Sir, – Due to the fall of vocations, many of our religious houses, convents and seminaries are almost empty.
Would the religious orders and dioceses consider converting the empty spaces to house our homeless asylum seekers, at least for a time?
Perhaps this could be the new mission available to our truly dedicated religious. – Yours etc. –
JOHN D RICE,
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