Food Program Ministries

​The H.A.L. Program is named for the late Hal Anderson, a parishioner who worked tirelessly to provide food for those in need.  It is an ongoing food drive that collects non-perishable food and personal care items for delivery each week to the Brookfield Food Pantry.

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​If you would like to participate in this program, simply take a yellow HAL bag from the church vestibule and return it to the church front hallway (on left) the following weekend for distribution on Monday to the Brookfield Food Bank.  

Food needs vary from week to week but staple products are: pasta, pasta sauce, rice, canned veggies, canned chili, Chef Boyardee Ravioli, cereal, cooking oil, condiments (ketchup mustard, mayonnaise), peanut butter, jelly, tuna, laundry detergent, deodorant,  dishwashing liquid, shampoo, paper products such as facial tissues, bathroom tissues, feminine products, paper towels

May God bless you for your thoughtful generosity.

(Presently suspended because of pandemic) every 3 months sign-up sheets are available in the church for volunteers to sign up to prepare a casserole for distribution to the Dorothy Day Hospitality House in Danbury -  http://www.dorothydaydanbury.org/ 

Once a month, pans and a recipe for that month are distributed after Sunday masses to the volunteers who signed up for the month. Volunteers prepare the recipe provided and can pay for the ingredients or present a bill for reimbursement.   

The completed uncooked casserole is returned during the following week to the freezer in the shed next to the rectory garage for delivery to Dorothy Day House at the end of the week.  

May God bless you for your thoughtful generosity.

A team of St. Joseph parishioners volunteers on the second Thursday of each month – to prepare and serve a nutritious hot meal to the clients of Catholic Charities’ afternoon dinner program run out of the Dorothy Day Hospitality House in downtown Danbury.

​If you are interested in volunteering or finding out more about how you can assist with this ministry, please call Maria Fernandes @ 203-770-1088 for more information.

In November of each year just prior to Thanksgiving, Operation Turkey Drop collects turkeys and non-perishable foods in support of the annual Thanksgiving Food Outreach run by Blessed Sacrament Parish in inner-city Bridgeport. Hundreds of local east end Bridgeport residents receive a turkey and all the fixings for a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

​If you are interested in volunteering or finding our more about how you can assist with this ministry, please call Deacon Peter Kuhn @ 203-775- 1035 for more information.

Some years the demand for food cards from Shoprite is so high that the cards collected at the Christmas need to be replenished.  To accomplish this, we set up the fully decorated Christmas tree in the air-conditioned vestibule of the church in July and ask the faithful to repeat their generosity to replenish the gift cards in our program.  Thankfully, we’ve only had to implement this program 3 times in the last 10 years.

If you are interested in volunteering or finding our more about how you can assist with this ministry, please call Deacon Peter Kuhn at 203-775-1035 for more information.