St. Francis of Assisi, as a Passage Home faith partner, adopts a home or apartment to make a lovely, comfortable living dwelling for women coming out of prison or a family transitioning from homelessness.  Our team of volunteers provides light maintenance repair as well as light redecorating.  Furniture and other household items are solicited through donations.  We stock the kitchen with a week’s worth of groceries.  When the family moves in, the program concludes with the St Francis team and families enjoying a meal of celebration, thanksgiving, and fellowship.

St Francis adopted our first house in September 2007.  It was commissioned October 2008 as the Magdala House and serves as a safe and loving house for four women coming out of prison.