[Sundaycommunity] from Fr Prakash

[Tina Neves]

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On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 2:17 PM Elizabeth Whelan via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> I received this from Fr Prakash, and am sharing it, should you also wish to
> email the Mayor. Apologies if this is a duplicate.
>
> Peace,
> Elizabeth
> Liz
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *"Lohale, Fr. Prakash" <plohale at archtoronto.org>
> *Subject: **City-wide Email the Mayor Campaign*
> *Date: *January 8, 2023 at 11:12:58 AM EST
> *To: *Interreligious Department <Interreligious at archtoronto.org>
>
> Hello Friends,
> We’re starting a City-wide Email the Mayor Campaign starts today!
> https://stonesoupnetwork.ca/*openwarmingcentres*/
> <https://stonesoupnetwork.ca/openwarmingcentres/>
>
> On Christmas, one person froze to death. Yesterday another person living
> outside died in a fire in their tent. The lack of proper housing is killing
> God’s beloved.
> Please ask your people to use our online template to email the mayor. It
> will literally take less than a minute to do but it could save lives this
> winter.
>  Also, please listen to CBC’s *Metro Morning at 7:10 AM on Monday*, when
> Rev. Alexa Gilmour from Stone Soup Network will be sharing the work we did
> last week and asking the mayor to take immediate measures to prevent more
> injuries and death, inducing:
>
>    - increase the number of warming centres across the GTA
>    - make access to warming centres available 24 hours/day throughout the
>    winter months
>    - end encampment evictions and the destruction of survival gear
>    - keep the current shelter spaces open, including shelter hotels
>    - add an additional 2,700 non-congregate spaces within the regular
>    shelter system
>
>
> In 2016 <https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4374814>, Mayor Tory, bowed to public
> pressure and opened five emergency warming centres 24/7 so there is good
> reason to believe he will listen to the will of the people if we can find
> room in our schedules to advocate for God’s unhoused beloveds. I’m so
> grateful to each of you for continuing this journey with us.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Prakash, OP
>
> *fr. Prakash Anthony Lohale, OP*
> *Director, *
> *Office for Interreligious Dialogue,*
> Archdiocese of Toronto.
> Catholic Pastoral Centre
> 1155 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4T 1W2
> T: 416.934.3400 x 344 F: 416.934.3434
>
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