Bob Mullen
Webster’s New World Dictionary defines charity as “the love of God for
man or of man for his fellow men…” The Catholic Catechism states
“Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all
things for His own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of
God.”
By either or any definition Trinity Cafe represents the essence of
this virtue. When I think of this virtue I imagine the scene of any
noon meal at Trinity Cafe being the demonstration of pure charity in
action.
As a co-founder of this now established institution, I never imagined
that a few years into its fruition we would have served more than
300,000 meals to needy people by the grace of many tens of thousands of
volunteer hours and hundreds of thousands of donation dollars which
made all this possible.
As I recall all the self-effacing, loving, spontaneous interpersonal
exchanges our wonderful volunteers have provided for people in need of
not just a meal, but food served in a loving, caring manner with a
genuine outreach of unconditional acceptance of a needy person
struggling to survive in challenging life situations, I am convinced we
are carrying out a real charitable role with unconditional love.
Of course this could not have been sustained without the organization
and skills of our wonderful Chef Alfred, the leadership of our
volunteer board members and the dedication and perseverance of the many
daily volunteers many of whom have served since the inception of this
service.
May God continue to bless all who have made and continue to make the Trinity Café possible.
Justin George - St. Petersburg Times
Justin George captures the essence of Trinity Cafe in this story. To understand more about Trinity Cafe\'s mission and challenges, click on the link to his story.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/workinglife/trinity-cafe-serves-upscale-meals-to-homeless/1055893
Justin George - St. Petersburg Times
Read this inspiring story about three 5th grade girls that decided to make a contribution to Trinity Cafe after reading the story "Trinity Cafe Serves Upscale Meals to Homeless" that published in the St. Petersburg Times. Support like this helps ensure Trinity Cafe is able to continue to feed our homeless and hungry guests.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/south-tampa-girls-form-club-based-on-caring-sharing/1062158
