- All Records
- Homelessness - Canada
Advocating for the homeless
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article39929
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2014 January
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2014 January
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 2
- Notes
- "'Thousands of Canadians wake up every day in a rundown apartment, a crowded hostel among strangers or even out in the cold', said Murray MacAdam, social justice and advocacy consultant for the diocese of Toronto, told the 'Anglican Journal' as people across Canada prepared to observe National Housing Day on Nov. 22 [2014]".
- Subjects
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Toronto
- Housing - Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- MacAdam, Murray
Affordable Housing
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official486
- Date
- 1986 June 14-22
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 67
- Mover
- Rt. Rev. A.D. Brown
- Seconder
- Rev. M.C. Ingham
- Text
- 1. That this General Synod request each diocese to examine their financial property and people resources with the intent of developing practical responses to increase the affordable and appropriate housing supply in the light of the urgent need of affordable and appropriate housing across Canada for low income and homeless families, single parents and singles.
- 2. That each diocese request their parishes to examine the quality of their Christian community life by exploring ways of involving and supporting those who are all too often excluded in our society and church: the homeless, the unemployed, the deinstitutionalized, the hungry.
- 3. That this General Synod encourage diocesan bishops to use their office to support, ecumenically and politically, the development of housing programs.
- 4. That this General Synod encourage all members of the Anglican Church of Canada - (a) to support affordable and appropriate housing programs when exercising their political responsibilities; and (b) to examine their own property and its use in the light of the Biblical injunction to offer hospitality to the stranger.
- 5. That responses to the above resolution be encouraged, supported and publicized by the National Program Committee, its staff and members. CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS Act 67
- Subjects
- Housing - Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Anglicans and Lutherans act against homelessness
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official9453
- Date
- 2008 March 3
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press release
- Text
- March 3, 2008 -- The Anglican Primate and the Evangelical Lutheran National Bishop call on the members of their respective churches to advocate for affordable housing solutions for the homeless with letters and visits to their Members of Parliament.
- In a letter sent to the Minister of Human Resources and Development Canada, Monte Solberg, on Feb 27, 2008, the leaders urged the government "to address homelessness in Canada as part of a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy."
- The letter follows the tabling of the federal budget which left the estimated 150,000 to 300,000 homeless people in Canada out in the cold, and another 1.5 million Canadians in desperate housing need without relief.
- The joint Anglican-Lutheran initiative takes inspiration from the prophet Isaiah who asks what true religious observance is: "Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house?" (Isaiah 58:7).
- "Our vision," the leaders' letter concludes, "is to go beyond the prophet's call, to create a society where the hungry are able to eat their own bread, and the homeless poor are brought into their own house."
- "Being in full communion means more than worshipping together," says Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Anglican Primate. "Members of both our churches give generously of their time and money to help people who are homeless. They run thrift shops, food banks, overnight shelters, and hospitality programs. But they know that charity isn't enough. Advocating together for justice is also part of being in full communion."
- "I'm so excited by this initiative," says ELCIC National Bishop Susan C. Johnson. "It demonstrates how working together in full communion we can make a much larger impact and a stronger witness, hopefully inspiring our government to address the realities of homelessness in Canada."
- The joint initiative is modelled after a campaign of the diocese of Toronto encouraging Anglicans to visit their local MPs to express concerns about housing and poverty.
- Hiltz and Johnson are inviting Lutherans and Anglicans to write or visit their federal MP, and where possible, to do this jointly. The purpose is to ask the Government of Canada to:
- - Renew and increase the affordable housing funding which is set to expire at the end of 2008
- - Join with the provinces to develop a comprehensive housing strategy as part of an overall national poverty reduction strategy
- On line resources are available to help people participate in this initiative: [http://www.accnotes.org/ecojustice/reports_policy_documents/bring_the_homeless_poor_into_t/ ]
- - "Bringing people who are homeless into their own house" - a resource that explains this initiative and gives tips for writing and visiting with your MP.
- - A bulletin insert for use in church bulletins, encouraging congregations and parishes to become involved.
- - A copy of the joint letter from The Most Reverend Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and The Reverend Susan C. Johnson, National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada to the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Monte Solberg.
- - 30 -
- For more information contact: Trina Gallop, Manager of Communications, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, 888-786-6707 ext. 172, tgallop@elcic.ca [or] Maylanne Maybee, Coordinator of Ecojustice Networks, The Anglican Church of Canada, 416-924-9199 ext. 219 mmaybee@national.anglican.ca
- Subjects
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Poverty - Canada
- Poverty - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Poverty - Canada - Religious aspects - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Housing - Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Church and social problems - Anglican Church of Canada
- Social justice - Anglican Church of Canada
Churches shun mayor's pleas
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article9999
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1992 March
- Volume
- 118
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 12
- Notes
- Downtown churches are not taking up a request by Toronto Mayor June Rowlands that they open their doors to homeless people during the winter.
- Subjects
- Cuyler, Robert (Arthur Robert), 1927-2013
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Toronto
- Interfaith Social Housing Association
- Rowlands, June, 1925-
Church leaders call for release of housing funds
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official9113
- Date
- 2006 March 29
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press release
- Text
- TORONTO, March 29, 2006
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper should move immediately to release funds designated for affordable housing, according to the leaders of four Canadian churches -- Archbishop Andrew Hutchison of the Anglican Church of Canada, Bishop Ray Schultz of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Rev. Peter Short of the United Church of Canada and Henry Hess of the Christian Reformed Church of North America.
- In June 2005, Parliament approved a budget that included $1.6 billion dollars over two years for new affordable housing. Eight months have passed and these dollars remain uncommitted, the church leaders note.
- In a letter to the Prime Minister, the church leaders cite the involvement of church members across Canada to care for the most vulnerable in their communities, through food banks, community suppers, and shelter programs. "Yet they know these acts of charity are not enough ... Without secure, affordable and long-term housing, `home' for the people they serve will never be possible."
- Church groups and other civil society groups are ready to act, they say, to partner with federal, provincial, and territorial governments and develop housing that is :long overdue and desperately needed".
- "Unless you take decisive action to allocate these funds," the church leaders say, "we fear they may simply revert to debt reduction -- making only a marginal difference to Canada's economy and doing precious little to address the social and infrastructural deficits behind Canada's crisis of homelessness and affordable housing."
- The four leaders remind the Prime Minister, who has asked God to bless Canada, of the words of the prophet Isaiah, explaining that God blesses you "when you share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house".
- "We are asking you to spend tax dollars now in a way that will help to bring the homeless poor into their own house, and allow them the dignity of sharing their bread with others".
- - 30 -
- For more information, please contact: Maylanne Maybee, Justice education Coordinator, the Anglican Church of Canada; 416-924-9199, ext. 291, mmaybee@national.anglican.ca
- Subjects
- Housing - Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Church and social problems - Canada
- Church and social problems - Anglican Church of Canada
- Hutchison, Andrew S. (Andrew Sandford), 1938-
Council of General Synod: Assembly to challenge two issues
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article38377
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 May
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 May
- Volume
- 139
- Issue
- 5
- Page
- 7
- Notes
- "At their joint assembly this July [2013], Anglican and Lutheran delegates will be asked to consider a joint declaration addressing the issues of homelessness in Canada and responsible resource extraction involving Canadian companies here and abroad". "On the issue of 'responsible resource extraction', the declaration calls on the two churches to support indigenous communities in Canada and overseas 'in exercising their right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent' with regard to development projects that affect their traditional territories. It also asks them to 'advocate for responsible and ethical investment both in Canada and around the world'. The declaration notes that Canadian companies are major players in mining, energy production and resource extraction across the country and abroad. 'They generate wealth for our societies, but they also give rise to serious and complex environmental, socio-economic, and human rights issues', the declaration states". "[T]he declaration also commits the two churches to 'advocate for renewed federal funding' and for an 'integrated national collaborative strategy and greater accountability on the part of provinces and municipalities' in addressing homelessness and substandard housing. 'As we look across Canada, we are disturbed by the reality that around 400,000 people are without a healthy place to live and that homelessness has continued to increase despite years of unprecedented economic growth and prosperity in our country'."
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (40th : 2013 : Ottawa, Ont.) - Resolutions
- Joint Assembly (1st : 2013 : Ottawa, Ont.) - Resolutions
- Mines and mineral resources - Canada
- Mines and mineral resources - Developing countries
- Mines and mineral resources - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Investments - Moral and ethical aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homeless persons - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
A deplorable statement on housing crisis [editorial]
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article319
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Canadian Churchman
- Date
- 1988 November
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 9
- Page
- 4
- Notes
- "Newly-appointed federal housing minister John McDermid attempted a hasty retraction in the midst of the election campaign last month after he sent a message to Canada's homeless not to look to the government to provide shelter this winter.
- Subjects
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Housing - Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Economic Justice
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official922
- Date
- November 1986
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 27-11-86
- Resolution 28-11-86
- Resolution 29-11-86
- Date
- November 1986
- Record Type
- Resolution 27-11-86
- Resolution 28-11-86
- Resolution 29-11-86
- Mover
- Mrs. P. McBeth
- Seconder
- Rev. M.C. Ingham
- Prologue
- A request has been received from the Public Social Responsibility Unit to give new and increased energy to the work of economic justice in Canada.
- That resolution #49 be lifted from the table. CARRIED #27-11-86
- Text
- Resolution #49 reads:
- That this General Synod declares unemployment, homelessness and hunger to be major concerns of the Church. We recommend to the National Executive Council that adequate staff time be allocated to assist the Anglican Church of Canada, nationally, provincially and locally to address these concerns in the following ways:
- a) to work together to seek just solutions to the problems of unemployment, homelessness and hunger;
- b) to work with the unemployed, the homeless and the hungry towards such solutions;
- c) to work ecumenically;
- d) to challenge and to work with government: federally, provincially and locally to seek a more just society.
- Moved by: Dr. D.N. Maybee
- Seconded by: Ven. R.T. Pynn
- That the disposition of this motion be as recommended by the Officers, i.e.
- That this resolution be referred to the Program Committee for consideration, appropriate action and report back to the National Executive Council
- be approved. CARRIED #28-11-86
- Moved by: Rev. M.C. Ingham
- Seconded by: Mrs. Pamela McBeth
- That the proposals from the Public Social Responsibility Unit for new work in economic justice, be approved. CARRIED #29-11-86
- Subjects
- Church and social problems - Canada
- Social justice - Anglican Church of Canada
- Economic justice - Canada
- Economic justice - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Unemployment - Canada
- Unemployment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Hunger - Canada
- Hunger - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Public Social Responsibility Unit
The Fred Victor Mission Story : From Charity to Social Justice
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog2158
- Author
- Fagan, Cary
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
- Call Number
- HV 4510 T6F33 1993
- Author
- Fagan, Cary
- Place
- Winfield BC
- Publisher
- Wood Lake Books
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Physical_Description
- viii, 176 p. : ill.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Cary Fagan".
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- "The acid test of any society is the way it treats 'the least of these': the down and out, the transients, the homeless, the poor. For a century, the Fred Victor Mission in downtown Toronto has cared for these people. Started as a Sunday school by the Methodist Church, later operated by The United Church of Canada, the Mission has taken many forms during its life. But always it has been a concrete expression of compassion and concern". -- back cover.
- Contents: Acknowledgements / Cary Fagan -- Foreword / Bruce McLeod -- The Calling of Mary Sheffield -- City of Sin and Salvation -- Refined Ladies Among the Neglected Classes -- Fred Victor Plays His Flute -- A Magnificent Building at Jarvis and Queen -- A Shaky Start -- A Grand Forward Movement -- Satan's Battleground -- "Human Brotherhood Must Declare Itself" -- The Parson of the Poor -- Radio Days -- New Building, Old Mission -- The Mission Adrift -- Keith Whitney Takes the Plunge -- Agents of Change -- Short-Term and Long-Term -- Under Siege -- Making Homes First -- The Great Bar Controversy -- From Hostel to Homes -- The Quest -- Supporting a Community -- Epilogue -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
- Added Entry
- McLeod, Bruce (Norman Bruce), 1929-
- Subjects
- Fred Victor Mission - History
- Transients, Relief of - Ontario - Toronto - History
- Social justice - Canada
- Social justice - Religious aspects - United Church of Canada
- Poverty - Canada
- Poverty - Religious aspects - United Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - United Church of Canada
- ISBN
- 0-929032-90-X (pbk)
- Call Number
- HV 4510 T6F33 1993
- Location
- U. of T. Libraries
Grace Notes : `No room at the inn' rings true for homeless
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article24337
- Author
- Peers, Michael G. (Michael Geoffrey), 1934-
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1997 December
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1997 December
- Volume
- 123
- Issue
- 10
- Page
- 6
- Notes
- The Primate's column reflects on the reappearance of the homeless on our streets. "Being homeless in first-century Bethlehem is not different in principle from being homeless in 20th-century Canada. Jesus might well have been born under the Georgia viaduct [in Vancouver where author grew up] because there was nowhere else to lodge".