by alex-focus | Jul 18, 2019 | St. Herman House - FOCUS Cleveland
Exciting times at the farm! It has been a busy few months at our Spruce Island Farm in Trumbull County. We put up our first greenhouse, thanks to a very generous donor and many people who volunteered their labor. We’ll plant vegetables and flowers in the fall....
by alex-focus | Jun 28, 2019 | St. Herman House - FOCUS Cleveland
Greg came to St. Herman’s main house in late November last year. Shortly after arriving, he got a job as a chef, and in February he moved into this room in our transitional house. After living here for five months, he felt ready to take the next step. He got his...
by alex-focus | Mar 27, 2019 | St. Herman House - FOCUS Cleveland
In early March, we said goodbye to a dear friend and former resident, Anthony Faulisi. Anthony had lived at St. Herman’s in 2010, and in our transitional house in 2016-2017. He was a parishioner at St. Albert the Great in North Royalton. He had studied at seminary and...
by alex-focus | Mar 18, 2019 | 40 days with FOCUS, St. Herman House - FOCUS Cleveland
On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, we celebrate the restoration of the use of holy icons, holy images, in the Orthodox Christian Church. In affirming the use of icons at the Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787, the church, at the same time, was affirming the incarnation of...
by alex-focus | Mar 15, 2019 | St. Herman House - FOCUS Cleveland
“I want to better myself” Twenty-seven years old, Frank has struggled with addiction since his teen years. “I burnt a lot of bridges,” he says, and that’s how he ended up without a place to live. He had been kicked out of a boarding house and was staying at a...
by alex-focus | Mar 6, 2019 | St. Herman House - FOCUS Cleveland
We’re excited for spring at Spruce Island Farm! We’re erecting our first greenhouse and adding more beehives. To prepare ourselves, Director Paul Finley and assistant house manager Kirk B. took a road trip to Holy Oak Farm in Wisconsin. Holy Oak Farm is a nonprofit...
