Our Food Pantries

Catholic Charities operates three food pantries throughout the Diocese of Paterson:

Passaic County
Father English Food Pantry
435 Main Street, Paterson, NJ
(973) 279-7100 Ext. 2018

Morris County 
Hope House Food Pantry
101-103 Bassett Highway, Dover, NJ
(973) 361-5555

Sussex County
Partnership for Social Services Food Pantry (& Thrift Store)
48 Wyker Road, Franklin, NJ
(973) 279-7100 Ext. 2018

 
Combined, all three food pantries serve between 100-125 clients each day; that’s over 25,000 visits per year.  On average, CFCS distributes nearly 7 TONS of food each year from the three pantries.  Funding and supplies for all of the food pantries are provided by private donors, parish collections, church and community food drives, the CommunityFood Bank, FEMA, and some county funding.  The Catholic Charities food pantries also receive generous donations from the Corpus Christi Food Drive, typically held in May/June of each year.  The Corpus Christi Food drive stocks the food pantry for the summer, a time where donations tend to drop off but needs remain high.
 
The Father English Food Pantry was among the first to restore dignity to food pantries by giving clients “Shopping Points” according to their family size and then allowing clients to shop for their needs and preferences, just as they would in a commercial supermarket. Clients may access the consumer choice food pantries as often as they need; patrons typically leave the food pantries with enough food to feed their family for one week. Clients are required to provide some basic information on the registration form, including household income, to assure that the food bank resources are going to those in need and that we can be accountable for funding that we receive from government and other agencies that support the Food Pantries.
 
Catholic Charities’ food pantries also support the local food pantries in parishes and diocesan affiliates by filling in gaps; when there are needs in the local pantries. 

You can donate nonperishable food to any of our 3 food pantries by calling our Development Office at 973-944-5992.

You can also make a monetary donation to our Food Pantries below,