gardening tools

Crop check – Gordon Nelms (above) of Mount Pleasant examines the crops at a one-acre community garden created at a local community college by Titus County Cares, an umbrella organization that works with providing food and other services to those in need in the northeast Texas county. The garden provided a number of recipient families with produce like fresh tomatoes, peppers and squash, Nelms said. (Catholic Charities East Texas)

Three different East Texas communities have taken to heart the Gospel mandate to feed the hungry by growing community gardens. St. Therese Parish in Canton and Jacksonville’s Our Lady of Sorrows Parish have created onsite gardens cared for by parishioners, while in Mount Pleasant, an ecumenical effort at a local community college campus falls under the umbrella of a countywide program.