Salvation Army Casseroles

Social Justice: Salvation Army Feeding Program

Reminder!!! Pans will be distributed after each Mass February 4 and 5. Please remember to use pans from previous distributions if you have them. The casserole recipe can be found below. Frozen casseroles will be returned before each Mass February 11 and 12. contact Gail Kotval at 251-5886 or Connie Cade at 270-1044.

Every Tuesday and Friday from 5 to 8 a.m., volunteers wake up early to work in the Salvation Army Canteen, a mobile kitchen, handing out doughnuts, eggs, coffee, juice and milk to the homeless throughout Des Moines. The canteen stops at the downtown YWCA, low-income apartment complexes and other areas where people are in need. The homeless clients include children and teenagers.

Organizations and churches prepare and freeze breakfast casseroles that are used to feed homeless clients. So the Salvation Army provides the recipes and the pans and you provide the cooking. Volunteers help serve the food. If you want to help distribute food, please call Judy Anderson at 278-0939. This is one way you and your family can be of service to those who are homeless.

St. Pius Parish has supported the Salvation Army Breakfast program for over six years. Members of the Social Justice Committee organize the bimonthly collection.

Catholic Social Teaching: Option for the Poor and Vulnerable: A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first.

Salvation Army Casserole Schedule

Pans Distributed
February 4 and 5
April 14 and 15
June 2 and 3
August 4 and 5
October 6 and 7
December 1 and 2
Pans Returned
February 11 and 12
April 21 and 22
June 9 and 10
August 11 and 12
October 13 and 14
December 8 and 9

There is now a freezer located in the kitchen of the Martha and Mary Fellowship Center. If you forget to return a pan, you can stop by and put it in the freezer during the hours the Church is open. Questions? Call Gail Kotval, 251-5886 or Connie Cade, 270-1044.

More information: http://www.salvationarmy-desmoines.org/homeless.html

Casserole Recipe

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

1 lb. sausage, browned, drained and crumbled
OR 3/4 lb. chopped ham
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups milk
4 eggs
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2. Tsp. salt
1 cup Bisquick Mix

Spray a 11x13 aluminum pan with Pam. Spread meat and cheese evenly on the bottom. In a blend or bowl combine eggs, milk. Add Bisquick Mix, pepper, and salt and mix thoroughly. Pour mixture over the meat and cheese. Bake 35-45 minutes until casserole is firm in the middle. Cool a few minutes and cover with aluminum foil and freeze.