[EVG photo at the St. Joseph House]
From On the Bowery, Questions About the Catholic Church’s Shifting Mission in The New York Times today. A passage about the St. Joseph House on East First Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
Gerald Howard ushered a few men at a time inside. Once homeless himself, he has lived at St. Joseph House for several years, and helps the ministry in welcoming the needy.
“The hipsters, yuppies or whatever name you call them have been infiltrating this neighborhood,” he said. “They’re gentrifying the area, and I don’t think the homeless are part of their equation. I think, for them, out of sight is out of mind. You don’t see them. You don’t talk to them.”
