Bishops ask for National Housing Day prayers
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article41592
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2018 January
- Author
- Folkins, Tali
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2018 January
- Volume
- 144
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 2
- Notes
- "Leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) asked for prayers with the approach of National Housing Day 2017, November 22, and the expected announcement of a national housing strategy by the federal government". "More than 235,000 Canadians are homeless at some point each year, the bishops stated, with up to 35,000 homeless on any given night. Thousands more, they continued, live in 'precarious' housing that they struggle to afford or that is unsafe or inadequate for them. In Canada, a disproportionate number of Indigenous people are homeless". "November 22 has been recognized as National Housing Day in Canada since 2000".
- Subjects
- National Housing Day
- Housing - Canada
- Housing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Canada - Statistics
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Homelessness - Religious aspects - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada