‘I believe everyone deserves a final resting place’ Sister BJ’s commitment to the homeless carries on

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Speaking about his deceased friend Onesiphorus, Saint Paul in 2 Timothy 1:16-18, expresses gratitude for Onesiphorus’s loyalty while imprisoned in Rome and prays that he will receive mercy from the Lord on the Day of Judgment. The prayer and the mention of his “household” imply that Onesiphorus was dead when Paul wrote the letter, leading to the conclusion Paul was praying for his dead friend...

The pilgrimage, led by a team including eight perpetual pilgrims, spent five days in Oklahoma, including parts of four days in the Oklahoma City metro area.

Grant provides boost for Sister BJ’s Pantry

A local Scout was volunteering at a local food pantry with his family when he noticed that the nonprofit could use new furnishing.

On All Souls’ Day, Archbishop Coakley celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial for the cremated remains of 90 individuals who had no friends or family to claim them after their deaths. Sr. Barbara Joseph Foley, with Sister BJ’s Pantry, purchased a crypt with the help of various donors to provide a final resting place for these men and women. Photos Avery Holt.

“Our mission,” Sister Barbara Joseph said, “is that of being an immediate but effective service to the homeless in all their needs, material and spiritual, until they can find some others who can help them in a better and more lasting way.” Gifts may be made at www.srbjpantry.org.

Sister Barbara Joseph at the Sister BJ's Pantry table.

Sister Barbara Joseph Foley, a Carmelite sister of Saint Therese of the Infant Jesus, founded Sister BJ’s Pantry in 2006. Since that time, the pantry has ministered to thousands of homeless in Oklahoma City.

On Nov. 2, All Soul’s Day, Sr. Barbara Joseph Foley, Fr. Rex Arnold, two members of the Order of Malta and Resurrection Cemetery staff interred the first cremated remains into a crypt purchased by Sr. Barbara Joseph at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery in Oklahoma City.

Sr. BJ’s Pantry hosted Homeless Friends Day Nov. 13 in Oklahoma City. People were offered jeans, socks, dog food, cat food, hygiene kits and the COVID-19 vaccine.

Catholic-based charity provides coats and other clothing to help homeless Oklahoma City community members endure harsh winter weather

Sister BJ’s Pantry, a Catholic-based service organization located downtown at 819 NW 4th St., in Oklahoma City, held an event at their facility to provide brand new clothing, including socks, jeans, underwear and most importantly winter coats, to those in need.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — Since the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations across the metro have been working to help provide the city’s homeless population with food and clothing after the virus shut down homeless shelters and some food pantries. Sister BJ’s food pantry was one that was forced to shut down around March, putting all services at a halt until further notice. “Her vision she thought, the need is still there, we still need to feed these people but how can we do it?” Rose Sewell said, a volunteer at Sister BJ’s Food Pantry.

Oklahoma City nun's meal ministry goes mobile

Sister BJ’s Pantry has taken the ministry on the road with the use of a new “mobile meals” bus.

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