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The Miles Jesu domus members live in a community setting. There are separate men's and women's communities, each responsible for their own needs and ministries. Consecrated domus members take a vow of poverty. Therefore, none of the community members has their own private money, and they receive almost all of their food, clothing and furniture by begging.
For example, in Rome once a week two community members rise at 4:30 AM to go to the fruit and vegetable market. On another day of the week they go to beg for meat at the meat market. One week these members brought back fruit and vegetables that would have cost around $400. Besides feeding the two communities in Rome, there was enough to feed 120 poor people twice a week.
So rather than spending any donations we receive on these things, we are able to put them to good use in many different apostolates.
Miles Jesu members staff Boys’ and Girls’ Towns in Ukraine, India and Nigeria. They receive no salary and live very simply and poorly – like all our communities around the world. Donations that are given for these apostolates go directly to the poor who really need the help.
In many parts of the world where Miles Jesu is present, supplying a daily meal can change someone’s life drastically. At the L’viv Soup Kitchen, 300 families are fed daily. Many of these people, if not for this meal, wouldn’t eat at all. Whole families eat at the soup kitchen, including children who would otherwise be neglected.
Donations to Miles Jesu can accomplish a lot. Nothing goes to waste. You may be surprised to know that $1 can provide a full meal for 15 children from the slums in India where Miles Jesu members in Bombay feed 150 children daily.
Every Miles Jesu community – from Phoenix to Chicago, London to Rome, Eastern Europe to India – begs for their food, clothing, and living necessities in order to be able to help the poor in each foundation. In this way, generous donations can help even more people. Even in the United States, Miles Jesu members in Phoenix sponsor an outreach to Nogales, a border town between the U.S. and Mexico, which distributes 150 hot meals every day to the many who come in their need.
As you can see, the members of the Miles Jesu communities are very busy and live very simply. They rely upon support from people like yourself to continue their much needed ministries to the poor of the world. Please consider offering your financial support to help our communities flourish.
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