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House of
Peace
Walnut Street
17th Street
Vliet Street
12th Street
Saint
9th Street
Ben’s
Community
Meal
State Street
Capuchin Community Services
The Book of Numbers
The House of Peace and Saint Ben’s Community Meal are places of connection, where people come
together to share, serve, and to be satisfied. For our 2022 calendar we have “charted” CCS’ works of mercy,
using information gathered in the course of our daily operations, to find out: where do our guests come
from? How about our donors – where do they call home? Which St. Ben’s Meal sponsor group travels the
farthest? Which one is nearest? Highest? Lowest? Oldest? Youngest? The more we learn about the pillars
that support our CCS ministries, the stronger we can make them.
Repetition is a technique used in Scripture to emphasize an important point, so we begin our journey into
2022, praying with the psalmist:
“May the favor of the Lord our God be ours.
Prosper the work of our hands!
Prosper the work of our hands!”
- Psalm 90
House of Peace Site St. Ben’s Community Meal Site
• Emergency Food Pantry • Serving every Sunday through Friday
• Clothing Center • Prescription co-pays & medical
• Spiritual Care appointment support
• UW-M Community Health and Wellness Center – HOP • Showers & Laundry
• Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic • Hygiene items (weekly)
• Social Worker • Assistance with IDs & Birth Certificates
• Empowerment Classes • Custom-made eyeglasses every Wednesday
1702 West Walnut Street 930 West State Street
Milwaukee ● WI ● 53205 Milwaukee ● WI ● 53233
414.933.1300 414.271.0135
Twitter.com/CapuchinComSvc
Facebook.com/CapuchinCommunityServices
YouTube.com/Capuchin CommunityServicesOrg
How to
Volunteer
Capuchin Community Services is a site-specific, volunteer-driven ministry carrying out the works
of mercy. Our two sites, the House of Peace and Saint Ben’s Community Meal, have unique yet
connected missions: to help families stay together, and to help people struggling with poverty and
homelessness. Driving these ministries are our volunteers, people of good will who donate their time
as they feel called. If you have a gift, an area of expertise you feel called to share, or want to respond
to the most pressing needs, you are welcome. It happens just as often that people who come to
serve discover gifts they didn’t know they had.
We are committed to hosting guests and volunteers in a supportive, joyful, and safe environment.
Your volunteer service might bring you in direct contact with our guests, or placed behind the
scenes supporting the operations, or something in between. Let us discern this together! Sometimes
the work is challenging, but you will never be left on your own – that’s our faith-based commitment
to everyone who comes to our sites. To serve safely, all volunteer applications are subject to a
background check.
The following are volunteer opportunities currently available in our Capuchin Community Services
programs.
St. Ben’s Community Meal
• Staffing the meal prep stations
• Staffing the Meal Hall floor – clearing, re-setting, beverage service
• Special events and projects
• Apply to volunteer at: thecapuchins.net/MealVolunteer
• Email: ccsvol@thecapuchins.org
St. Ben’s Open Door Ministry:
• Shower Program – scheduling and tracking
• Laundry Ministry – scheduling and tracking
• Eyeglasses Ministry
• Barbershop Ministry
• Front Door office duty – welcoming & connecting guests to services &
resources
• Apply to volunteer at: thecapuchins.net/StBensOpenDoor
• Email: ccsvol@thecapuchins.org
The House of Peace:
• Clothing Closet - sorting and organizing clothes
• Emergency Food Pantry - stocking and organizing food items
• Eyeglasses Ministry
• Special events & projects
• Apply to volunteer at: thecapuchins.net/HouseOfPeaceVols
• Email: ccsvol@thecapuchins.org
Our Mission: Inspired by the gospel of Jesus and the example of Francis of Assisi, the Capuchin
friars of the Province of Saint Joseph, together with our partners in ministry, prayerfully build
sister-brotherhood in the world. We attend simply and directly to the spiritual and other basic
human needs, especially those of the poor and disenfranchised, promoting justice for all.
Point in Time is a nation- and city-wide event that our Saint Ben’s site has been a part of for years. We
stay open all night offering shelter to people who are not securely housed. Those who come connect with
government agencies so the community can gain a sense of how many people are struggling without
a safe place to live. Everyone who participates in PIT receives resources including warm clothing and
hygiene items, and is connected with resources which can help make a life lasting change.
Date of Count Sheltered Sheltered Sheltered Unsheltered Total Point in
(Emergency (Transitional (Safe Haven Time Count
Shelter) Total Shelter) Total Total)
1/28/2015 717 632 40 132 1521
1/27/2016 616 549 43 207 1415
1/25/2017 557 145 63 135 900
1/24/2018 565 99 46 161 871
1/23/2019 589 135 47 114 885
1/22/2020 704 134 45 87 970
1/27/2021 647 107 46 17 817
Saint Ben’s Warming Center, one of our newest ministries, grew out of these PIT events.
With the help of our dedicated staff and volunteers, in the last three winters (2018-2021)
we were open for 109 overnights and hosted 5,437 people.
December 2019
S M T W T F S
January 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CALL TO ACTION:
Warm Winter Drive
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Please donate gently used or new adult or children’s New Year’s
winter hats, gloves, clothing and/or sleeping bags. Day
Deliver to either site.
thecapuchins.net/CCS-WarmWinter
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Epiphany
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Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
House of Peace
Tu B’Shevat Site Closed
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Over 60 faith communities, businesses, neighborhood groups and other caring neighbors support the
Community Meal at Saint Ben’s. Our brothers and sisters at Sargento travel the furthest distance,
making a 128 mile round trip every 4th Monday of the month.
The shortest “commute?” That would be the Saint Benedict the Moor parish community,
who are the First Sunday Meal sponsor. They’re right upstairs!
January 2020
S M T W T F S
February 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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St. Valentine’s
Day
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Presidents’ Day
27 28 CALL TO ACTION:
Strong Babies Sanctuary/Blanket of Love Collection
We are collecting infant formula, bedding, layettes and bassinets.
53rd We also need disposable diapers and baby wipes. Deliver to either site.
Anniversary thecapuchins.net/CCS-Babies
House of
Peace Isra and Mi’raj
Good Shepherd Catholic Church St. James Catholic Church
St. Paul’s United St. Mary Mother
Church of Christ of God Parish
Your financial support helps sustain our two sites and allows our full and part time staff members to
minister well. CCS receives more donations from the 53051 zip code than any other in Wisconsin.
Thank you to everyone who helps us keep going, and thanks in particular
to our generous and faithful brothers and sisters in Menomonee Falls.
February 2020
S M T W T F S
March 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CALL TO ACTION
Lenten Hygiene Bag Drive:
Some guests can’t afford
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basic hygiene supplies.
Hold a hygiene bag drive
this month. We’ll provide the Ash
free bags with suggested Wednesday
items printed on the front. Lent Begins
Deliver to either site.
thecapuchins.net/CCS-
HygieneDrive
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Saint Patrick’s
Daylight Day Laylat al Barat Laylat al Barat
Savings Begins Purim Begins Purim Ends Begins Ends
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The House of Peace Emergency Food Pantry is designated to serve the 53205 and 53233 ZIP codes.
Because we’re the only food pantry open five days a week, however, we’re able to serve a far wider area. In
2020 we served individuals and families from 48 ZIP codes. The HOP Emergency Food Pantry is supervised
by Brother Brenton Ertel and sustained by volunteers, financial support, food pantry drives, and our
partnership with the local food bank, Hunger Task Force.March 2020
S M T W T F S
April 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CALL TO ACTION:
Easter Meal Drive:
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Please consider donating an Easter Meal
for a family.
Deliver to either site.
thecapuchins.net/CCS-EasterMeal
Ramadan
Begins
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Palm Sunday Good Friday
- Passover
Begins
House of
Holy Thursday Peace Site Holy Saturday
Closed
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Easter Monday
St. Ben’s
Community
Easter Sunday Meal Site
Closed Passover Ends
24 25 26 27 28 29 30When it’s time to make a new beginning, people turn to CCS. At Saint Ben’s we help people obtain their
birth certificate, something that’s hard to hang on to when you’re living without secure housing. Volunteers
and staff cut through the red tape, and CCS asks only for a nominal co-payment, subsidizing the rest of the
fee. This means our guests can apply for an apartment or start a new job.
In the last 4 years Saint Ben’s has helped 1,807 people through this ministry.April 2020
S M T W T F S
May 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Ramadan Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Fitr
Ends Begins Ends
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Mother’s Day
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CALL TO ACTION:
29 30 31 “Undie Sunday” Collection
Collect new underwear and socks for our guests.
Deliver to either site.
Memorial Day thecapuchins.net/CCS-UndieSunday
Capuchin Memorial Service for People Who Died Homeless
Community The date/time will be announced on our website
Services’ Sites thecapuchins.net/CCS-HomePage
ClosedThe foundation of our annual Capuchin Walk for the Hungry, hosted every year at Polish Fest, is the teams
and team captains. In 2021 participants from 155 cities and towns in 26 states joined in our virtual/actual
neighborhood walk, with over 1300 individuals registered. If all goes well we’ll be back with Polish Fest this
year, and once again meet family and friends along the Lakefront State Park paths.May 2020
S M T W T F S
June 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CALL TO ACTION:
Volunteers Needed for the Capuchin
Walk for the Hungry:
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It takes over 100 volunteers to run our
largest special event of the year. We need
help registering people, distributing water,
laying out the course and much more. Shavuot
Register online or call 414.933.1300, ext. 1123. Begins
thecapuchins.net/CCS-CapWalkVolunteer
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Capuchin Walk
for the Hungry
at Polish Fest
Pentecost Shavuot Ends 6:00 PM
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Father’s Day
Juneteenth
26 27 28 29 30The friars who serve at CCS are itinerants on a journey. That is how Saint Francis formed the brotherhood.
It’s farther than you might suppose! July is the month when the Capuchins most often change
assignments, move to a new community, or begin the next phase of their formation. Postulants who
serve at Saint Ben’s and House of Peace will continue their second year (called novitiate) at San Lorenzo
Seminary in Santa Ynez, California, 2,176 miles away.
Every year several friars in academic formation in Chicago at Saint Claire Friary travel to
Milwaukee for their summer ministry assignments. Welcome brothers – hurry back!June 2020
S M T W T F S
July 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CALL TO ACTION :
Help Children Succeed
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Please consider donating a backpack and/or some
school supplies. Deliver new school supplies to
either site.
thecapuchins.net/CCS-SchoolSupplies
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Independence
Day
Capuchin
Community
Services’ Sites
Closed Eid al-Adha
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31 Al-Hijra /
Muharram
Bl Solanus
Casey Feast
Begins DayThe House of Peace has hosted a Back to School Supplies drive for decades, and the number of people
served in 2021 was consistent with recent years. Over 524 children from 198 households received a backpack
fully equipped with all a young student needs to be ready for the new school year. Families from ten ZIP
codes, some of our city’s most resource-challenged neighborhoods, were served. Thanks to everyone who
ordered on-line and had their supplies gift shipped to the HOP, or sent a donation, or hosted a drive.July 2020
S M T W T F S
August 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Fast of Tisha
B’av Begins
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Fast of Tisha
B’av Ends
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Feast of the
Assumption
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CALL TO ACTION:
28 29 30 31 Harvest Time Is Starting
If you planted a garden, please consider
donating produce. Our guests love to
take fresh fruits & veggies home. Deliver
Al-Hijra / to either site.
Muharram thecapuchins.net/CCS-GardensOfPeace
EndsPortrait by Leroy Skalstad
Marian and Ray Etzel volunteer with Saint Mary parish of Menomonee Falls, one of the three
sponsor groups serving the Meal at Saint Ben’s every 3rd Wednesday since 1974. Raymond is
93 and Marian is – well, never mind! They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in June
2021. Ray was always at the head of the line providing trays and napkins (he’s had to retire from
volunteering), while Marian continues to dish up the main course.August 2020
S M T W T F S
September 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CALL TO ACTION:
Volunteers Needed to Help Register Families:
Thousands from both Capuchin Community Services’
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sites will register to receive holiday aid. Volunteers
are needed Mon-Fri, 9am - 3pm for 1 week or more in
October. Training provided. To volunteer, register online
or call 414.933.1300, ext. 1123.
thecapuchins.net/CCS-Volunteer
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Labor Day
Capuchin
Community
Services’ Sites
Closed
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National Day The Stigmata
of Service & of St. Francis
Remembrance of Assisi
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St. Padre Pio
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Rosh Hashana Rosh Hashana
Begins EndsSeptember 2020
S M T W T F S
October 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CALL TO ACTION:
Holiday Food Box Drives Begin
1
Help feed a family this Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Set up a drive by calling 414.933.1300, ext. 1151
or register online.
thecapuchins.net/CCS-HolidayBoxDrive
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Feast of St.
Francis of Assisi
- Yom Kippur Yom Kippur
Begins Ends
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Sukkot Begins
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Sukkot Ends
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HalloweenSaint Anthony Apartments
The Direct Help ministry at the House of Peace connects with people in crisis, those who are facing
eviction. Our social worker team (Miss Linda Barnes and Brother Jerry Smith) mediate a dialogue between
the landlord and the tenant. In cases where an intervention can be helpful, CCS provides an emergency
rent payment or supplement. Direct Help is sustained entirely by donations. Since 2017 CCS has helped
868 individuals and families remain in their homes.
Capuchin Apartments
Through our partnership with Heartland Housing, since 2013 CCS has helped to create and sustain
98 new places to live for people who face many challenges renting on the open market,
at Capuchin Apartments and Saint Anthony Apartments.October 2020
S M T W T F S
November 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CALL TO ACTION:
Be A Saint! Holiday Help
Needed
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Volunteers needed to sort
food and distribute to our
guests.
Volunteers are needed
Monday through Friday, 9 AM
- 3 PM. Call 414.933.1300, ext. All Souls’ Day
All Saints’ Day
1123 or register online.
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Daylight
Saving Time CCS Volunteer
Ends Veterans’ Day Appreciation
Luncheon
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52nd
Anniversary
St. Ben’s
Community
Meal
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Thanksgiving
Day
House of Peace
Site Closed
St. Ben’s
St. Ben’s Community
Community Meal Meal Site
serves 2-3:30 pm Closed
thecapuchins.net/CCS-Volunteer
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Advent BeginsAll roads lead to the House of Peace in December, when we host our annual Holiday Food Box and Toy
drives and distributions. In 2020 the House of Peace hosted 2,217 households and distributed 2,817 Holiday
Food boxes and 16,891 toys to families with children.November 2020
S M T W T F S
December 2022
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
CALL TO ACTION:
Christmas Toy Drives Begin
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Can you donate new toys,
books or winter clothing?
Deliver to either site.
thecapuchins.net/CCS-
ChristmasToys
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Hanukkah
Begins Christmas Eve
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Christmas
Day Observed
Hanukkah Ends
Christmas Day Capuchin
Community New Year’s Eve
Services’ Sites
Closed“If you can’t feed a hundred people,
then feed just one.”
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– Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Now Colleen is a student at UW-M
It’s Friday night and her friends are going out again
eight
But Saturday morning she’s got a date
To be at the food pantry at 8
But wouldn’t she rather be sleeping in late?
No, she’d rather make the world a better place
And she changes the world one meal at a time
Yes, she changes the world one meal at a time
Barbara is a woman that everyone knows
She comes to the House of Peace to help sort the clothes
For people who are homeless, who have lost their home
She gives them all a new wardrobe
And into the world with confidence they go
As she clothes the world one day at a time
Yes, she clothes the world one day at a time
nine eight
Now Paul is retired, would be in bed by 8
But tonight, all night, he’s staying awake
It’s 9 degrees on a cold winter night
And he’s worried about the people sleeping outside
nine
So he comes to the Warming Center at 9
To help let the cold ones sleep inside
He keeps his watch all through the night
And he shelters the world one night at a time
Yes, he shelters the world one night at a time
one
Feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless
We know it’s just a small part of your life
But you all change the world one day at a time
Yes, you change the world one day at a time
Performed by Amy Teutenberg and Jerry Danks at the 2020 CCS Virtual Volunteer Thank You event
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