Christ in the City missionaries build ‘School of Love’ in Philadelphia

Twenty young adult missionaries from the Catholic organization Christ in the City are conducting outreach to people experiencing homelessness and poverty in Philadelphia. Under the leadership of new director Ana Salazar, the group lives together in an intentional Catholic community to foster their faith and disciple them as Christians.

Salazar said the missionaries aim to address the poverty of loneliness by building relationships with those who have lacked friendship or stable connections. The group works to translate their communal faith into service for the city's unhoused and under-resourced populations. Salazar previously served with the organization in Denver before taking her current role in Philadelphia.