A man sleeps upon a pew in St. Boniface Church in San Francisco. (Jeanette Antal)
What does it mean to find a way home? Mercy Sr. Mary Scullion has an answer: “It means through God’s grace, when you touch the pain and suffering of another, it's transformative — hopefully for all of us. And that means it brings us back to the basic sense of human dignity and human equality and human connection.”
How and when have you sheltered the homeless? Please email us your stories and images or leave a comment on our Instagram account.
Stories on sheltering the homeless:
Family has Pope Francis to thank for Habitat for Humanity home
San Francisco parish's pews provide homeless with peace, respite
Global Sisters Report: Sister advocate for homeless in Philadelphia lives the church Pope Francis envisions
We continue to fight for housing rights in India
Demanding alternative sites for housing in India
One girl in Kenya finds a safe haven from FGM, and a future
Italian convents act as safe houses in trafficking portal
Our shelters are ready and waiting
History professor takes on homelessness on campus
Q&A with Sr. Grace Miller, a tireless advocate for the homeless
Europe's women religious answer the call to help the growing refugee crisis
Hospitality houses offer works of mercy to immigrants in limbo
