Ch6: Working for a Just World

• Peter McVerry: an ordained Catholic priest and follows the Jesuits.

  • Founded the Peter McVerry Trust
  • Runs 20 hostels, 250 apartments and house 1k people every night
  • Has 350 full-time staff, some of which were previously homeless and were helped by the Trust
  • McVerry tells us that being homeless can happen to anyone
  • "People become homeless because their life has gone a different way from the expected path"
  • He says the most important thing a homeless person should know is that there are people who care about them