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House of Grace Catholic Worker

Description

House of Grace Catholic Worker is a community in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA co-founded by Mary Beth Appel and Johanna Berrigan. With an extended community of faithful volunteers, we provide free health care services through the Catholic Worker Free Clinic for unhoused, uninsured, underinsured people of our community. We provide temporary hospitality for those in need at the Kassie Temple House of hospitality. The House of Grace also has two community gardens; a fruit and vegetable garden, and a sitting garden part of the Neighborhood Gardens Land Trust.

What We Do
The Catholic Worker Free Clinic is also gathering space where people come to relax, take a shower, charge their phones, use the lending library, and find someone to listen. We offer pastoral care services/ spiritual counseling upon request.

Catholic Worker Free Clinic Hours
(all services are walk in)

Tuesday: 9:30-11:30 AM, 4:30-6:30 PM
Wednesday: 9:30-11:30 AM
Thursday: 4:30-6:30 PM
Friday: 11:30 AM-1:30 PM

We host communal events throughout the year for people who utilize our clinic services, and others. We have an annual Christmas party for clinic guests and volunteers, and we take people to the Phillies game annually. Also, periodically, we open our beautiful, tranquil sitting garden for people to enjoy a time of rest, and relaxation.
We need volunteer dentists to be able to reopen our dental clinic.
Community Founding Date
May 1, 1994
Are you a tax-exempt organization?
No

Contact Information

Physical address(es)
House of Grace Catholic Worker
1826 E. Lehigh Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19125

Catholic Worker Free Clinic
1813 Hagert St.
Philadelphia, PA 19125
Phone
Email 2
Einiegal@yahoo.com

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