Homelessness

For 31 years now, Lucio Abbruzzese and the St. Patrick’s Summer Street Patrol have walked the same downtown paths every Wednesday evening to hand out food and offer a few minutes of conversation to the city’s most vulnerable. That very simple, humble mission he started in 1995 has remained unchanged, no matter how greatly the city around it has refused to.

Faith leaders in Toronto are joining outreach workers, students and local residents in a march through the city’s downtown core on June 24 demanding no person in Toronto be forced to sleep outside.

A message from the Capuchins of Central Canada marking their serving of 1.5 million meals to those in need during the decades-long operation of St. Francis Table.

In a heartwarming display of compassion and community, 55 Grade 12 students from Marshall McLuhan High School took part in a transformative "Street Retreat" April 28.

Fr. Matthew Durham touted the end-of-life care advancements made at the Saint Elizabeth (SE) Foundation’s Journey Home Hospice since its 2018 inception during a Lectures in Catholic Experience presentation.

Homeless can root for their NFL favourites at Rabba Roots’ Super Bowl Sunday supper.

Blue Door’s Mosaic Interfaith Out of the Cold program has opened its seasonal housing services across faith-based sites in York Region in the face of a weakening economy and rising homelessness, all while winter looms closer.

Register staff explore what’s drawing young people back to faith and why it’s a welcome sight. Also, a Barrie parish’s continued work to address the homelessness crisis.

While still coming to terms with the city’s recently declared state of emergency, St. Mary’s Parish in Barrie, Ont., will be hosting its second annual symposium on homelessness Oct. 6 under the theme of “Responding with Compassion and Hope.”

Register staff take a closer look at the homelessness crisis across Canada as well as the recent report by Cardus on MAiD.