St. Joseph Housing Repair

Site Description:

Saint Joseph’s Housing Repair Program is located on Main Street in Clintwood, VA. The community and its people have been greatly impacted by the coal, gas and timber industries and absentee ownership. Despite the poverty and the land and water devastation, community members are determined to assume control of their destiny. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church is one of several churches in the area that has formed a ministerial association to meet some of the needs of local residents. Its housing program offers low and no income people home repairs and engages the community in discussions around housing-related issues and actions.

Site Resources:

[Not available at this time]

Site Contact:

We discourage students from directly contacting the site; all reservations are made through the Center for Social Concerns. Further emergency contact information will be provided to students upon enrollment in the seminar.

Sr. Jean Barbara Korkisch, C.S.C.sjbcsc@yahoo.com; (276) 926-4328.

Lodging:

Students provide their own bedding (sleeping bag, pillow, and/or blankets and sheets).

Travel:

Students will travel to the site on Sunday, October 16, and will return the following Friday, October 21.

Personal Expenses:

Students must pay for their own meals while they travel from Notre Dame to the site on Sunday and back to Notre Dame from the site on Friday or Saturday. Students are requested to bring enough money to pay for these 2–3 meals, and it is also suggested that students bring extra spending money for personal purchases during their immersion. The availability of ATMs varies with each site, and so in the interest of avoiding fees or running out of money, it is suggested that students have a reasonable amount of cash on hand before the immersion.

Meals:

Students will use Center credit cards to purchase groceries and prepare their own meals.