“We formed a bond of brotherhood.” his wife’s passing, he could not find himself doing anything other than staying in the house and letting time pass. After a year, he decided he had had enough. He joined a Just Faith class which is a faith formation program that emphasizes peace and justice. A few weeks into the class, one of their tasks was to sign up for volunteer work, and not thinking any deeper into it, Kevin signed up to join the newly formed ‘Hope’s Corner: Soup Kitchen’. The first time he volunteered was “not so bad, pretty
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painless actually,” he states. Then, when he started volunteering more frequently, he started noticing some returning guests. Not only did Kevin recognize them, but they recognized him. He began to talk to some of these people; get to know them and their stories. Through Hope’s Corner, Kevin was able to meet a lot of new
people he would never have thought to be friends, or even acquaintances with. For example, he got to know a man called Andre, who is a regular guest at Hope’s Corner. Andre has had to overcome many difficulties within his lifetime, which has made it incredibly challenging for him to form stable relationships. A majority of his life has been taken over by being in and out of the prison system, unemployment, and homelessness. When he started to come to Hope’s Corner, it was simply to get food and get out. However, when he met Kev-