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A Match Made in Heaven by Ana Watts Paul’S Friend Colin Mcdonald, Site of St SERVING THE DIOCESE OF FREDERICTON • A SECTION OF THE ANGLICAN JOURNAL • January 2013 A V I S I T T O T H E C R E C H E … A N O L D T R A D I T I O N W A R M L Y R E C E I V E D “How wonderful, so many.” “ I have one but haven’t had it out in years.” ‘I’m going 80 Crèches or Holy Family figures artfully displayed throughout St. Thomas Church in home and get mine out.” “If you do this next year, I have one I would like to lend Stanley. It was the Black Friday weekend, a very busy time of year, so it was exalting to to you.” These are among the many, many comments of the guests who viewed the open the doors of the church and have the community embrace Christmas. E M P T Y CHURCH + NEED FOR YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER = A match made in Heaven BY ANA WATTS Paul’s friend Colin McDonald, site of St. James Church, Broad- at that time a community devel- street, on land donated by the The background of the emerging opment officer for Vibrant Com- Anglican Diocese of Fredericton. Safe Harbour emergency youth munities, drove by the church and With him was his friend Colin homeless shelter looks like it is saw Paul on the steps. He stopped MacDonald, now coordinator of made from a match made on the and joined him, then proceeded to Safe Harbour Transitional Youth steps of St. James Church, Broad vent about the lack of emergency Services. Street in Saint John, but it is really youth housing in the city. It wasn’t exactly a straight line a match made in Heaven. “What do you need?” Paul from the steps of the old church One sunny day in 2010 the asked him. to the announcement of the Safe Rev. Paul Ranson, then an Angli- “A building,” Colin replied. Harbour 10-bed facility on Nov. can community minister for the “Here’s a building,” said Paul. 22. First the Safe Harbour char- south end of Saint John, sat on the ity was established in order to Safe Harbour Transitional house to be built on the site of the front steps of the empty church At 11 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2012 at the raise funds for the project, then former St. James (Broad Street), an Anglican church in South End and prayed for a miracle. The near-by St. John the Baptist Ro- there were other possible sites in Saint John will incorporate some of the stone from the original church he sat in front of was no man Catholic church, Paul Ran- the south end to consider – but building in its facade. The 10-bed facility will be a safe and longer used for worship, but the son, as chair of the Safe Harbour the board kept returning to the comfortable home for homeless youth and will include mentoring people who had once worshipped Youth Services board, announced St. James property. Eventually it and programming that will give the young people who call it home there sincerely hoped it would be that Safe Harbour Transitional was officially accepted and de- the confidence and skills they need to move into the next part of able to continue to serve the com- Youth Services would build a fa- signs for the facility were created. their lives and become healthy and contributing members of society. munity in some way. cility for homeless youth on the See Some Homeless page 2 Companions, friends, reside in Companion Diocese program BY ANA WATTS the now Venerable Richard Mc- no access to education they were When Sam Githingi was a young Connell volunteering there from vulnerable and often married off man in Eldoret, Kenya, he visited the Diocese of Fredericton, trav- by the age of 12. Gwen McCon- Canada as part of the Compan- eled to Canada and found Cana- nell, Richard’s wife, asked him ion Diocese program. The Dio- dians shockingly polite and very point-blank “So, what are you cese of Eldoret and the Diocese of generous, so generous he later going to do about it when you get Fredericton companionship was returned to Canada for his uni- home?” an early and successful one in the versity education. When that was Samuel knew education would program that continues today. complete he visited with Richard give girls a chance in Eldoret, so Samuel, who had been taught McConnell and his family. As the he decided to build a school for briefly in Kapsabet, Eldoret by time grew close for him to leave them and left for home secure for Africa he looked forward to in the support of the Diocese of his ordination and lamented the Fredericton ACW and Mothers’ The Rev. Samuel Githingi flanked by musicians Isabelle Fournier plight of the AIDS orphans there, Union as well as Christ Church and John Buckley following the Sigowet Concert. On the far left is especially the girls. He said with (Parish) Church, plus the $120 Christian Turnbull Sam’s quarterback, a member of the Mission no family to support them and See Samuel connects on page 2 Beyond the Parish Committee of St. Paul’s. 2 / THE NEW BRUNSWICK ANGLICAN JANUARY 2013 d i o c e s a n i n t e r s t Some homeless youth existing in unsafe and unstable places Continued from page 1 is a need for a facility for at-risk (TRC), ONE L.I.F.E (Living In- $100,000, for the project, and They too were presented at the youth in South End Saint John. dependently for Education), helps to fund Colin MacDonald’s announcement. Some of them are completely Mental Health Recovery Servic- position. The Anglican Parish of Those close to the project homeless, existing in unsafe and es, Youth Saint John and perhaps Shediac donated $4,000 for 2012. imagined the actual church unstable places. Others have even mentors from the commu- The hope is ACWs, parishes and building — renovated and retro- homes where they are victims nity, will help them get back into other groups will recognize the fitted — would become the safe of abuse and neglect. Still oth- school, tackle their addictions or huge importance of this project refuge for homeless youth, but ers couch-surf, or live in adult just help them regain trust. and raise funds in support of its the price tag was just too high. shelters. There are those who Archbishop Claude Miller ap- operation. The province is also So a purpose-built new build- need to move into the next part struggle to stay in school and pointed Paul Ranson community involved. ing, that will incorporate some of of their lives and become healthy those who have given up on it, as minister in January of 2010. The St. James, which closed its the stone from the church in its and contributing members of so- well as those who struggle with position was funded by residual doors on Nov. 24, 2005, had a façade, will be built on the site. ciety. mental health problems and ad- funds from the former St. James long history of community out- There will be six rooms for males “Safe Harbour is not just about dictions. They are at an increased Broad Street and St. Paul’s Valley reach. In its hall The Chicken upstairs, three beds dedicated to meeting basic needs and pulling rate for suicide. churches. His instructions were Noodle Club, which continues to females on the first floor, and a youth out of homelessness,” says The 10-bed facility will be to spend time getting to know serve hot lunches to area school fourth room on the lower floor Colin. “It’s about tapping into home to at-risk young people for the community and discern ways children, was born. That pro- as well that can be used for either their vast potential as nurturing up to six months as they move in which the Anglican Church gram eventually evolved into the gender or someone with a dis- strong community members and from street life and its risks to could continue to serve the area Saint John Inner City Youth Min- ability. With recreation, dining, leaders.” more stable and permanent even though the church build- istry, which survives to this day. laundry and all the other neces- “The Anglican Church is homes. Their lives at Safe Har- ing was closed. Paul succeeded In 2007 Saint John Non-Profit sary facilities, it will be a safe and committed to providing a safe bour, with all the rules, respon- in his task for the diocese and to Housing was given St. James land comfortable home for homeless and stable environment for at- sibilities and chores that come honour the wishes of the former to build a four-unit apartment. It youth. It is the mentoring and risk youth,” says Paul, who now with it, will be part of a continu- members of St. James’ — to con- provides affordable housing for programming that will give the serves as rector of the Parish of um of services for homeless and tinue to serve the community. non-elderly, low-income people, young people who call it home Millidgeville. It is statistically, as at-risk youth. Organizations like The church donated the land, yet another under-served seg- the confidence and skills they well as anecdotally, clear there The Resource Centre for Youth valued between $80,000 and ment of society.
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