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Jan 233 min read

Reflections on Early Days at Emmaus

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

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Soup's On: Reflections from the Soup Kitchen

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Jan 123 min read

Soup's On: Reflections from the Soup Kitchen

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

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Dec 1, 20232 min read

Take good care of your teeth

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

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Nov 17, 20233 min read

Gentleness and love abound at Emmaus during Thanksgiving

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

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Marcia’s scarves come bundled with love and warmth

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Nov 16, 20233 min read

Marcia’s scarves come bundled with love and warmth

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...

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Nov 7, 20233 min read

Warm coats come wrapped in kindness

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...

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Nov 1, 20233 min read

AmeriHealth Caritas provides resources to Emmaus guests

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

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Fish fry is labor of love for S.O.N.S of Lake Erie

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Oct 28, 20233 min read

Fish fry is labor of love for S.O.N.S of Lake Erie

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...

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Oct 11, 20233 min read

Harvest Fest 2023 at Emmaus

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

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Sep 29, 20234 min read

Face to face with the ‘meal gap’

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

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Aug 7, 20233 min read

Stepping Up to Honor Sister Mary

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...

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Jun 29, 20233 min read

Emmaus Grove nurtures healthy outcomes

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...

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Jun 26, 20231 min read

Ice Cold Lemonade at the Kids Cafe

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

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May 15, 20232 min read

Sister Mary Miller, Director of Emmaus, Dies at 81

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

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Nov 21, 20222 min read

Thanksgiving Dinner at the Soup Kitchen

“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...

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Nov 16, 20222 min read

Annual Coat Drive at Emmaus

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...

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Interview with City Councilwomen and Kids Cafe Alum Jasmine Flores

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Nov 16, 20222 min read

Interview with City Councilwomen and Kids Cafe Alum Jasmine Flores

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...

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