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In August 2007 the Missionaries of the Company of Mary began a food delivery service to those who are either destitute or unable to access help in the Southampton area. This ministry is called the Poitiers Project because it resonates with the work of the community's founder, Louis de Montfort, in Poitiers, France when he worked amongst those living within the city's poor house.

'Louis ... obtained an old donkey, saddled it with two large baskets, and went the rounds of the tradesmen and wealthy people of the town. He was at first the cause of many raised eyebrows, but it was not long before he became an accepted sight, and would return with laden baskets and full pockets ... His begging baskets may have been humiliating, but they were undoubtedly the only practical means of solving the problem'
Fr Bolger SMM, A Man called Montfort

The numbers of men, women and children served increases each week. At present, our co-workers and volunteers are providing over 5000 meals a month, including giving food to 100 children. We operate within the poorest quarters of Southampton and take food to many different people including people in financial crisis, those struggling to cope due to addiction, trauma or rebuilding their lives after exiting prostitution.

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