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NUNDAY with HOPES Center, a ministry of the Racine Dominicans
Founded in 2008, the HOPES Center is the newest ministry of the Racine Dominicans. The mission the HOPES Center is “to shape the future by collaborating for healing, peace, spiritual growth and action on behalf of justice.”
The HOPES Center includes three unique services. Cup of Hope is a fair trade coffee shop. Purchasing fair trade products from the Just Trade store is one way of fighting global poverty by providing workers throughout the world with a living wage. The HOPES Center provides mental health and healing arts services free of charge to people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless in Racine County.
How can the HOPES Center offer free services? The Board Directors, staff and volunteers at the Center seek grant monies, fund-raise, and accept monetary gifts to carry on the work. The dream is that one day profits from sales in the coffee shop and fair trade store will also help support services to those in need.
The HOPES Center is located at 507 Sixth Street, Racine, Wisconsin. Stop by for a cup of coffee or hot chocolate or consider a unique gift from Just Trade. Not near Racine? Visit HOPES Center at www.racinedominicans.org and click on the HOPES logo. Be sure to sign up for the HOPES newsletter and learn about ways that you, too, can volunteer.
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The mission of the Racine Dominicans: “Commitment to truth in the light of the Gospel compels us to consecrate our whatever power and influence we have personally and as a community, to sustain the fundamental right of every person to pursue the fullness of life and to share in the common good.” (Racine Dominicans, Constitutions 8.1)
For more on the Racine Dominicans and to meet some of the sisters, check out our Ask Sister podcast with the Racine Dominicans.
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There will be no prayer leader today but please feel free to meet at 6 p.m. CT in the chat room to connect with the A Nun’s Life Community.
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