Romero House is having its annual street party on Saturday June 8 at Wanda Road. The party starts at 3:00 pm. The road will be closed off for the afternoon into the night for the party. There will be games for kids, the infamous dunk tank, live music, dancing, and more!. Lets celebrate each other…
We are looking to hire an individual to support refugee claimants in finding permanent housing as part of an innovative project to provide community-based systems of support for refugees.
Over 5 evenings in April, we will let poems do what they do best: awaken us to what is and become aware of our place in it, be it our planet, country, city, or neighbourhood.
Romero House invites you to this Lecture on Monday, March 4th 2024. Dr Barbara Landau and Shahid Akhtar, Co-Chairs of the Canadian Association of Jews and Muslims will share their journeys for peace.
Our 2023 Winter Newsletter, BECOMMING NEIGHBORS, is out! See what our community has been up to the last few months–summer camp, soccer, coping with loss, welcoming new faces–and reflections on what’s to come. This post provides more details on each article and link to our complete edition.
Join us for Romero House’s Evening of Peace this year on the 25th of December! at 6pm in the Church of St Martin in the Fields.
This year Romero House strengthened its foundations: improving the quality of our housing so that refugees feel safe and dignified, expanding our volunteer base to enhance the support we can offer, and improving collaboration with partner organisations. After two difficult COVID years, we saw the return of many of the community events that make Romero…
Since March 27th until April 28th, advocates are staging a daily protest to the recent expansion of the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) in Toronto. We invite you to join us on this daily protest ! This expansion of the STCA has devastating impact on people who have been forcibly displaced and are seeking protection. The…
“The Power of In-Between” Where is community made? Community is formed away from the spotlight. It’s made in the seemingly ordinary interactions between neighbours, the prosaic negotiations between people on the street, the invisible encounters that make spaces of belonging. These are places of change and power, where compassion, faith and justice are not only…
You are invited to join us on Saturday, December 24th (Christmas Eve) at 7:30 pm for our annual Christmas Liturgy. Register to receive the Zoom meeting details by email. Our long-standing tradition is to begin our Christmas liturgy with a candlelight procession with the children of Romero House. This year we are gathering virtually and we invite you to light a candle and turn off the…
