Catholic Worker BBQ
May 22, 2004

On Saturday, May 22, 2004 the members from four fraternities in Orange County (Little Portion, Irvine; St. Francis, Huntington Beach,; Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Habra; and St. Maximillian Kolbe, Los Alamitos) gathered at Isaiah House (Catholic Worker) in Santa Ana to share a meal with some of the homeless of Santa Ana. The Korean fraternity, St. Francis, was unable to attend but the were there with us in spirit and they contributed $100 toward the purchase of paper goods. 
Approximately 25 Secular Franciscans helped prepare and serve barbequed hamburgers  & hotdogs, salads, vegetables, and desserts to 250 brothers and sisters, including lots of children who do not have access to food or shelter on a regular basis.

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Tom Prisk arranging food Fraternity members taking direction from Patrick Patrick giving the fraternity members some history of the Catholic Worker and helping us organize the food preparation Orange County district fraternity members getting the serving lines ready Jan DeSpain (pointing) telling Mike Morris and Gloria Padrone where the drinks will be served. Dan Medina (background) getting the BBQ going Bill Armstrong (St. Francis), Dan Medina (Our Lady of Guadalupe), Mike Morris (St. Maximilian Kolbe), and Jesus Blanco (Our Lady of Guadalupe) getting the hotdogs on the grill.
Mike Morris, Bill Armstrong, and Dan Medina busy cooking and sharing And the food is finally ready... Gloria Hartman at the front serving Sylvia Paoli (Orange County District Councillor) is giving Dwight Smith donations raised by the fraternities for use by the Catholic Worker. Fratermity members, along with Dwight Smith, are discussing ways that the SFO members can help out Catholic Worker Fraternity members listening to Dwight Smith explain the needs at Isaiah House Fraternity members listening to Dwight Smith explain the needs at Isaiah House
Fraternity members listening to Dwight Smith explain the needs at Isaiah House Dwight (center) responding to questions from the group