Mission Standing Committee Shifts its focus to homelessness
/The Standing Committee on Mission is excited to announce that we have adopted a strategic shift in the focus of the committee that we believe will benefit the church as a whole. Over the next 2 years, we will direct a considerable amount of energy to providing both parishes and diocesan leadership with facts, resources and concrete tangible responses centered on homelessness.
A complex issue – homelessness is often the desperate outcome for those whose lives are impacted by poverty, social displacement, addiction and mental health issues. Our intention is to also provide “real-time” insights to critical/acute situations as they arise – providing information for a public diocesan response.
We also want to assure parishes that these efforts will not take away from our responsibility to address new grant appeals. We feel confident that in taking up this refocused identity we are continuing our purpose in championing both the Marks of Mission and the Gospel’s call to serve.
