During the 2022 Advent season, the spirit of cooperation moved several Catholic lay groups in Charlottesville to begin helping a family in need find safe and stable housing and, just as importantly, surround them with a supportive community whose faith brought them all together. The collaboration between Catholic Worker community Casa Alma and the local Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP), with initial assistance from Church of the Incarnation, Charlottesville, and the Family Intergenerational Religious Education (FIRE) group there, as well as Charlottesville’s Notre Dame Alumni Club, formed a support network that changed the lives of a young immigrant father, mother, and their two-year-old son. In addition, the Latino family was first helped with food, transportation, and temporary housing,…