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Emmaus (French: Emmaüs, pronounced) is an international solidarity movement founded in Paris in 1949 by Catholic priest and Capuchin friar Abbé Pierre to combat poverty and homelessness. Since 1971 regional and national initiatives have been grouped under a parent organization, Emmaus International, now run by Jean Rousseau, representing 350 ...
The Hull Trinity House, locally known as Trinity House, is a seafaring organisation consisting of a charity for seafarers, a school, and a guild of mariners. The guild originated as a religious guild providing support and almshouses for the needy, and established a school for mariners in 1787.
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Emmaus was an ancient town in Judaea mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. ... Emmaus (charity), a homeless charity; Emmaus College (disambiguation), several schools;
Whitefriargate [note 1] is a pedestrianised street in the Old Town area of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.During the 20th century, it was one of the main shopping streets in the city centre, but some of the major stores have closed down, which has been attributed to out of town shopping centres.
Shelves in a thrift store in Indianapolis, Indiana A charity shop in Sheringham, UK. A charity shop (British English), thrift shop or thrift store (American English and Canadian English, also includes for-profit stores such as Savers) or opportunity shop or op-shop (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.
Abbé Pierre GOQ (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; [1] 5 August 1912 – 22 January 2007) was a French Catholic priest.He was a member of the Resistance during World War II and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement.
Sir Terence Hardy Waite KCMG CBE (born 31 May 1939 [1]) is an English human rights activist and author.. Waite was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s.