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Video: Cubs Compassion at ‘Thanksmas’

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From the Diocese of Chicago:

Each year, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon and the Respect 90 Foundation cook and serve a meal at a Chicago homeless shelter. This year [Jan. 17], they chose St. Leonard’s Ministries, a ministry partner of Episcopal Charities and Community Services that empowers formerly incarcerated men and women to lead whole and productive lives.

Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.

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