Robert Kinghorn
Robert Kinghorn is a deacon of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
You can read his column, "The Church on the Street" in The Catholic Register.
You can contact him at robert.kinghorn@ekinghorn.com
Some nights it does not take long for the temperature to plummet. I don’t mean the thermometer, but the temperature of the street.
Robert Kinghorn: Young evangelists heed cries of the poor
Recently I found myself in the basement of a downtown church surrounded by a confirmation class of children, teachers and parents. The church sits in an area where the outreach of the Church on the Street is most challenging, and the class had responded to the call of Pope Francis in The Joy of the Gospel: “We cannot passively and calmly wait in our church buildings; we need to move from a passive ministry of mere conservation to a decidedly missionary pastoral mission.”
The Church on the street: A gift of thanks on Christmas morn
The Church on the Street: Moment of grace enhances a noisy night
Amid violence streets still have their moments of grace
Canadian heritage can be found on our streets, too
In the wake of Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations, I have been reflecting on how the Canadian Catholic Church is perceived on the streets.
Comment: Meet 'Mary' ... my friend
The request was simple: “I’m going south for a week, could you give me a ride to the airport and pick me up on my way back?”
I call them the confessions of Sr. Immolatia. They are the words of a vibrant, spirit-led past parishioner of the Church on the Street.
We are often rudely awakened to our insufficient response to the voice of need.
Harriet’s spirit wins out in the long run
The brutality of life on the streets could not defeat this ‘I used to be famous’ woman
There are evenings when I am walking the streets that deep theological insights come abruptly to my mind. This was one such evening.