Sojourner Place, Seattle

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Sojourner Place, located in the Seattle UW district, welcomes women in transition.  We help single or pregnant women get back on their feet as they overcome obstacles:

  • Homelessness
  • Substance abuse
  • Jail time
  • Domestic violence
  • Financial crisis

On any given night in Seattle and surrounding areas, it is estimated over 600 women are without shelter. For a glimpse at what it's like to be a homeless woman see part 6 of the Tyra Banks goes underground as a homeless woman, 7 part series on You tube.

Can we help you?  Women who are accepted at Sojourner House live here for up to a year while they work or take classes. Program fees are $365/mo. Sojourner Place provides a room and food, plus structure, life-skill classes and goal-oriented counseling. 

Can you help us turn women’s lives right-side up?
See our “Support Us” page for ways to help!

A Cause to Dine For

“A Cause to Dine For” is an annual fundraiser held in June for two ministries sponsored by the Sisters of Providence -- Providence Hospitality House, a shelter for women and children in the Seattle University District and Sojourner Place, a haven for women in transition located in the UW district. This year, over $90,000 dollars was raise for these two ministries. We are most grateful! See photos>

The Opening Prayer at the breakfast was given by Charlotte Van Dyke, SP, Board of Directors Chair, Pariseau Corp.

The Least of These

There’s a hungry one, lives in the street
There’s a thirsty one without a cup to drink
There’s a little one with no shoes on her feet.
There’s a family sleeping in the rain,
And the one abused will never be the same,
The addicted one with no one left to blame.
And all of these are my people.
And all of these long to be free.
And all of these are my beloved.
And all of these are me.

So when you hold out your hand selflessly,
And give help to the stranger in need,
Then whatever you do to the least of these
You do to me.

In a prison, so far from home,
I was lonely, so bitter and alone.
Evicted, illegal. Incurable. Different. Despised.
I was locked out – but you took me in.
I was at the end. You helped me to begin.
I’m a lot like you: Sister, brother, and friend.
So follow me into the Kingdom,
Follow me for you have been wise.
Follow me, you who have known me.
I was right before your eyes.

So when you hold out your hand selflessly,
And give help to the stranger in need,
Then whatever you do to the least of these
You do to me.