Service & Immersion Sites
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Service and immersion sites will continue to evolve as FAN confirms with partners through February 2026.
Possible partners include:
Advocacy & Community Organizing
BUILD, community organizing and power (here)
South Baltimore Community Land Trust, community-led organization (here)
International
Catholic Relief Services, humanitarian assistance and global climate migration (here)
Migration
Esperanza, Catholic Charities, welcoming immigrants (here)
Environmental-Justice & Integral Ecology
Filbert Street Garden, urban gardening and education (here)
Little Portion Farm, sustainable farming and creation care (here)
Masonville Cove Partnership, urban environmental restoration (here)
Mr. Trash Wheel (here)
Economic Justice & Social Services
(with emphasis on returning citizens and veterans)
Franciscan Center of Baltimore, serving the economically disadvantaged (here)
Mayor's Office of Homeless Services (here)
South Balitmore Station, therapeutic residential treatment (here)
Prepare for Parole, empowering people to make their best case for parole (here)
Violence Interruption & Pastoral Care
Filbert Street Garden
Filbert Street Garden
https://filbertstreetgarden.org/
Filbert Street Garden provides a green space in South Baltimore's urban and industrial landscape. Currently Filbert Street supports two local wildlife projects - providing a home to 200-300 native bats and hosting the largest community garden beeyard in the State of Maryland.
The Franciscan Center serves persons who are economically disadvantaged in an effort to assist them in realizing their self-worth and dignity as people of God. As Baltimoreans make their way to self-sufficiency, services include: Culinary Services, Responsive Services, and Empowerment Services (nutrition, connection, and education).
Grief Ministry, Archdiocese of Baltimore
Grief Ministry, Archdiocese of Baltimore
Through a network of volunteers from churches, schools, universities and other organizations, the goal of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Grief Ministry is to accompany families who have lost a loved one to violence.
Little Portion Farm
Little Portion Farm
Little Portion Farm, a ministry of the Franciscan Friars Conventual, uses sustainable farming methods to restore the health of the land and donates all harvests to the Franciscan Center of Baltimore. The farm's mission is to, using the words of Pope Francis, “hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”
Masonville Cove Partnership
Masonville Cove Partnership
The mission of the Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership is to: inspire all people to explore, discover and respect nature, growing the next generation of environmental stewards. Located in South Baltimore, Masonville Cove is the nation's first Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership.
Safe Streets, Catholic Charities
Safe Streets, Catholic Charities
Since 2007, Safe Streets has been Baltimore’s flagship gun violence reduction program. Founded in 2000 by epidemiologist Dr. Gary Slutkin, Cure Violence is a public health approach that uses trusted messengers in the community to interrupt the transmission of violence.
South Baltimore Community Land Trust
South Baltimore Community Land Trust
SBCLT believes that people directly impacted by environmental, economic, and racial injustice must be in the lead to create development that regenerates our communities and our planet. It is a 2024 funded project of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
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