A Pfleger feast . . .
Food for thought.
On Christmas Day, a special South Side table is being set.
It will be laden with all the holiday trimmings dispatched to 11 shelters housing 1,000 homeless coordinated by St. Sabina via seven South Side Black business owners struggling to survive during the pandemic.
The free, homemade feast at multiple locations — which will include Christmas presents for all 150 children — was the brainchild of St. Sabina Priest Michael Pfleger after they realized COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing requirements led to the cancellation of their annual Christmas feast at their St. Sabina school hall.
“I learned years ago, it wasn’t unusual for some shelters to send their workers home on Christmas Day to be with their families, which many times resulted in the serving of plain non-Christmas-y dinners for the people who lived there,” he said.
“So we found a way to unlock that door and feed more by bringing food TO the shelters and support Black businesses at the same time!” he said.
“The Black businesses will prepare all the meals; our church members have enlisted cars to transport the food to the shelters ... placing fresh turkey, ham, sweet potatoes and all the fixings on their Christmas tables,” he said.
Miracles.
The true Christmas gift.
