Tag: overdose crisis

Pastoral statement on Vancouver’s overdose crisis

by Archbishop Michael Miller • February 23, 2017 • 1 Comment

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller released a pastoral letter February 16 urging Roman Catholics to look for ways to respond to the region’s drug overdose crisis. Though it was aimed at Catholics, it is also valuable for the whole Christian…

Around Town: Community Vigil, U2 (and more), Tom Wuest, Farmers on 57th . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • May 11, 2017 • 0 Comments

Christ Church Cathedral will host Vancouver Remembers and Honours next Thursday (May 18), “a community vigil for people affected by the overdose crisis.” Kari Bergrud of Union Gospel Mission – one partner organizing the event – sent out this invitation: The…