St. Vinnys Building Dining Hall

Ground was broken for a good cause Wednesday on St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene campus. The nonprofit’s leaders gathered to celebrate the start of construction of the future Father Bill Dining Hall. The updated facility will be named in honor of Father William C. Crowley, a former diocesan chancellor and pastor of St. Thomas Parish who passed away in April. Father Roger LaChance of St. Pius X Church in Coeur d’Alene attended the groundbreaking. He grew up in Pocatello with Crowley and knew Crowley most of his life. “Father Bill would be both humbled and proud to have this hall named in his honor,” LaChance said. The St. Vincent de Paul dining hall is currently housed in a small building with a kitchen smaller than most family kitchens. St. Vincent currently serves more than 1,000 meals a month from the undersized location, but is only able to serve meals to 15-20 clients at a time. With the new hall, it will be able to serve 60 people at a time/ Jamie Sedlmayer , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .

DFO: Are you as amazed as I am by the development of St. Vinny’s, under the direction of executive director Jeff Conroy?