St Philip Benizi Parish, Fullerton, CA -- Parish News

  All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Dec 10 at 12:15 PM for the 22 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in Nov 2024.     The death rate among those who died without fixed abode for the year continues to be about 20-25% lower than it was last year, though continues to be at about the level of 2021 and remains nearly twice as high as it was in 2019. So we give thanks for apparent reduction of homeless deaths this year, but we continue to remember the 22 who've died on our streets in this past month nonetheless   Zoom  info below. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83641913998 Meeting ID: 836 4191 3998 One tap mobile +16699006833,,83641913998# Prayer Service Text --   https://tinyurl.com/ya9sojzk   The List of the Names of OC's Homeless Deceased in Nov 2024  --  https://tinyurl.com/OC-homelessdeaths-11-2024

  All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Tuesday, Nov 23th at 12:15 PM for the 30 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in Oct, 2024.  Additionally, three others who died in previous months but whose cases were recorded in the OC Coroner's list only this month.  For the year, 319 people have died in OC "without fixed abode."  The number is significantly lower than in the previous two years (2022 and 2023), when 398 and 433 deaths of people who died "without fixed abode" had been reported in the County by this time of year, though still similar to the 321 deaths reported in 2021 [1] . However, as we approach the end of the year, another trend seems to be apparent: A number of cities which in previous years had reported significant numbers of homeless deaths, this year have been reporting far lower numbers.  While it is possible that the numbers are lower because of the wide distribution of anti-opioid overdose medicine Na...

   All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Tuesday, Oct 8th at 12:15 PM for the 33 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in Sept, 2024.  Additionally, three others who died in previous months but whose cases were recorded in the OC Coroner's list only this month.  For the year, 289 people have died in OC "without fixed abode."  This is lower than the previous two years, when 371 and 400 had died by this point in the year.  But the death toll remains at about the same level, as in 2021, when the number was 291.  In 2019, the homeless death toll at this point in the year was still significantly power, at 142. And so we pray... Zoom  info below. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83641913998 Meeting ID: 836 4191 3998 One tap mobile +16699006833,,83641913998# Prayer Service Text --   https://tinyurl.com/ya9sojzk   The List of the Names of OC's Homeless Deceased in Sept 2024  --  https://t...

  All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Tuesday, Sept 10h at 12:15 PM for the 33 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in Aug, 2024.  Additionally, two others are being added to the list, one who died in May, another who died in July. For the year, 265 people have died in OC "without fixed abode."  This is lower than the previous two years, when 329 and 349 had died by this point in the year.  But it at about the same level, 261 for the number of deaths by this point in the year for 2021.  In 2019, the homeless death toll at this point in the year was still significantly power, at 132. And so we pray... Zoom  info below. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83641913998 Meeting ID: 836 4191 3998 One tap mobile +16699006833,,83641913998# Prayer Service Text --   https://tinyurl.com/ya9sojzk   The List of the Names of OC's Homeless Deceased in Aug 2024 - https://tinyurl.com/HomelessDeathsOC-Aug24

  All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Tuesday, Aug 13h at 12:15 PM for the 26 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in July, 2024.  Zoom  info below. The death rate among those persons who find themselves homeless in OC continues to be significantly lower than in years recent past, 26 this month, as opposed to 50 last year and 52 in 2022.  Still the death rate is nearly one a day among those who are homeless in OC. And so we remember them and we pray ...  Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83641913998 Meeting ID: 836 4191 3998 One tap mobile +16699006833,,83641913998# Prayer Service Text --   https://tinyurl.com/ya9sojzk   The List of the Names of OC's Homeless Deceased in June 2024 -   https://tinyurl.com/2024-07-OC-Homeless-Deceased

   All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Tuesday, July 9th at 12:15 PM for the 31 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in July, 2024.  Zoom  info below. At the mid-point of the year, the number of deaths among those people "living without fixed abode", homeless, in the County is 22.1% lower than last year. That is something to be thankful for.   However, for the first time in months the number of deaths, 31, among this population in June was comparable to the number of deaths in June in previous years -- 30 (2020), 31 (2021), and 33 (2023).   Further, there are a number of longer-term concerns on the horizon:  (1) the apparent lack of credible planning in the County to provide significant cold weather shelter for the County's unsheltered homeless population this coming winter,  (2) the effect of the recent Grants Pass decision by the Supreme Court that significantly altered previous Boise Decision of the ...