{"id":102810,"date":"2018-03-20T00:24:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T07:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=102810"},"modified":"2018-03-18T21:26:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T04:26:58","slug":"love-story-church-acting-like-church-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2018\/03\/love-story-church-acting-like-church-homeless.html","title":{"rendered":"I love this story of the Church acting like the Church to the homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A Church opens its pews to homeless people who just need to sleep:<\/a><\/p>\n

Lack of sleep is one of the most critical health issues for the homeless.<\/p>\n

An average of 225 homeless people seek safety and rest on the pews in the sanctuary of St. Boniface church in San Francisco every day, thanks to The Gubbio Project.<\/p>\n

The Gubbio Project was co-founded in 2004 by community activists Shelly Roder and Father Louis Vitale as a non-denominational project of St. Boniface Neighborhood Center located in San Francisco\u2019s Tenderloin neighborhood in response to the increasing numbers of homeless men and women in need of refuge from the streets.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo questions are asked when our guests walk into the churches; in an effort to remove all barriers to entry, there are no sign-in sheets or intake forms. No one is ever turned away; all are welcomed, respected and treated with dignity,\u201d the project\u2019s\u00a0website states<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the church uses the front 1\/3 of the sanctuary for church-goers to celebrate daily mass at 12:15 p.m., the Gubbio Project uses the back 2\/3 of the sanctuary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Deacon Greg Kandra has the rest of the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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