<div dir="ltr">Thank you Catherine for this stark reminder of how our city and country criminalize poverty and relentlessly harasses the poor, also for the opportunity to be in solidarity with these people who suffer so much!<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 9:08 AM Catherine Walther via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">FYI Catherine </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <br>Date: Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 7:35 AM<br>Subject: Dec. 8: Jesus to be jailed for living on street<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div><div><div dir="auto">JESUS TO BE JAILED FOR "DWELLING IN STREET"</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sculptor Timothy Schmalz and the Church of St Stephen-in-the-Fields will hold a media event on Thursday, December 8th, at 9:30 am, to protest the criminalization of homelessness, and show solidarity with the encampment in the church yard at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/103+Bellevue+Avenue?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">103 Bellevue Avenue</a> at College St., 2 blocks west of Spadina.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On November 24th, the encampment which has existed peacefully in the yard of the Church of St Stephen-in-the-Fields for the last six months was served with a Notice of Violation by the City of Toronto. The named violations are “obstruct street” and “dwell in street.” The residents of the encampment have been given until December 8th to vacate the place which has become the only safe shelter they can obtain.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Internationally renowned sculptor Timothy Schmalz, whose work is installed at the Vatican, created a statue outside St Stephen’s which is familiarly known as “Panhandler Jesus.” On December 8th, he will be present at St Stephen’s to install a cage around the statue. It is the sculptor’s intention that the cage should remain in place until the City stops criminalizing homelessness, and the encampment residents are offered safe and decent shelter, rather than being evicted and dispersed with no housing plan.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The Anglican Bishop of Toronto, the Right Reverend Andrew Asbil, will be present for the installation, as will the Reverend Canon Maggie Helwig, priest of St Stephen’s, and residents of the encampment itself. Political representatives have also been invited.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For more information, contact the Reverend Canon Maggie Helwig, 416-526-5438.</div></div></div><div><div>
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