You can judge a civilization by how it treats its most destitute – those who, in the words of Matthew 25, represent the least fortunate of God’s people. For five decades on the streets of Philadelphia, Sister Mary Scullion, class of 1976 at St. Joseph’s University, has served as a woman for and with others. Through her Project HOME organization, she’s helped shepherd thousands out of the cycle of homelessness – offering them not just a shelter roof, but health care, education, and employment. She’s an activist for raising the minimum wage, homeless voter registration, and decriminalizing loitering; she’s also been arrested for passing out food and has taken over city building basements during freezing winter nights. A beloved local hero, she’s won the Laetare Medal, American Catholicism’s highest honor, and made Time Magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. In episode 2 of Formative, we talk about the inspiration she drew from Father Pedro Arrupe, the exhausting trauma of ministering through a pandemic, and what the homeless usually see when those with housing look at them.