More than fifty years ago, the Jonnycake Center for Hope was founded in Peace Dale with the modest goal to establish a food pantry “for neighbors by neighbors.” Over the past decade, it has so diversified its services and programs that it is now recognized as an...

As a second grader at St. Peter School in Warwick, Maggie Alvarez thought it was “pretty cool” observing her fellow classmates serving as altar servers at school Masses. As a result, later that year when she made her First Communion, her next move was signing up to be...

“TONIGHT’S MEAL WOULD HAVE BEEN FRUIT AND MILK BEFORE YOU ARRIVED” Eight weeks into the launch of one of our Parish’s most challenging ministries shows encouraging signs that this initiative is here to stay. Several goals established early on for the “Kitchen of Hope...