Horace McKenna, S.J., with children of St. Aloysius School, c. 1973

After leaving the Ridge community in 1953, Father McKenna spent most of his ministry at St. Aloysius Church in Washington, D.C. He led the fundraising efforts that led to the construction of low income housing project Sursum Corda in 1968.He also organized a group of interfaith leaders to serve lunches to the homeless on a daily basis, a practice that became the foundation of the nonprofit organization So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.). After Father McKenna passed away in 1983, St. Aloysius Church established the McKenna Center, which now provides health care, food relief, clothing and other services to people experiencing homelessness.

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Horace McKenna, S.J., Papers (821201)