Call To Action SW Florida

Ellen McNally from the SW Florida Call To Action Chapter wrote to let us know that one of their local board members, Judy Beaumond, and her partner, Judy Lee, both Roman Catholic Women Priests, run a wonderful ministry, the Good Shepherd Ministries of Southwest Florida. It started with the Florida Call To Action chapter bringing food to the Fort Myers park on Fridays to feed the homeless. Then Judy and Judy bought an old house in Fort Myers where they have Mass on Sundays and scripture study on Tuesday followed by meals. Most of those who were homeless now have housing. Because Judy Lee has a Ph.D. in social work, she knows how the system works in order to help them get housing.

The CTA Florida chapter still helps with the meals and many of their people give donations  In fact, another member of their chapter, a married priest, Joe Irvin branched out from Judy's ministry and started his own in Cape Coral. And imagine, all of this started with a group of people coming together and paying attention to the needs around them. May all of our eyes be opened this Advent and Christmas.