Fair Trade Festival at Gesu.
The public is invited to attend Church of the Gesu’s annual Fair Trade Festival! In McAuley Hall (basement of the church building; accessible) after all Masses the weekend of April 25-26. Support alternative trade organizations. Do your Mother’s Day shopping with vendors like Revy Fair Trade Products, Shema Store, InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Santa Rosa Stitches, The HOPE Collection by INTO, Holy Land Shepherds, and JCU Fair Trade. Refreshments will be served after Saturday Mass and donuts will be served after Sunday Masses. Come and plan to make a simple purchase to change lives!
Hours:
SAT APR 25 2026
4-6pm (before and after the 4:30pm worship service)
SUN APR 26 2026
7:30am-1pm (before and after the worship services at 8am, 10am and 11:30am)
Location: Church of the Gesu, 2470 Miramar Blvd, University Heights 44118 (across from John Carroll University)
IRTF is grateful to our volunteers who staff our tables to educate the public about crucial human rights issues facing communities in Central America and Colombia and sell artisan fair trade handiworks to raise vital income for their families!
Volunteers can sign up for a shift here https://signup.com/go/AMNsFch or email volunteer@irtfcleveland.org.
