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    Church of the Incarnation

    A Roman Catholic Community in Charlottesville, Virginia

    Iglesia de la Encarnación

    Una comunidad católica romana en Charlottesville, Virginia

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      • YouTube – Ai wa Katsu El Amor gana

    PACEM (Sheltering the Homeless)

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    Note to Volunteers

    If you need to check your specific volunteer slot (day and time), please call either Tom or Diane. Their cell numbers are below:

    Tom Eckman: 434.604.6036
    Diane Benham: 434.227.2516
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    PACEM’s mission is “To bring together the faith community of the greater Charlottesville area to provide temporary shelter, compassionate support, and access to services to homeless individuals, so they can move to a stable housing solution. This work can only be achieved by forging partnerships in the larger community.”

    19 years of helping people in need

    We share a compassion for our neighbors in crisis

    Church of INCARNATION is Hosting

    Dec 31 through Jan 13 IN THE PAC

    The PAC will be a safe and loving place where everyone is treated with Dignity and respect. We will be serving 25 men and women each night for two weeks.

    PACEM Job Descriptions (PDF)

    DESCRIPCION DE TAREAS DE PACEM (PDF)

    “Extending hospitality re-establishes connection, welcoming
    everyone into a safe, personal, and comfortable space, a place

    of respect and acceptance and friendship.”

    Richard Hopkins

     

    History and Philosophy of PACEM

    In 2003, Charlottesville clergy and homeless advocates created PACEM after members of the Downtown Ministerial Alliance shared the experience of showing up for work in the morning and regularly finding homeless neighbors sleeping in the doorways.

    The 2004 Homeless Census – conducted by the Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless (TJACH )– supported the experience of the downtown clergy. Dozens of individuals were living in the streets, in the woods, in their cars, in abandoned buildings, behind garbage dumpsters, or around churches in the middle of winter. With a pressing need for shelter, the Downtown Ministerial Alliance and TJACH joined together. They gave their grassroots initiative the name PACEM – an acronym for People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry, a word that also comes from the phrase for peace: Dona Nobis PACEM.

    Based on a rotating shelter model from Richmond, PACEM opened during the winter of 2004. As we prepare for our 13th season this upcoming winter, PACEM has provided nearly 80,000 total nights of shelter for people who are homeless in our community. Along the way, we have learned that homelessness is not simply “house”-lessness. To be homeless is to lack roots, ties to place, and a sense of belonging. Extending hospitality re-establishes this connection.* (Source: Richard Hopkins)

    PACEM believes that a welcoming, safe place to shelter is the first step to addressing the crisis of homelessness.  Sharing a compassion for our neighbors in crisis, we bring the members of nearly 80 congregations and groups together each winter to address the need for shelter in our community.

    Our Mission

    PACEM’s mission is "To bring together the faith community of the greater Charlottesville area to provide temporary shelter, compassionate support, and access to services to homeless individuals, so they can move to a stable housing solution. This work can only be achieved by forging partnerships in the larger community.”

    Learn More About PACEM – WATCH PACEM VIDEO

     

    It is a Shelter of Last Resort

     

    PACEM Guidelines (PDF)

    PACEM Volunteer Binder (PDF)

    Text2Give:
    Register
    (434) 325-5560

    Mass Times

    Weekend

    SATURDAY:
    5:30 pm* Vigil Mass (English)

    SUNDAY: 7:00 am (Spanish)
    9:00 am* (English)
    11:30 am (English)
    1:30 pm* (Spanish)

    Weekday

    MONDAY: 12:15 pm* (English)

    TUESDAY – THURSDAY:
    12:15 pm* (English)
    5:30 pm* (Spanish)

    FRIDAY:
    12:15 pm* (English)
    7:30 pm* (Spanish)

    SATURDAY: 9:00 am (bilingual)

    Masses with * are live streamed
    on YouTube and Facebook.

    RECONCILIATION

    TUESDAY – FRIDAY: 6:00 – 7:00 pm
    SATURDAY: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
    SUNDAY: 12:30 – 1:00 pm

    Homilies

    Video recordings can be found on YouTube and Facebook.

    Contact Info

    EMAIL: 

    PHONE: (434) 973-4381

    FAX: (434) 973-1757

    ADDRESS:
    1465 Incarnation Drive
    Charlottesville VA, 22901

    Parish Registration

    (form in English)
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    Inscripción Parroquial (en español)

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