This December, we got the chance to welcome residents into their new, stable, affordable homes in Mattapan, with the New England Patriots Foundation! Thanks to the Foundation's generous support through their Community Captains program, we were able to welcome residents into their new homes with gift boxes and fleece blankets.
Paul Burton and CBS spoke with POUA President Bill Grogan, and highlighted our affordable housing development work to convert vacant Archdiocesan properties into stable and affordable homes. Read more here.
We are incredibly grateful to be included in this year's Community Captains cohort, through the support of The New England Patriots Foundation and Bank of America! The program provides $50,000 to POUA, as well as two years of trainings, networking, in-kind donations, volunteer opportunities, and site visits from the Foundation and the Bank. We're eternally grateful for our relationship with Bank of America, and for all of Erin Sutherland and Brittney Macomber's support and advocacy of our work and our mission. Thank you for having us out to Gillette Stadium to kick off the program amongst our peer organizations! Read more about the program here.
POUA mourns the loss of Pope Francis, an ardent social justice advocate and ally. At a gathering in 2015 in the midst of folks experiencing homelessness and poverty, Pope Francis remarked, “We can find no social or moral justification, no justification whatsoever, for lack of housing.” We at POUA completely agree. We are saddened by this immense loss for the Catholic community and the world and will continue to be inspired by the legacy of his leadership, values and life’s work.
We are so grateful for everyone's support of our Spring Celebration and Fundraiser on March 19th, and for the chance to honor Cardinal Seán O'Malley, and his support of our work over the past 20 years. Thank you to our hardworking partners and colleagues on our fundraising committee - who helped us raise over $525,000; our board members; Maurice Coleman from Bank of America, who helped host our event; Fr. Oscar Pratt; our residents, Monsignor Bryan Hehir and Kelley Tuthill from Catholic Charities for their video messages to Cardinal Seán; and to all of our partners, colleagues and supporters who contributed to and attended our celebration! Watch our Affordable Housing as a Social Justice video that we aired at the fundraiser, by clicking the link here, or playing video above.