Editorial: Walking a mile in their shoes
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40540
- Author
- Jenkins, Kristin
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2011 January
- Author
- Jenkins, Kristin
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2011 January
- Volume
- 137
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 4
- Notes
- "No stranger to ministering to the indigent, [the Rev. David W.] Opheim took up the challenge at All Saints [at the corner of Dundas and Sherbourne, Toronto] last August [2010] after three years as the incumbent at Saint Saviour's in Victoria, the homelessness capital of Canada. There, he managed the Rainbow Kitchen, which served hot meals to street people five days a week". "The drop-in centre at All Saints is where people on the outside come to get inside. .... Most have mental health issues, many are functionally illiterate. .... 'Where would Jesus be in all this ?' [Opheim] asks me. 'That;s the question. This is the real messy church'." "The Rev. Susan Haig is the associate priest at All Saints. Formerly a lawyer, she finds her new calling so strong that 'when my feet hit the floor in the morning, I can't wait to get to work'." "Opheim and Haig are passionate about extending radical hospitality beyond the four walls of the church". "All Saints is funded by FaithWorks, the outreach ministry of the diocese of Toronto". "Getting to know street people, who come to Toronto from every corner of Canada, restores their humanity as well as yours, Opheim insists".
- Subjects
- Homelessness - Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- All Saints Anglican Church (Toronto, Ont.)
- Opheim, David W. (David William), 1957-
- Haig, Susan
- Hospitality - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada