Held on the second Tuesdays of each month, the Homeless memorial is a space for all of us to gather to remember our friends, family, neighbours, and strangers who died while homeless in Toronto or due to having been homeless in Toronto.
Join us in person at the south doors of Church of the Holy Trinity at 12 PM or online on Trinity CommUNITY Hub’s Instagram. These live streams can be viewed even if you don’t have an Instagram account.
In person attendees are invited each month to share poetry, songs, and memories as part of the Homeless Memorial with the community.
The monthly memorial also coincides with Church of the Holy Trinity’s Trinity CommUNITY Hub free lunch and clothing bank; alongside such community partners as Toronto Hospice’s weekly art therapy program, all of which attendees are also welcome to partake in.
The complete list of names of people we are remembering is currently available on the Online Memorial, with names going back to 1985.
First conceived by Bonnie Briggs in 1997, Church of the Holy Trinity has been hosting the Homeless Memorial since 2001. You can read a full history of how it came to be on the official Homeless Memorial website. While she passed away in 2017, you can still read about Bonnie Briggs’ legacy as a housing activist at Now Magazine.
The physical memorial, monthly ceremony and online website are maintained by the Toronto Homeless Memorial Network, a network of volunteers who collaborate on information gathering, ceremony and memorial maintenance.
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