Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

Let our 'make-from-scratch' chef help you with your next catering event.  Chef Alison will custom design an event that reflects your personal tastes and fits your budget.  Using local food, freshproduce….all with the philosophy of sustainability in mind…Capuchin Soup Kitchen Catering can supply:

  • Full menu selections
  • Station menus
  • A strolling buffet event

Whether you are planning a corporate gathering, church dinner, fundraiser or a special event for your family, Capuchin Soup Kitchen Catering will make it memorable.

When you partner with Capuchin Soup Kitchen Catering, you are supporting the soup kitchen’s mission.  All profits of our catering division goes back to the soup kitchen’s programs that feed bodies, nourish spirits, and strengthen communities. We strive to be mindful of environmental concerns by composting organic food waste, utilizing recyclable consumables and “earth-friendly” cleaning products.  In all we do, we seek to build alliances with others who share a commitment to this vision. When you choose Capuchin Soup Kitchen Catering, you are investing in our community.  

Learn about the Easter Brunch or Appetizer Platters...

Learn about the Mother's Day Brunch Menus...

Contact Chef Alison:
Capuchin Soup Kitchen Catering
1253 Meldrum
Detroit, MI  48207-3435
313.579.2100, ext. 205
acostello@cskdetroit.org
 
 

Catering Offerings

All of these fresh, made-from-scratch offerings are available through Chef Alison and her staff.

Entrees

not limited to...

  • Short ribs braised in red wine
  • Roman style chicken breast
  • Cornish hens
  • Pecan crusted chicken
  • Raspberry chicken breast
  • Barley jambalaya
  • Shepherd’s pie
  • Mussels arrabiatta
  • Chipotle blueberry chicken
  • Roast pork chausseur
  • Greek style lamb
  • Madeira braised lamb shanks
  • Sliced top round
  • Apple stuffed chicken breast
  • Brisket
  • Chicken or veal picatta
  • Veal or chicken marsala
  • Veal chop w/wild mushrooms
  • Citrus and tarragon salmon
  • Baked Aegean cod
  • Sole Florentine

Ask about our Vegetarian, Vegan & Gluten Free Options

 

Sides

  • “Stella” potatoes
  • Parslied potatoes
  • Lemon oil potatoes
  • Oven roast potatoes
  • Brown rice pilav
  • White beans with onion confit
  • Au gratin potatoes
  • Roasted seasonal vegetables
  • Grilled vegetables
  • Roast brussel sprouts w/mustard
  • Garlic green beans
  • Baby Belgian carrots

Ask about our box lunches & platters

 

Salads

  • House Salad
  • Bibb & radish w/buttermilk dressing
  • Sour cream & cucumber
  • Mesclun w/fried shallots & blue cheese
  • Orzo, spinach & feta
  • Traditional Caesar
  • Traditional Greek
  • Israeli couscous w/tomato & arugula pesto
  • Couscous, feta & pinenut
  • Mushrooms a la grecque
  • Marinated cucumber, tomato & red onion
  • Spinach fettucine, baby spinach, gorgonzola, balsamic vinaigrette
  • Iceberg wedge with blue cheese dressing & bacon

Ask about our Station Menus

 

Desserts & Snacks

  • Hand fruit
  • Cut fruit
  • Linzer brownies
  • Cream cheese brownies
  • Apple cobbler
  • Lavender shortbread
  • Fruit mousse
  • Panna cotta
  • Mini pastry trays
  • Chocolate covered strawberries
  • Pumpkin bread pudding
  • “Tollhouse” cookies

Ask about our breakfast menus

 

Appetizers

  • Goat cheese & herb stuffed radicchio leaves
  • Prosciutto wrapped mango w/arugula
  • Blue cheese, marscapone, and carmelized onion phyllo cups
  • Mini caprese bites: tomato, fresh mozzarella, basil on bamboo skewer
  • Mini potato cakes
  • Moroccan meatballs:ground lamb w/herbs & Moroccan spices w/tahini yogurt dip
  • Ale & rum soaked apricots stuffed w/gorgonzola, rolled in candied pecans
  • Asparagus wrapped w/smoked salmon
  • Endive boats filled with smoked salmon mousse, micro greens spritzed w/lemon
  • California rolls w/wasabi, ponzu & pickled ginger
  • Old English beef skewers served w/horseradish sauce & beer mustard sauce
  • Stuffed figs w/manchego cheese
  • Endive boats w/smoked turkey
  • Greek “salsa” w/flatbreads
  • Beef tenderloin crostini w/mushroom pesto
  • Farmhouse cheddar, chutney, sweet brioche rolls
  • Open face mini reubens
  • Carmelized pear w/gorgonzola on baguette
  • Tuna ceviche
  • Crab cake sw/lemon, caper aioli
  • Lollipop lamb chops
  • Assorted cocktail sandwiches
  • Watermelon gazpacho served in a shot glass
  • Farmers market spinach dip

Ask about what is 'in-season'

Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Package

Conventional Turkey  (serves 8-10)
2 qts. Dressing
1 qt. Real Mashed Potatoes
1 qt. Gravy
1 pint Housemade Orange & Cranberry Relish
1 dozen On the Rise Bakery Rolls
2 pies (choice: Pumpkin, Apple, or Sweet Potato)
1 pint Real Whipped Cream

$ 79.99

Free Range Turkeys available for extra fee. 

Orders must be picked up Wednesday, November  27th  between 1 PM – 5 PM

Deadline to order is Thursday, November 21st at Noon.
Contact Alison Costello: acostello@cskdetroit.org  or  313.579.2100 x 205

payable by cash, check, or money order

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Christmas Appetizer Platters

  • Mezze Platter: $85.00
  • Fruit Platter: $60.00
  • Smoked Salmon: $110.00
  • Grilled Vegetable: served with lemon aioli $85.00
  • Spinach Artichoke Dip Platter: comes with flatbreads $35.00
  • Antipasto Platter: $85.00
  • Salmon grav lox (house cold cured salmon) served with pumpernickel bread, onions, capers, chopped egg, cream cheese: 1 side of salmon  $110.00
  • California Rolls with wasabi, pickled ginger, ponzu sauce: $110.00 for 120 pieces
  • Chicken satays with thai peanut sauce: $14.00 dozen (3 doz. minimum)
  • Meatballs, Polish, Swedish or Italian served in au jus: $40.00 (#5)
  • Stuffed mushroom caps: seafood stuffed: $ 18.00 per dozen /3doz. min.
  • Florentine stuffed: $ 12.00 per dozen /3 doz. min.
  • Mini spinach pies: $ 14.00 doz. /3 doz. min.
  • Bacon wrapped scallops: $ Market Price
  • Vegetable spring rolls/sweet and sour sauce: $ 13.00 doz./3 doz. min.
  • Melon wrapped in prosciutto: $13.50 per dozen /3 doz. min.
  • Sesame chicken, spicy plum sauce: $ 14.00 doz./3 doz. min.
  • Cold Shrimp, lemons, cocktail sauce: Market Price
  • Vegetable crudite with ranch and blue cheese dips: $ 40.00 serves 15-20 people
  • Imported and domestic cheese tray served with seasonal fruit garnish, crackers and French breads: $ 70.00 serves 20-30
  • Lawash chips, sour cream, guacamole, & salsa: $1.50 per person
  • Deviled eggs: $11.00 dozen
  • Antipasto skewers: fresh mozzarella, kalamata olive, sun dried tomato, artichoke heart: $2.75 per skewer
  • Pate’ with accoutrements: $45.00
  • Mini quiche with assorted fillings: $11.50 per dozen /3 doz. min.
  • Grilled vegetable platter: $85.00 serves 25 people
  • New: Caprese Station: As a main item: $7.95 per person-price can be reduced depending on other hors d’oeuvres ordered
    • Sliced red & yellow tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil
    • Balsamic vinegar & Olive oil
    • Marinated white bean salad
    • Assorted grilled vegetables
    • Toppings: roasted eggplant & lemon, artichoke, pomodoro & caponata
    • Assorted olives and peppers
    • Shaved pecorino and parmesan
    • Grissini breadsticks and grilled sourdough

Contact Alison Costello: acostello@cskdetroit.org  or  313.579.2100 x 205

payable by cash, check, or money order

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Easter Menus 

Brunch  (Serves 10-12)

  • Breakfast Pastries $55.00
    • Large tray of mini croissants, muffins, danish & scones
  • Frittatas  $45.00
    • Breakfast sausage, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms, onion, potato, cheddar & pepper jack cheese
    • Vegetarian: broccoli, cheddar, bell pepper, mushroom, tomato & onion
  • Fresh Fruit & Berries $45.00
    • Sliced seasonal fruit garnished with the freshest berries
  • Smoked Salmon Platter $75.00
    • Smoked salmon served with bagels, cream cheese, red onion, tomatoes & capers

Appetizers  (Serves 10-12)

  • Shrimp with zesty cocktail sauce (Market Price)
  • Cheese Board $75.00
    • Domestic & international cheeses arranged with crackers, flatbreads, relishes

By the Dozen

  • Devilled Eggs $11.00
  • Grilled Baby Lamb Chops with mint jelly $48.00

Easter Menus (Serves 10-12)

  • Roast Leg of Lamb with garlic and thyme au jus (8 lb. average) $89.00
  • Roast Pork Loin with raisins & apples (8-9 lb. average) $74.00
  • Brown Sugar & Maple glazed ham (7-8 lb. average) $74.00
  • Fresh or Smoked kielbasa $79.00
    • Includes horseradish, homemade kapusta, Full tray (24- 4 oz. portions)

Salads

  • Cucumbers & Sour Cream $6.99  By the pound
  • Traditional Caesar $24.00   Per gallon        
  • Mixed Field Greens, toasted almonds, mandarin oranges, white balsamic vinaigrette $24.00 Per gallon
  • Pickled beets $6.99 By the pound

Sides: Starch/Vegetables

(By the pound)

  • Sweet Potato Puree $7.99
  • Real Mashed Potatoes $7.99
  • Sweet & Sour Red Cabbage $6.99     
  • Garlic Green Beans $8.99 
  • Roasted asparagus & baby carrots $9.99
  • Mini potato pancakes $ .75  each

Order dessert & rolls from our bakery!

Contact Alison Costello: acostello@cskdetroit.org  or  313.579.2100 x 205

Payable by cash, check, or money order

All pick up on Friday or Saturday
 

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Mother’s Day Menus

Sunday Brunch

  • Bacon
  • Sausage links
  • Glazed ham
  • Cheese frittata
  • Roasted red peppers
  • Waffles
  • Assorted Danish
  • Syrup and butter

Serves (8-10) $139.99

Add cut fresh fruit $24.00

A Breakfast Mom Deserves

  • Sliced fresh fruit
  • Quiche
  • Sliced smoked salmon platter
  • muffins 
  • mini bagels
  • butter and cream cheese

Serves (8-10) $149.99

Queen’s Feast

  • Bruschetta (tomato, hand torn basil, balsamic)
  • Baby Field Greens
  • Roast Pork Loin
  • Rigatoni with a pomodoro sauce
  • Oven roast redskin potatoes with rosemary
  • Sautéed vegetable medley
  • Dinner rolls

Serves (15-20) $306.00

Bistro

  • Country style pate with flatbreads, Dijon, cornichon
  • Beef Tenderloin platter with port reduction
  • Cauliflower puree
  • Sautéed haricot verts
  • Mixed greens, vanilla vinaigrette
  • Petit pain, butter

Minimum 10 people- $28.00 per person

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries $2.25 each

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Thank you for joining us as we journey through life with our Capuchin Soup Kitchen guests, volunteers, and partners in ministry.  Often it's easy to forget that we each have a story to tell.  Our blog is to help remind all of us that each individual at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen is a gift from God and we have much to learn from one another.  To contact us about the blog email us here: CSKblog@thecapuchins.org

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The Capuchin Services Center, a program of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, is collecting new hats,  gloves, and coats to distribute to children 11 and under as part of its CAPS, Coats N’ Kids holiday program. The items will be included as part of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s holiday food basket distribution on December 23-24. 1200 families have pre-registered and parents will enjoy a festive and dignified experience as they, themselves, make the clothing selections for their children. 

Donations of new hats, gloves and coats are gratefully accepted and can be dropped off at the Capuchin Services Center, 6333 Medbury, Detroit, conveniently located near I-94 and Mount Elliott.

Hours for dropping off goods are:
Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM or Saturday 9 AM – 1 PM

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Since 1929, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen has provided food and clothing to people in need. Serving up to 2,000 meals a day, we depend on people like you. Will you help us serve by making a donation this holiday season?  Or if you prefer, please mail your check to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, 1820 Mt. Elliott, Detroit, MI 48207.  We thank you.

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We always knew Capuchin friar Br. Bob was a hero and now he's been officially named one of the Everyday Heroes: 50 Americans Changing The World One NonProfit at a Time.

To order your book, call 313.579.2100, ext. 153  

 

Everyday Heroes is a look inside the world of social entrepreneurs giving us an exquisitely photographed sacred bundle of stories. In this remarkable tribute to the ordinary heroes among us, Everyday Heroes: 50 Americans Changing The World One Nonprofit at a Time, celebrates those who have risen to leadership roles in nonprofit organizations across the country, representing a diverse range of causes and demographics and affecting hundreds of thousands of lives.There has never been a book like it. Not remotely.

 

“There are 90 million people under the age of twenty-five in this country who have been raised with a value system that includes doing service. They’re itching for a way to do good. Everyone will tell you that you have to choose between making money and doing good. You don’t.” –Robert Egger, Founder and President, D.C. Central Kitchen and one of the heroes.

“It is precisely their ordinariness that makes them extraordinary. Unlike our idols of the past these new revolutionaries are not wrangling to become the dominant voice of reform. Their power stems from the aggregate. Together they are raising a chorus for change. Listen closely, and you’ll hear a growing battle cry: If we don’t take care of each other, who will?” –from the introduction by Katrina Fried

KATRINA FRIED, is the author of American Farmer, and editor of several award winning books: The Oxford Project, Gay in America, The Last Good War, Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town, Cooking with Italian Grandmothers, Primal Cuts, and On The Street. Creating unique visual narratives that push the boundaries and traditional limitations
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PAUL MOBLEY, creator and photographer of award-winning American Farmer: Portraits from the Heartland, trained with Annie Leibovitz and has successfully worked with a broad range

of corporate, advertising, and editorial clients, including American Express, Sony, Citigroup, Ford, Compaq, Gourmet, Max Factor, Microsoft, and many others. He lives in Michigan and New York.

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If you do not wish to purchase a raffle ticket but do want to support the Capuchiin Soup Kitchen, please click here.

 

 

Ladies Rolex datejust, 18k yellow gold and stainless steel jubilee bracelet watch with white diamond dial and 18k yellow gold fluted bezel.

Retail - $10,650.00

Ladies Roberto Coin pave diamond pendant and chain 18k white gold.

Retail - $5,600.00

Gents IWC stainless steel Spitfire Pilots collection chronograph strap watch.

Retail - $5,100.00

Ladies Mikimoto Elements of Life Ocean collection Akoya pearl pendant and chain with sapphires and diamonds in 18k white gold.

Retail - $4,750.00

Ladies Ivanka Trump white agate bead bracelet with signature oval diamond center.

Retail – $1,800.00

Ladies David Yurman Bijoux collection bracelet in sterling silver.

Retail - $1,350.00

Ladies Ippolita Rose’ collection clear quartz rose plated silver necklace.

Retail - $795.00

Gents David Yurman sterling silver cushion heirloom cufflinks.

Retail - $525.00

 

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The Capuchin Soup Kitchen provides assistance to people in need … free of charge … every single day! The Capuchin Soup Kitchen receives 99.5% of all funding from individual and corporate contributions and special events.

 

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Check: Send a check (made out to Capuchin Soup Kitchen) or credit card gift through the mail to:

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1820 Mt. Elliott
Detroit, MI 48207

If you wish to discuss your financial donation, please phone or E-mail Br. Larry LaCross (313.579.2100)

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Matching Gifts - If you wish to give a donation and your employer participates in the Matching Gift Program, please include the Matching Gift Form (available from your employer) with the employee section filled out.  We will be happy to fill out our portion and send it in for the Matching Gift. 

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Planned Gifts

  • Charitable Bequest in a Will or Trust
  • A charitable bequest stipulates that a specific amount (a percentage or the remainder of your estate) be given to Capuchin Soup Kitchen after your lifetime. Gifts from your estate to CSK are exempt from estate tax.
  • Life Insurance
    • Life insurance in the form of an old policy no longer needed by the original beneficiary or a newly created policy to benefit CSK can be a helpful investment in the organization. Small premiums now may generate a major gift in the future, and premiums for these policies often are tax deductible. Many employers provide group life insurance as a benefit, and CSK may be named for a portion of proceeds.
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  • Real Estate Gifts
    • Real estate gifts may include developed property, undeveloped property or gifts subject to a prior life interest. Prior to acceptance of real estate, CSK will require an environmental review of the property to ensure that the property has no environmental issues that may subject CSK to legal and financial liability.

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If you need additional information or wish to donate non-monetary items such as buildings or property, Brother Larry LaCross, Development Director, would be happy to discuss your questions.  313.579.2100, ext. 185

Moira Mahoney, Director of Special Events & Programming can be reached by calling 313.579.2100, ext. 202

The Capuchin Soup Kitchen's Development Office mailing address is:

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The Capuchin Soup Kitchen
1820 Mt. Elliott Street
Detroit, MI  48207

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Helping families recover from the tragedy of a fire or establishing a new life out of a shelter is part of the ongoing Capuchin mission. In order to assist these families, we willing accept good usable furniture at the Capuchin Services Center. Donated household items such as bed and bath linens, dishes, pots and pans, silverware, and small appliances all help displaced families reestablish their households. Working appliances; gas stoves and dryers, refrigerators (no more than 12 years old) and washing machines are also very much in demand.

We are constantly in need of clean, quality clothing for distribution.  Men and children's clothing are always in greatest demand. All of these items can be dropped off at the Capuchin Services Center.

Providing emergency food to those in need is at the core of out Capuchin Mission. Non-perishable food items are always gladly accepted to be distributed to the 200 families that daily come to the Services Center.

During the Thanksgiving season, special programs provide Thanksgiving food baskets to families. At Christmas time, toys and food baskets are distributed to families in need. Turkeys and holiday hams along with new, non-violent toys can be donated for these programs.

The Capuchin Soup Kitchen also accepts the donation of operational cars, boats, motor homes and recreational vehicles. CSK partners with the Volunteers of America who assist in picking up your donation. Contact Lee at 313.579.2100 extension 201. The proceeds from the sale of the donated vehicle benefit the poor and underserved.

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

Since its founding in 1929, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen has served Metro Detroit by providing food, clothing and nourishment for the soul and spirit. True to our Franciscan heritage, when a need has been uncovered, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen has responded to that need. Below are listed our current programs.

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

Mission Statement

Inspired by the life and spirit of St. Francis of Assisi, we:

  • tend to people's basic needs, especially the need for food,
  • strive to stimulate minds and nourish spirits, and
  • work to understand and address root causes of social injustice in our community.

In all we do, we seek to build alliances with others who share a commitment to this vision.

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

If you are looking for a way to help the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, we would be very grateful for the following....

Please bring your donation to the Capuchin Services Center, 6333 Medbury St, Detroit, MI 48211. (Located near I-94 and Mt. Elliott)

Donations accepted Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM and Saturday, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
 

Capuchin Soup Kitchen’s Wish List

  • 2 stainless steel tables (Preferably 3ft and 4ft in lenth)
  • New men's and women's underwear and socks
  • A flatbed cart (like one you use in a warehouse)
  • Canned and nonperishable food items (tuna, peanut butter, spaghetti, etc)
  • Sample size toiletries (shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, comb)
  • Children’s books for all age levels (African-American authors preferred)
  • Cash donations for bus tickets so guests can go to medical appointments, job interviews, or work

Children's Program Wish List

  • We have several families’ that are without a computer or laptop in the home. A majority of the schools give out assignments, homework, and even textbooks online. Several students are having a hard time academically due to the lack of computers in the home. If you have an old laptop or old computer system in good working condition we have several families that would benefit.  
  • Flash drives
  • Earbuds (headphones)
  • Garden trowels
  • Soil

Donations or items can be dropped off at the Children’s Program, Capuchin Soup Kitchen, 4390 Conner, Detroit, 10 AM – 6 PM.

 

Earthworks also has a wish list!  Please call 313.579.2100, ext. 204 if you can help with any of the following:

Earthworks needs a bobcat for its gardens and an LCD projector for its classroom.  Do you have a truck you can donate?

Also needed for Earthworks:

  • an industrial salad spinner
  • dry erase markers
  • dry erase boards
  • food mills
  • galvanized metal wash tubs
  • a collapsible hand truck
  • recycling bins
  • gloves
  • harvest knives
  • hand trowels
  • soil rakes
  • pitch folks
  • spading forks
  • another wheel hoe with – 12” blade
  • gift certificates to Johnny’s Selected Seeds
  • lumber for making raised beds – 2x10’s or 2x12’s untreated
  • commercial gas powered weed whacker
  • cordless drills
  • commercial sized salad spinners.
  • wood chipper
  • digital camera
  • flip cameras

 

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

SERVICE CENTERS
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Meldrum Soup Kitchen 313-579-2100 ext. 215
Conner Soup Kitchen 313-822-8606 ext. 217
Capuchin Services

313-925-1370 ext. 100

Donations: 313-925-1370
 

Food, clothing assistance:
313.925-0514
Jefferson House


313-331-8900
Earthworks Urban Farm 313 579-2100 ext. 204
On the Rise Bakery 313-922-8510
CSK Administrative Offices

313 579-2100 ext. 215

TO VOLUNTEER...
Conner Kitchen/Services Center –
Roy Hoelscher rhoelscher@cskdetroit.org
313.822.8606 ext 10

Meldrum Kitchen – Rita Johnson rjohnson@cskdetroit.org
313.579.2100 ext 213

 

STAFF LISTING
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Jerry Smith
O.F.M., Cap. – Executive Director		 313 579-2100 ext. 220
Br. Bob Malloy
Pastoral Director		 313.579-2100 ext 209

Tanagra Weaver

Human Resources

 313 579-2100 ext. 221

 

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

Men and women, young and more mature, give their time and talents to support the work of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen

Since its inception, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen has depended on the time and efforts of others in the community who shared our concern and commitment to the poor. At the heart of our mission is the service of the many volunteers that donate their time on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Whether preparing food in the kitchen, serving meals to guests; planting, weeding or harvesting in the Earthworks garden; hanging clothing, building pantry boxes or packaging meat in the Services Center; tutoring or mentoring a child or assisting in the Arts program at the Children's Library, volunteers provide the extra pair of hands, the warm smile and caring attitude that make the Capuchin Soup Kitchen what it is. The hours of service given by volunteers translates into over 30 additional full time staff that would have to be employed to serve those who come to our door. The generous gift of time given to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen by volunteers insures that we are able to return eighty-nine cents of every donated dollar to direct client services.

If you want to volunteer at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen we ask you to bring three important things with you: a willingness to work hard, an open and positive attitude, and a smile. We can promise you that you will work hard, have some fun, and learn a great deal about yourself and your fellow human beings.

Many volunteer opportunities exist at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Some of our most popular jobs include:

  • Serving meals and assisting in the kitchens
  • Sorting and sizing clothing
  • Preparing emergency food packages
  • Working in the Earthworks Garden
  • Tutoring, teaching and mentoring children and teens
  • Summer Camps for Kids
  • Thanksgiving Basket Give away
  • Christmas Coat Program
  • Assisting at our special events held throughout the year

Or...e-mail us at: volunteer@cskdetroit.org

OR
Conner Kitchen/Services Center –
Roy Hoelscher rhoelscher@cskdetroit.org
313.822.8606 ext 10

Meldrum Kitchen – Rita Johnson rjohnson@cskdetroit.org  313.579.2100 ext 213

 

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

In Detroit, we physically nourish through our Capuchin Soup Kitchen ministry.and we also nourish spiritually through our many ministries.

Solanus Center
A place of pilgrimage, healing and peace.

Capuchin Soup Kitchen
Join us and walk with and nurture the human spirit.

Solanus Guild
The cause for the beatification of Venerable Solanus Casey.

Secular Franciscans
Proclaiming Christ through life and words.

St. Charles Parish
Founded in 1886, serving those in Eastern Detroit.

St. Mary Magdalene Parish
Capuchin pastoral presence for the last 30 years. Serving Hazel Park.

St. Bonaventure Healing Service
A powerful experience of prayer and grace.

St. Bonaventure Monastery
Founded in 1883: The home to many of the Detroit Capuchin friars.

Capuchin Retreat
A Franciscan spirituality center which will renew your mind.

Cap Corps
Women and men who serve as full-time volunteers to those in need.

Capuchin Overseas Missions
Following the example of St. Francis of Assisi, the Capuchin friars are in the mission fields of Panama, Nicaragua, the Middle East, and Australia.

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

The Capuchin Soup Kitchen receives no government subsidies; the ability to carry out our mission depends nearly totally on the generosity of benefactors.

Donations of food, household appliances, clothing (new or “gently used”), and household appliances are gratefully accepted. Please drop off items to our Capuchin Services Center, 6333 Medbury St., Detroit, MI 48211   313-925-1370

Financial contributions from individuals, churches, businesses and community organizations are our “lifeline”, and are tax deductible. Your assistance will help us continue to provide services which have benefitted the people of our community for over eighty years.

 

The Capuchin Soup Kitchen is working to bring positive change in our neighborhood and city.  Would you like to see examples of how you can help?
(Photo courtesy of Sean Work)

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We are a religious community of friars inspired by St Francis of Assisi. As Franciscans, we live and work with those who are in need of help … the poor, the disenfranchised, the needy. We serve God through the work we do...in the communities we serve. 

Francis of Assisi created a community of equality whose mission was to proclaim that the Good News is available to all people, especially those shunned by society.  Nearly 800 years later, the Capuchins continue to build on this Franciscan tradition through prayer, contemplation, preaching, and caring for the needy.  Today we preach, teach, cook, and counsel.  We minister in hospitals, schools, soup kitchens, parishes, and in the mission fields.  We are pastors, artists, missionaries, farmers, mechanics, and writers. 

All people are meant to enjoy the gifts of God's creation. This is the foundation of Capuchin-Franciscan life. The friars of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph serve in a variety of ministries including social service, schools, chaplaincy, retreat houses and parishes in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, Arizona, California, Nicaragua, and Panama. We have served in Detroit for over 125 years.

 

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen - Detroit, Michigan

The Capuchin Province of St. Joseph began its Detroit ministry on Mt. Elliott Street in 1883 and developed a religious mission to live and work among the poor. The friars were offshoots of the Capuchin Order in Switzerland, spiritual advisers and confessors who found a home in the area of Detroit once known as Russell's Grove. It was common to see the friars traveling via horse and buggy. They would reach out to parishioners as far away as Roseville - a trip that was then a whole day's journey.

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Within a few years, the Capuchins built the stately St. Bonaventure Monastery on Mt. Elliott - purposely locating in a neighborhood where street people were known to congregate. Soon word spread that the Capuchins would help those in need, providing spiritual counseling as well as a sandwich. In 1924, Solanus Casey, a simple man - a simple priest - arrived at the monastery and forever expanded its focus.

The Soup Kitchen got its official start during the Great Depression of 1929, a period of devastating national poverty that caused the poor of this Detroit community to knock on the monastery's back door asking for bread. "They are hungry; get them some soup and sandwiches," Fr. Solanus was known to say to the friars. In time the lines grew to more than 2,000 people waiting for their single meal of the day. The friars knew they had to do more.

In response to the time's overwhelming social needs, the friars turned to the men and women of the Secular Franciscans and joined together with them to collect food from farms, make soup, bake bread and serve meals in the hall next to the monastery. From these beginnings grew the Capuchin Soup Kitchen of today.

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