RECID:
Office:
President and CEO: Deacon Jim Vargas, OFS
Administration & Fundraising Office:
619-446-2101
3350 E St., San Diego 92102
www.my.neighbor.org
Joan Kroc Center (M-F, 8am-4:30pm):
619-466-3537
1501 Imperial Ave., San Diego 92101
Provides access to those in need of essential resources.
Food Services:
619-230-7390
Meals to FJV residents and unsheltered neighbors through the Franklin Antonio Public Lunch Program. Frozen meals are also prepared for tenants in three housing sites.
The San Diego (Neil Good) Day Center:
619-230-7390
299 17th St., San Diego 92101
Safe daytime respite 7 days a week, including restrooms, laundry, storage, showers, a computer lab, charging stations, case management, and a mailing address.
Emergency Food Pantry (every Friday, 12pm-2pm):
3350 E St., San Diego 92102
Distributes nonperishable foods to those in need.
Inclement Weather Shelter:
619-466-3537
Overnight shelter for up to 85 unhoused individuals and 10 families when there is rain or temps fall below 45°F.
Village Health Center:
619-645-6405
1501 Imperial Ave., San Diego 92102
Federally Qualified Health Center offering comprehensive care (primary care, dental care, behavioral health services, and substance use disorder treatment).
Street Health Program:
619-645-6405
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, medical assistants, outreach workers, counselors providing primary care, psychiatry, mental health, and substance use treatment. Identifies the most urgent healthcare needs, including triage, wound care, prescription filling, and more.
Harm Reduction Initiatives:
619-466-3537
1501 Imperial Ave., San Diego 92101
Naloxone (Narcan) vending machine for anyone experiencing an overdose.
Detox Center & RISE Program:
619-665-1607
1501 Imperial Ave., San Diego 92101
Safe space, medically supervised withdrawal management for those with substance use disorders. The Reaching Independence and Self-Empowerment (RISE) recovery housing program offers stability, sobriety support, case management that prepares individuals for permanent housing.
Bishop Maher Center:
619-466-3537
Shelter/comprehensive services for single women as a bridge to long-term stability, including meals, case management, counseling, and access to healthcare, housing, and employment resources.
Veterans Village San Diego:
619-393-2000
Two programs within Veterans Villages of San Diego: one serving single adults and one for older adults ages 55+. Provide a safe environment, individualized support, connections to healthcare, job resources, permanent housing.
Therapeutic Childcare:
619-645-6718
Individualized specialized care, assessments, developmental plans, social-emotional and behavioral health services, academic support, parenting classes.
Family Living Center:
619-645-6747
Next to Therapeutic Childcare. The St. Margaret of Cortona Harbor Program provides a safe living space, services for single women expecting or for 6 months after delivery. Focuses on employment or advancing careers to support their household and sustain permanent housing while maintaining a clean/sober lifestyle.
Gene Burkard Emp & Education:
619-233-8500
Classes in computer skills, application and resume preparation, interviewing, budgeting, and credit repair. Work with employers to connect clients with jobs.
Skills & Training Enhancement Programs (STEPS):
619-233-8500
On-the-job training and certification for careers in food services, tourism, real estate, etc.
Chaplaincy:
619-233-8500
Spiritual health and motivation (Bible study, Catholic Mass, and non-denominational services). Healthy activities such
as art, gardening, bicycling, and exercise groups.
Permanent Supportive Housing:
Affordable housing through 7 buildings: 897 units to date.
Thrift Stores & Donation Centers
Main Office & Donation Center:
619-446-2100
815 33rd St., San Diego 92102
Imperial Beach Store & Donations:
619-651-8004
1555 Palm Ave., Ste F, San Diego 92154
El Cajon Store & Donations:
619-465-5840
2325 Fletcher Parkway, El Cajon 92020
Hillcrest Store & Donations:
619-255-1255
1457 University Ave., San Diego 92103
Chula Vista Store & Donations:
619-600-3778
405 Broadway, Chula Vista 91910
Bishop Pulido’s coat of arms is divided into four quarters with wavy horizontal lines from top to bottom. The blue and white lines represent the Blessed Virgin Mary. They also suggest water, which alludes to Jesus washing the feet of His disciples and to the waters of baptism. The red and gold lines represent the Holy Spirit and fire. The colors also can be seen as referring to the Blood that (along with water) poured from Jesus’ side at His crucifixion, as well as to the bread (gold) and wine (red) transformed into the Eucharist. At the center is a roundel featuring a symbolic representation of the “mandatum” (washing of the feet), which he believes exemplifies service to all humanity. The roundel’s outer edge is a line composed of small humps; it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Diocese of Yakima, where Bishop Pulido served as a priest before being named a bishop.
Bishop Pham’s coat of arms combines the Diocese of San Diego’s coat of arms on the left side, and his on the right. On his, a red boat on a blue ocean sits on diagonal lines suggesting a fisherman’s net. This symbolizes his ministry as a “fisher of men,” as well as how his own father had been a fisherman. The boat is also a symbol of the Church, which is referred to as the “barque of Peter.” At the center of the sail is a red beehive (a symbol of the bishop’s baptismal patron saint, St. John Chrysostom, known as a “honey-tongued” preacher). The beehive is surrounded by two green palm branches (an ancient symbol of martyrdom; the bishop’s ancestors were among Vietnam’s first martyrs). The eight red tongues of fire around the boat are a symbol of the Holy Spirit and a representation of the diversity of ethnic communities.
The coat of arms combines symbols that reflect Bishop Bejarano’s spiritual life and priestly ministry. The main part of the shield shows four wavy vertical lines on a gold background. These represent flowing waters. This alludes to his chosen motto and also symbolizes the graces that come from the Divine life to quench our thirst for God. The upper third of the shield is red because it is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Order of Mercy, of which the Bishop’s patron saint, Raymond Nonnatus, was a member. The central symbol resembles a monstrance because St. Raymond is often depicted holding one. The Eucharist is Bishop Bejarano’s inspiration for his vocation. It was through the Eucharist that he received his call to the priesthood at age seven and which keeps his faith and his ministry going. It represents the call to offer oneself as a living sacrifice. The monstrance is flanked on either side by an image of the Sacred Heart, alluding to the mercy of God and echoing the idea of a sacrificial offering of oneself united to the sacrifice of Christ, and of a rose for Our Lady. It is an allusion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, and highlights the bishop’s Hispanic heritage.
