Funds help centre serve the vulnerable

The Door is Open serves food to, on average, 400 people a day

Archbishop Durocher (left) of Gatineau with Bishop Monroe of Kamloops at the Archbishop's Dinner Oct. 30. Alistair Burns / The B.C. Catholic.

Near the close of this Year of Faith, 800 Catholics opened wide the doors to charity and fellowship during the second annual Archbishop's Dinner. Funds raised at this year's social event will support the Door is Open, a drop-in centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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