The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:12:47 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb OCY to launch urban missionary program /item/20178-ocy-to-launch-urban-missionary-program /item/20178-ocy-to-launch-urban-missionary-program

TORONTO - When discussing missionary work, it is easy to picture evangelization in small rural communities in remote corners of the world. However, there is missionary work to be done in big cities as well.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Canada: Toronto-GTA Sun, 03 May 2015 17:00:00 -0400
Solution to homelessness at hand, but it won’t be cheap /item/18022-solution-to-homelessness-at-hand-but-it-won-t-be-cheap /item/18022-solution-to-homelessness-at-hand-but-it-won-t-be-cheap

TORONTO - Homelessness is solvable and even if the solution isn’t cheap every dollar spent to put homeless people in an apartment of their own saves $2.17 that would otherwise be spent on hospital emergency room visits, other medical services, shelters, prisons and policing, a new study has found.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada: Toronto-GTA Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:00:00 -0400