"For seven years, Tom Turner spent nearly every day holding the door open for members of the St. Anthony Shrine community in downtown Boston, offering warm greetings. When the homeless man died at the age of 57, the friars held a special funeral Mass.
"Since its founding in 2003, the St. Anthony's Lazarus Ministry has provided more than 170 free funerals for homeless people who die alone or without known next-of-kin. In rare cases, the ministry will provide services for deceased homeless whose families are also in extreme poverty.
"'All of us deserve a homecoming,' said Friar Barry Langley. 'Whether we had lots of friends or didn't have lots of friends, whether we lived in a really great place or we lived on the streets.'"
A recent Boston Herald article reported on the ministry of Tom Turner and on the Lazarus Ministry of Saint Anthony Shrine, Boston, MA.
To access the complete Boston Herald report, please visit:
Boston Herald: Love overflows for shrine's unofficial doorkeeper (20 APR 17)
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Saint Anthony Shrine
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