She was trying to drive to St. Louis Bertrand for mass Tuesday morning, but her GPS just wasn’t getting her there. Not from Louisville, Joan finally pulled over to the side of the road and said, “St. Michael, will you get me to the parish I need to be at today?” She looked up and noticed she was already there: Holy Name Catholic Church, the backyard neighbor of Catholic Charities’ Fourth Street location.

She went in and attended mass and, when she came out, saw Deacon Andy Heinsohn, Pam Pusty, and a few volunteers unloading a panel truck with food for the Father Jack Jones Food Pantry. The pantry is a joint venture of Catholic Charities; Holy Name and Holy Trinity Catholic churches; and, of course, Dare to Care.

The Latinx woman pulled Pam aside and said, “I need to donate to you.”  After a brief conversation, Joan reached into her wallet, pulled out a $100 bill, and gave it to Pam for the food pantry.

That’s when she told Pam that she is from Lexington. The wife of a physician, she weekly drives a client to Louisville and, while here, attends mass. Realizing that she was led to Holy Name and the food pantry, she “just knew” that she “had to donate.”

That’s food for the body and for the soul.