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JOURNEY's Headquarters

Located in Palatine, Illinois

(across from Arlington Stadium) (possible future home of the Bears)

Volunteers (from all faiths and parishes) are always needed. We volunteer in many shifts throughout the night; and in some areas there are Familiy opportunities, as well as Pre-Scheduled service hour opportunities!

PADS activity is also covered under the Illinois Good Samaritan Act since the food is given away to those in need free of charge.

2023-2024 season

To discuss volunteering at PADS for this upcoming season, please contact:

• Frank Mattison 224-402-1964

• Wendy Mattison 224-402-1968

The works of mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily necessities.²⁴² 

Instructing, advising, consoling, comforting are spiritual works of mercy, as are forgiving and bearing wrongs patiently.

The corporal works of mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead.²⁴³ 

Among all these, giving alms to the  poor is one of the chief witnesses to fraternal charity: it is also a work of justice pleasing to God:²⁴⁴
 
If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?²⁴⁷
Source: The Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2447

http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/new-evangelization/jubilee-of-mercy/the-corporal-works-of-mercy.cfm

• Set-Up Shift: pre-arrange, contact Frank Mattison
• Cooking: pre-arrange, contact Wendy Mattison
• 1st Shift - Training is available - Manager: NEEDED
• 2nd Shift - Training is available - Manager: NEEDED
• 3rd Shift - Training is available - Manager: NEEDED
• Clean-up Shift: 

Sign-up Genius - PADS Scheduler

Thank you so much for cooking a hot meal for our PADS guests! Sadly, for some this will be their only hot meal, so plaese be generous in your preparation.
The exact number of guests is not known, Please check wiht the cooking coordinator to see what the numbers of guests has been recently. HOWEVER, please prepare for 20-40 people.
 

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CLOTHING
(New/Gently Used)

• Disposible Masks
• Men/Women’s underwear (new)
• Socks
• Sweatpants - Large to X-Large
• Sweatshirts
• Thermal underwear
• Rain ponchos

• Disposable Masks
• Brushes & Combs
• Dental Floss
• Deodorant - Men & Women’s
• Hand lotion
• Lip balm
• Q-tips
• Razors (disposable)
• Reflective tape
• Sewing kits
• Soap
• Sunscreen lotion
• Toothbrushes
• Toothpaste
• Tissues ​

 Click Here to SCHEDULE FOR A SHIFT/DATE - SIGN UP GENIUS

Journey from PADS to Hope
honors Saint Alphonsus Liguori for over 30 years of Volunteers and serving others through PADS.

Saint Alphonsus is a Saturday Evening PADS Site
October 7, 2023 - April 27, 2024

Our doors have been opened since 1990, Fr. Greg Wojcik, Pastor

This is an overnight shelter for our local homeless community. Every Saturday night during these time, we provide a hot dinner, a warm place to sleep, plus breakfast and a lunch for the following day. All guests are vetted through PADS.

• Set-Up Shift - please plan and pre-arrange through the director weeks ahead of time.
• Cook Dinner - please contact Wendy at 224-402-1968
• 1st shift: 7:00pm - 9:00pm/11:00pm
• 2nd shift: 11:00pm - 3:00am
• 3rd shift: 3:00am - 7:00am
• Clean-up shift: 6:00am - 7:00/7:30am

• Click Here to learn more about the volunteer shifts at PADS

The 2023/24 season will begin on the first Saturday of October and we will continue through April 2024.

2022 - 2023 COVID-19 restrictions have all been lifted. Our PADS site is looking forward to offering showers and cafeteria style food service through the whole season.


2021 Training Video - Site Specific - See Below
https://youtu.be/jCVaQQAtHjY

(Download the PDF of documents so you have a copy and you can follow in the video)

PDF of 2021 training documents

Please contact a director below to volunteer (information below)

• Cooking: Wendy 224-402-1968

• Other: Frank Mattison 224-402-1964

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