You see a bunch of bored-looking young men on a street corner in the inner city and you think, these guys are looking for trouble. Mike Murphy sees that same group and thinks, these guys could use a hand. And he’s putting himself on the line to make sure that they get it. Since 2008, Mike, a Marianist brother who runs The Canticle Café for St. Francis Seraph Ministries in Cincinnati, has mentored dozens of men through the Homeless Empowering Life Plan (HELP). Its goal is to give those whose lives have been derailed by poverty, legal issues or lack of education the support and opportunity they need to succeed.  The program is made possible by a grant from the Marianists, encouragement from Franciscan Br. Tim Sucher and a pledge of job placement from the local Ironworkers Union. “If they don’t have the right support, they’ll continue to be out on the street,” Mike explains. “They’ve got all this baggage and they don’t have a family to help them get through this.” In Mike, they have someone who tells them, “You’re important. Let’s see what we can do.” And that’s more than most guys on street corners will ever get.