Member Submission: Tampa and Easter Week
Recently the city of Tampa, in partnership with Catholic Charities, has built a camp for homeless people. The concern is that the homeless people may not have access to a facility where they can wash their hands frequently and have access to hand sanitizer.
The camp will hold 100 homeless people, providing mobile showers, mobile laundromat, and portable toilets. They will get fed three meals a day and any needed medical treatment.
Sex offenders need not apply.
“The Catholic Charities’ mission is to serve those most vulnerable with dignity and compassion during their most vulnerable time,” said Margaret Rogers, Catholic Charities’ Executive Director. “While everyone is ordered to stay at home and be safe, we realize that there’s a population that doesn’t have a home to go to.”
“For I was hungry and you gave me food… you gave me drink… you welcomed me… you clothed me…and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.”
I’m saddened that Catholic charities can exclude any group of people. What moral or church teaching allows you to exclude even the least of these people?
“Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”
I pray that this week, the holiest week for Christians, is a week that Christians will do as Jesus would do. FORGIVE. After all, isn’t forgiveness the reason Jesus died on the cross?
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This is what I did in Orlando while on Conditional release mcdonalds,burger king and other fast food place first charge phone at these places and some have free internet like denny’s buy a cup of coffee, Go to hotel lobbies I not telling u to do wrong.. But if you gotta lie say you waiting on grandma or something there are places that offer free internet or wifi. Your landlord can’t evict you during this period of time … my landlord can’t evict this person because of this virus so it should be the same. If I were you I would try praying first….. The Lord used my enemy to help me out of there yes i slept in the woods but my enemy found a place for me and paid two months rent…..Try praying first GOD will open doors for you if you let him. Meanwhile go to fast food joints and make sure there are no playground there either! good luck
I have no internet or wifi but 1 bar of internet signal and that is not enough. I do get food stamps and I’m waiting to see what happens with disability. In the meantime were do I go if the landlord decides to evict me. I have no money no work everything is pretty much shut down here. Plus my probation officer will not allow me to go to the public library.
Even the First Step Homeless Shelter in Volusia county will not take Sex Offender’s/ predators