St. Francis Center - Adopt A Family Program

If you are interested in adopting a family starting this coming Thanksgiving, (you can team up with
another family from our parish, or get a group together) you can sign up at Stewardship Sunday or contact Carlos Galan or Jane Coccia at 805-509-8847 or email stjuliesadoptafamily@gmail.com.

“Our Friend in the City”

St. Francis Center is a multi-service community center, founded in 1972 by the Franciscans in response to the growing numbers of homeless individuals and poor families approaching St. Joseph Church for assistance.

Today, St. Francis Center services approximately 500 extremely low-income families, their children, and seniors. At the same time, the Center continues its original mission to help the homeless. The Center is located in the shadow of the downtown sports complexes near USC, specifically servicing the Garment District and South Park District of inner-city Los Angeles. In an area marked by sweatshops, gang violence, and drugs, St. Francis Center has become a refuge for the marginalized and a voice for the weak, primarily Latino and African-American families with an average monthly income of about $550.

Over 150 families here at St. Julie’s have adopted a family from the St. Francis Center and provide a holiday basket of food and essentials at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. In addition, the parish helps to fund a portion of the Center’s Summer Camp Program with gifts of new shoes and clothes.