Due to COVID-19, we are taking extra precautions to protect all of our volunteers by suspending volunteering temporarily and protecting our residents through extra cleaning, practicing social distancing, routine hand washing, sheltering in place, and creating a separate sick facility. Due to COVID-19 and through protecting our volunteers, we are using extra staff that is increasing our operating budget. You can help with financial relief by donating to our COVID-19 Relief Fund!

Bed Sponsorship

You're invited to partner in this mission to help the shelter provide for the particular needs of each resident for an entire year. As a bed sponsor, you would be providing food staples, personal grooming products, bed linens and medicine. Your donation also assists with any other needs of the resident occupying that bed. The cost to you is less than $1.37 a day.

Volunteer Opportunities

The shelter is open 24/7. We are always in need of volunteers. Contact us today to assist in our mission.

Our mission is to provide a safe, non-judgmental environment where individuals can have a warm place to sleep, shower, eat, and wash their laundry in a Christian atmosphere. St. Benedict’s addresses barriers many face becoming self-sufficient by providing life skills classes, case management, targeted case management, ministering, transitional housing, maternal housing, day shelter, emergency shelter, and advocating services and resources.

We also provide spiritual counseling through Bible studies and more.

2020-21 Bed sponsorships going well

January 19, 2021

Donations for St. Benedict's continue to come in for the Bed Sponsorship Campaign, the shelter's largest fundraiser of the year. As of Tuesday, Jan. 19, the nonprofit had received $113,689, but hopes to meet or exceed its $150,000 goal by the end of the month.Anyone interested in donating should go to https://stbenedictsowensboro.org/donate/. St.…

COVID-19 Relief Fund and needs

April 10, 2020

First, we thank our supporters, volunteers, and community partners for walking with us during this time. We pray God will show His mercy and grace through this worldwide crisis.Community support is vital to St. Benedict's. Without our army of faithful volunteers and donors, the nonprofit wouldn't exist.We have a financial…

Gratitude in action

August 15, 2019

Meet Ronnie and Darrell! These men once needed us but quickly learned we needed them, too.They stayed at St. Benedict's shelter for men for a brief period of time. Then, Darrell and Ronnie entered the nonprofit's Transitional Housing Program.Through case management and self determination, these men chose to give back to…

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2020-21 Bed sponsorships going well

COVID-19 Relief Fund and needs

Gratitude in action