Cottages Completed at Rising Tide Ranch

With our Cottage Project, Mission Circle has committed to provide funding and volunteer labor to build transitional sleeping cottages, used as a first step for people who are unhoused or face similar challenges. We are building these cottages because we believe that every individual should have a healthy, safe place to live—even if it’s only temporary. These cottages provide an interim step toward permanent housing, with wrap-around social services to support the journey.

Cottage construction is a team project, led by experienced master carpenters. Any level of skill that you have – in almost any area from pounding nails to painting – will be put to good use. We publicize each build and recruit parish volunteers using bulletin and pulpit announcements, and sign up sheets at tables after Masses. Our most recent build was two more cottages at Rising Tide Ranch in Vista, where we have previously completed three cottages.

Rising Tide Ranch  (https://www.risingtideranchca.com/) is a Christ centered, men only, sober living ranch. Our spring 2024 build at Rising Tide Ranch completed two more cottages.

The objective of another of our cottage builds–Peace Village housing–is to provide shelter for clients of refugee agencies. The cottages we built in October at Unicorn Village completed Phase 1 of that facility for at-risk youth. You can view photos of our Unicorn Village build last fall:

More about the Cottage Project: https://missioncircle.com/missioncircle/cottage-project/