The Metro: Pope Francis Center opens emergency warming shelter during extreme cold
Opening of the Pope Francis Center's Bridge Housing Campus, taken June 3, 2024. Via detroitmi.gov
When temperatures dipped dangerously low during the recent polar vortex, the Pope Francis Center opened a 24-hour emergency warming center at its Bridge Housing Campus.
This is just one of many ways the center works to support people experiencing chronic homelessness in Detroit.
The Pope Francis Day Center downtown is open daily at Saints Peter and Paul Jesuit Church. People are served two meals a day, have access to showers and laundry, and can find information on housing assistance.
In September the center’s Bridge Housing Campus welcomed its first group of residents. The campus takes a holistic approach to supporting people in need. It provides folks with up to 120 days of housing and support services to help them carve paths out of homelessness and poverty.
WDET’s Jack Filbrandt spoke with President and CEO of the Pope Francis Center, Fr. Tim McCabe about how they’re working to end chronic homelessness in Detroit.
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