Emmaus House, in New York City’s Harlem, is a community of formerly homeless people who serve the homeless. It was founded in the 1960s by Fr. David Kirk, a Melkite priest who became Orthodox a couple of years before his death in 2007. Fr. David was at the Catholic Worker before starting Emmaus House. He had thought of opening a house of hospitality in lower Manhattan, but Do (...)
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The Road to Emmaus
A FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE IN HARLEM
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