Weekly Homeless Outreach
Showing Up for Our Neighbors
Every week, we head out with food, water, clothing, hygiene supplies, prayer, and time to spend with people living on the streets.
Weekly Outreach
Why We Keep Coming Back
Each week, we go into the community with meals, water, hygiene supplies, clothing, and whatever else has been collected for the people we meet.
We walk the area, hand things out ourselves, ask what people need, talk, listen, and offer prayer when it is welcomed.
Returning matters. We see familiar faces. We remember names. Conversations continue. And when someone is ready for more than what we can carry with us that day, there is already a relationship to build on.
Week After Week
The People We Meet Are Not Strangers for Long
Going back to the streets each week changes the way outreach happens. Faces become familiar. Names are remembered. Conversations continue from where they left off.
We begin to know who needs water, who is looking for clean clothes, who wants prayer, and who simply wants someone to stay and talk for a while.
That is why presence matters as much as what we carry with us. Food and supplies meet an immediate need. Returning gives trust and relationship a chance to grow.
Why We Serve
Our Faith Has to Show Up Somewhere
For us, serving people on the street is not separate from the Catholic life. It is one of the places where faith becomes concrete — in the person who is hungry, tired, struggling, or simply asking not to be overlooked.
We do not have every answer, and we cannot meet every need. We can bring what we have, give our time, pray, listen, and keep showing up.
That is enough reason to go back next week.
Matthew 25:40
Get Involved
There’s More Than One Way to Help
Come out with us, help stock what we take into the streets, or help cover the cost of another week of outreach.
Show Up
Join an Outreach
Help prepare meals and supplies, then come with us into the community. No experience is required.
Volunteer →Give What’s Needed
Donate Supplies
Water, clean socks, hygiene items, seasonal clothing, and other practical supplies go directly into weekly outreach.
Arrange a Drop-Off →Support the Work
Help Fund Outreach
Donations help purchase food and supplies and keep the outreach going from one week to the next.
Give to Homeless Outreach →
“Never leave a brother or sister behind.”
(E.T.)
Beyond the Outreach
Sometimes a Meal Is Only the Beginning
When we meet someone on the street, the immediate need may be food, water, clean clothes, or simply someone willing to stop and listen. But sometimes the need goes further.
TUC7 is a ministry initiative of St. Joseph Collaborative. Through that larger work, outreach can connect with practical support, community resources, partner organizations, and opportunities for greater stability.
TUC7 continues to bring the prayer, brotherhood, presence, and boots-on-the-ground service. St. Joseph Collaborative helps create the structure around that service so there is somewhere to turn when the next need is bigger than what we carried with us that day.
In the News
Featured in El Compás Católico
The story of founder Eric “E.T.” Tafoya and the mission of Traditional Urban Catholic was recently featured by El Compás Católico, the Diocese of San Bernardino’s Spanish-language Catholic publication.
Featured in El Compás Católico
The Story of E.T. and a Mission Built on Faith, Redemption, and Service
El Compás Católico recently shared the story of Eric “E.T.” Tafoya, founder of Traditional Urban Catholic, and the mission growing through his life, faith, and service in San Bernardino.
Born from E.T.’s own story of conversion and redemption, TUC7 brings the Gospel directly to the places many people overlook — the streets, parks, detention centers, and spaces of reentry. Through prayer, food, clothing, encouragement, and brotherhood, the ministry reminds people facing homelessness, addiction, violence, and hardship that they are seen, valued, and not forgotten.
“Whatever you did for one of the least of these... you did for me.”
(Matthew 25:40)