On September 9, 2010, Joseph Cotchett was awarded the Fr. Alfred Boeddeker Award from St. Anthony Foundation at a special luncheon and awards ceremony. This honor is given to those who support St. Anthony’s mission and work in servicing the poor and homeless. St. Anthony Foundation’s mission is to feed, heal, shelter, clothe, lift the spirits of those in need, and create a society in which all persons flourish. They are committed to providing the poor with basic needs and services. St. Anthony Foundation was founded by Fr. Alfred Boeddeker, born in San Francisco, an American Franciscan friar who founded humanitarian programs to aid the poor and marginalized in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of Fr. Boeddeker’s greatest sayings – “The great activity of our life is to love.”
