Article: Keeping the parish engine running.(automobile program of Ann Arbor, Michigan, parish)(Brief Article)

Where social justice meets auto repair

St. Francis of Assisi Parish of Ann Arbor, Mich., had done everything right. They had launched a program to give used autos to working poor people, including moms and dads moving off welfare. Even more vital, as anyone who has owned a clunker knows, the parish garage provided a year of free maintenance.

When the program, sponsored by the parish St. Vincent de Paul Society, outgrew Woody's Stay Tuned garage, it contracted for a larger service center in nearby Ypsilanti. On New Year's Eve 1998, three days before they were due to move into the new quarters, someone broke into Woody's and stole $15,000 worth of tools. ...

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