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The Benedict Labre House is a Montreal based lay apostolate. It is a multipurpose house of hospitality, which serves the wider Montreal English Catholic Community.〔Nolan, Patricia A. E. Benedict Labre House : 1952-1966 : The History of an Unofficial Lay Apostolate. Thesis. Concordia University, 2001. Montreal, 2001. Concordia University Clues Library Catalogue. 2001. Web. 26 January 2012. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/1440/1/MQ64037.pdf〕 3 During the 1950s, Benedict Labre House had close relations with the Patricia House, as well as the Little Sisters of Jesus. == History == Benedict Labre House was founded in October 1952 by, Tony Walsh, Dr. Magnus Seng - a doctor, who ran a free medical clinic in the inner city of Montreal.〔 Jim Shaw - a journalist and teacher at Loyola College.〔 Patricia Conners - a Montreal dramatist and former staff worker at Madonna House Apostolate in Combermere, Ontario〔 and Stephan Hagarty - a young college graduate () disenchanted with his new career in advertising.〔 In 1949, Tony Walsh became acquainted with Jim Shaw through his column discussing lay apostolates entitled "Among Ourselves" which had been published in Ensign, a Canadian Catholic Journal.〔 They met and discussed setting up a hospitality house within inner city Montreal.〔 The founding group met every Thursday evening to discuss the possibility of launching a house of hospitality, along with a socially conscious Catholic newspaper. From 1951 to 1952, Tony experienced difficulty trying to support himself while only being able to afford one meal per day, all the while dealing with recurring issues of pneumonia. With Tony's imminent return to the hospital, Magnus Seng called the group into action by placing the house of hospitality as a number one priority.〔 In October 1952, The Benedict Labre House project was launched.〔 The group founded the house project at 418 Lagauchetière, in St. Patrick's ward in downtown Montreal. The House was informally named '418' until its official christening as Benedict Labre House in 1953.〔 They opted not to officially align the project with the Catholic Worker movement due to the inability to determine their mission, mandate, and name. Nevertheless, the group had a strong vision of what the House was to be, thus demonstrating their proximity to discovering their mandate.〔 The centers philosophy revolves around the innate dignity each human being holds and preaches of respect for servants and those being served.〔Benedict Labre House Secretary, Telephone interview. 23 March 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benedict Labre House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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