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None of Us Are Home Until All of Us Are Home
(Weather permitting!)The Peace & Justice Ministry and the Ladies of Mount Carmel are proud to welcome Will O’Brien from Philadelphia’s Project HOME, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that has been developing solutions to homelessness and poverty for twenty-five years. Mr. O’Brien, special projects coordinator for the organization, will talk about what it takes to overcome homelessness, and about the lessons of transformation, hope, and grace that the members of Project HOME have learned through their work; a resident of Project HOME will join him to speak about their personal experience.
Project HOME works to help people to overcome chronic homelessness, with street outreach programs, a range of supportive housing, and comprehensive services. They are committed to strengthening neighborhoods, knowing that homelessness often grows out of vulnerability. To that end, they work with both their individual clients andthe local neighborhoods on affordable home ownership, economic development, health services, and community organizing. Because education and employment are so tightly linked, Project HOME also provides clients with access to adult and youth education as well as occupational services.
Sister Mary Scullion and Joan Dawson McConnon founded Project HOME in 1989 on the spiritual conviction of the dignity of each person, and the belief that all persons are entitled to decent, affordable housing and access to quality education, employment, and health care.
Refreshments will be provided by the Ladies of Mount Carmel. For further information, contact: Rosemary Ramil, (215) 340-0238.
Thus says the Lord:
Share your bread with the hungry,
shelter the oppressed and the homeless;
clothe the naked when you see them,
and do not turn your back on your own.
Isaiah 58:7-10
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