Loaves and Fishes

Loaves and Fishes is local outreach program that serves serves hot meals to the local Trenton community on the last two Saturdays of every month. This outreach program for nearly 40 years has invited local parishes and communities, throughout Central Jersey to gather, prepare and serve the meal.

On Saturday, June 19, our parish will distribute more than 400 take-out meals and donations at St. Mary’s Cathedral to the homeless and low-income residents of the Trenton area. We invite you to be part of this essential ministry again this year – still modified to keep volunteers and guests healthy. In feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and welcoming the stranger, we become what we are, a Christ-like people.

How Can You Help?

Donations of “Snack Packs”
Fill a gallon-size zip-lock bag with:

• A small beverage
• Several sweet and savory snacks
• Please: no soda, no perishables, no hard nuts

Donations of Toiletries
Fill a gallon-size zip-lock bag with full-size:

• Tooth paste & tooth brush
• Soap or shower gel & deodorant
• Shampoo or sun screen or etc.

Or donate individual items.

Monetary donations:
For food safety reasons we will obtain catered lunch food, fresh fruit, and sandwiches in bulk.
Please mail donations to: Excess funds, if any, will purchase toiletries.

Dessert
Individually packaged fruit cups, mixed fruit, mandarins, apple sauce, etc. (choose low-sugar)
 

Volunteering in person

• Friday 6/18: collecting donations, driving to St. Mary’s;
• Saturday 6/19 help with prep and distribution

(MUST sign up beforehand: email cgmachl@gmail.com)

Donation drop-off:

• Friday 6/18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: “drive-through”-style collection on St. Paul School parking lot