The February 2023 issue of The Companion, newsletter of Emmaus Ministries, honors founding mother Sister Mary Lou Kownacki who died on January 6. Sister Mary Miller, director, writes in her introduction, "Mary Lou was one of our “Founding Mothers,” establishing the soup kitchen when she was a young Benedictine Sister living in an intentional community in the inner city. There were always hungry people coming to their door, asking for any food that they could spare. Mary Lou envisioned a better way to ensure that the poor and hungry of Erie were fed..." DOWNLOAD HERE >>>
