Our vision is to continue the mission of Christ and the work of the Church under the
mandate of Catholic Charities. Our mission will be to lessen the social alienation of the
poor, the homeless, and the single room tenants of Vancouver by funneling the community
resources available to us.
We will do this through the following projects:
- We will provide
our patrons with shelter during the day by running a drop-in
center where they can relax and socialize or have a light meal.
- We will provide
our patrons with safe respite during the day from the
dangers of the street.
- We will run for
our patrons a recreation program of video entertainment,
computer access and free general interest books and magazines.
- We will run a community
service hours project as an outlet for the
Elizabeth Fry Society program of the B.C. Justice Department to compensate
the community for its victimization
- We will provide
a space for religious and secular groups who offer social
service programs for the community and require a physical location to run
these programs.
Under the inspiration of Jesus Christ we
recognize the inherent value of our patrons and will exemplify the beatitudes through our
relationship with patrons by emphasizing the following values:
- We have a patron-driven
attitude.
- We will, in our
interactions with patrons, maintain the principles of care, trust, and integrity.
- We will accept
our patrons as they are without forcing evangelizing programs
on them.
By working together we will create a
setting our community will be proud of, and one that values the human spirit.