Last month we celebrated Anthony Ramirez, Charles Torrence, and Oskar Villarberg on their graduation from our Culinary Arts Program (CAPs)! With the leadership and support of our phenomenal Culinary Arts Instructor Helen Coyne, these three individuals received...
DeLessio is a social worker at Father Joe’s Villages and lives in Scripps Ranch. I have been a social worker at Father Joe’s Villages for 22 exciting years. Social workers serve because they believe in the mission of their agency to help others and are motivated by...
Fernandez Reyes is a retired health care worker, a Catholic sister and a member of Eudist Servants of the Eleventh Hour. She lives in Mission Valley. My heart is filled with joy every time I serve at Father Joe’s in remembrance of Father Joe and his special friend,...
Chagnon is a volunteer at Father Joe’s Villages and lives in El Cajon. I hardly knew her, yet I loved her and she turned my world upside-down. She came in and out of our lives like storms in the night, never knowing the devastation that would be left behind. She was...
Vargas is president and CEO of Father Joe’s Villages and lives in La Jolla. From Nov. 13 to 21, cities and counties across the country will commemorate Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, a national event to not just recognize the impact of hunger and housing...
Written by President and CEO Deacon Jim Vargas. The root of American racism, slavery, runs deep within the very foundation of our country. To this day, even hundreds of years later, we see the echoes of our shameful past and the unfair burdens our country leaves upon...
