ve seen you!” cried a volunteer as she welcomed a man into the Emmaus Soup...

As the seasons change and Erie’s harsh winter weather creeps in, guests at Emmaus know that they can count on the annual coat drive to...

Long before Jasmine Flores would become the first Latina to be elected to the Erie City Council, she was a six year-old student at...