National honor goes to Catholic university's student-run soup kitchen

Published: 2003-10-13

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (CNS) -- The Warming House, a student-staffed soup kitchen at St. Bonaventure University, is receiving a national award from the Catholic Campus Ministry Association, one of only seven such ministry programs to be recognized nationally. Robert Donius, vice president for university ministries at St. Bonaventure, nominated the Warming House for the "Forming Christian Conscience" Award. In the nomination he noted that under director Sarah Nies students have learned to serve others as part of a community that welcomes 35 to 50 guests, of various ages and states of mental and physical health, to dinner six days a week. He said many students have gone on to serve in volunteer programs or in their own faith communities. Nies and Donius are to accept the award during a Catholic Campus Ministry Association reception for U.S. bishops Nov. 12 during the bishops' annual fall meeting in Washington.

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