Strengthening community
through nourishment, advocacy and accompaniment
Formed in 2022, Montavilla Collective gathers sheltered and unsheltered neighbors for what we all need: community and the opportunity to be of service. The Collective supports a variety of projects most notably the Hope & Bread Sunday Evening Community Gathering, serving a hot meal and the nourishment of community.
Feed the Hungry
We cannot fix all of our community’s problems, but we can offer a hot meal made with love, a smile, and life-saving supplies.
Center the Marginalized
We offer a space where all are welcome and all are fed, and we hope you will join us. All people who attend our gatherings are included in decision-making and in charting the course of who we are. We do not rely on professionals or experts; people with lived experience of extreme vulnerability and poverty are our best teachers.
Accompany the Vulnerable
We meet our neighbors where they are and accompany them, when asked, through challenges and crises of life on the streets, offering sacramental as well as pastoral care.
Gather in Community
Housed and unhoused neighbors gather regularly to share gifts of time, attention, nourishing food, and non-judgmental hospitality. When we gather, there are no “others.” .
Advocate
Volunteers and friends show up in the courtroom, in the hospital, and in the public square to help raise the concerns of those whose voices often go unheard but who are often disproportionately impacted by the decisions of those in power.
Celebrate
In good times and bad, it is good to be together. We mourn each other’s losses but we never neglect to celebrate the wins and the special days.
What we do
