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Reflecting upon the UK record-high number of people dying whilst experiencing homelessness
When we read the BBC’s recent article citing the latest number of death amongst homeless people, our hearts are moved.

Sant’Egidio
Oct 83 min read
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Becoming Mrs Claus for homeless and older people in London
We can ignore the poor, yet here they are: so many people with their own stories. This is how I became Sant'Egidio's Mrs Claus.

Elvira
Jan 144 min read
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To glimpse the Kingdom in a cup of tea ☕
'Unreal City', the twentieth century Anglo-Catholic poet T S Eliot repeatedly calls London in The Waste Land. It is a mood I kept coming...
Jen Hutchings
Aug 11, 20224 min read
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A visit to Rome – a journey of seeing, feeling and sharing joy
It was a pretty spontaneous decision: let us visit Rome over the bank holiday weekend and see what the Community there do. By...
Frank Ip
Jun 28, 20225 min read
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In London, it’s Time to Help
When the numbers of friends in need visiting one of Sant’Egidio’s weekly Solidarity Markets increased, it was time to partner up.

Sant’Egidio
Dec 3, 20201 min read
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The Little Fiat Foodbank
How do you deliver food support when your shelter space is closed by a pandemic? Three months ago, the Corona virus (Covid-19) changed...

Sant’Egidio
Jun 12, 20203 min read
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Freedom to (freely) give
Are the things that are most valuable the ones that are most expensive? Discovering the power, value and freedom of friendship.

Emanuela Russo
Jan 31, 20192 min read
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My Friend Simon
In a corner just a few steps away from a London tube station, surrounded by tons of newspapers he likes to read, with half his life in two s
Mario Pipola
Oct 4, 20182 min read
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Connecting the dots of Mercy
Whilst looking for a volunteer opportunity in London to help the homeless, I came across the Community of Sant'Egidio. Nothing could pre
Sonia Andrisani
May 8, 20183 min read
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