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

   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://tinyurl.com/HomelessDeathsOC-Sept24

  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 lower Appellate Court wit

  All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Tuesday, June 11th at 12:15 PM for the 24 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in May, 2024.  Zoom  info below. This is the first year since we began publishing the names of those who died "without fixed abode" in our County where the number of dead has been consistently lower than in previous years (173 so far for the year compared to 228 last year and 205 in 2022).  Still the number of deceased remains double of what it was in 2019, the last year before COVID, when the number of deceased for the year through May was 85.  And so we continue to remember those who have died 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 May 2024 -   https://tinyurl.com/2024-05-OC-homeless-deaths

   All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Tuesday, May 14th at 12:15 PM for the 28 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in April, 2024 as well as the 1 other who died in March, but whose death was recorded only now.  Zoom  info below. The death count for the year stands at 149, which is a significant decrease over what it was it was last year (2023) when it was 185, and two years ago (2022) when it stood at 165.  However, in the years prior, the death rate was significantly lower still 132 for 2021, 100 for 2020, 71 for 2019.   Last week the County's 2024 federally mandated bi-annual homeless census (PIT Count) was released.  By the new numbers there were 7322 people who were homeless in Orange County, 4173 unsheltered in January 2024.  This is significantly up from the 5718 persons who were homeless, 3057 unsheltered counted in last PIT Count taken in January, 2022.  However, the 2022 figure always seemed low to many, most, perhaps just ab