St. Felix Centre Early Years
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Having relocated their convent, the Canadian Felicians began assisting and supporting the evolving needs of the community that surrounded their former convent at 25 Augusta Avenue in Toronto. St. Felix Centre was founded there in 1993. These photos show the transitional period after the space was a day nursery and before it became committed to supporting people experiencing homelessness, extreme poverty, and complex challenges.
Having relocated their convent, the Canadian Felicians began assisting and supporting the evolving needs of the community that surrounded their former convent at 25 Augusta Avenue in Toronto. St. Felix Centre was founded there in 1993. These photos show the transitional period after the space was a day nursery and before it became committed to supporting people experiencing homelessness, extreme poverty, and complex challenges.
Sister Mary Irene Rajca and Sister Mary Teresa Mielech make sandwiches to feed hungry neighbors who often knocked on the convent door. A more formal sandwich ministry was eventually established with a set time.
In 2004, St. Felix Centre offered a summer camp for youth from the surrounding area.
In the early 2000s, the St. Felix Centre boys' club met and played hockey. The ministry eventually focused on the growing needs of the homeless and poor in the area.
Sister Mary Teresa Mielech (right) and volunteer Wanda Bielawski making sandwiches for local people experiencing poverty and homelessness who had begun knocking on the convent door and asking for food. The “sandwich ministry” later became the Community Meals Program at St. Felix Centre that offered 20,000 meals a month in 2022.
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Date1993
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Content TopicHoly Name of Mary Province - Toronto