Out of the Cold Program 2021-2022

For about 30 years now, St. Patrick's Out of the Cold Program has been serving meals and offering overnight shelter to the most vulnerable in downtown Toronto during the Winter season. Due to the Covid19 pandemic and the loss of funding from the City of Toronto for floor security, we will not be serving dinner and providing accomodations to our guests at St. Patrick's for the 2021-2022 season.

However, to help as many homeless guests and people facing food insecurity as possible, once again this year we will be preparing meals at St. Patrick's which will then be served by two agencies (Good Shepherd Ministries on Queen St. East and St. Felix on Augusta) at their locations by local staff. The program is run by committed volunteers and relies on donations from businesses and individuals. If you would like to make a financial contribution, cheques can be made out to "St. Patrick's Church - Out of the Cold Program" and mailed to the parish office, or placed in specially marked envelopes placed at the back of the church and dropped in the collection during Mass.