Neighbors and Nuns Face Off Over Soup Kitchen

nuns-e1481045385982.jpg

Sisters Marie Benedicte (left) and Marie Valerie make a case for their soup kitchen, proposed to move in to 1930 Mission St., at a neighborhood meeting called to address homelessness. Photo by Laura Waxmann/Mission Local

By Laura Waxmann, Mission Local
Residents in the northeastern Mission District are forming a community group to push local government toward ending homeless encampments in the area, while a pair of nuns displaced from the Tenderloin tries to gather support for a soup kitchen in the neighborhood that neighbors fear will attract only more homeless.

The nuns are Marie Benedicte and Marie Valerie of the Fraternite Notre Dame Mary of Nazareth, and their appearance surprised even Andrew Presley, a resident of Natoma Street and one of the organizers of a neighborhood meeting on Monday night.

Read the complete story at Mission Local. 

Don't miss out on our newest articles, episodes and events!
Sign up for our newsletter