Spirituality of homelessness is topic Aug. 13 at St. Peter's in Lewes

For the St. Peter's Summer Spirituality Series program at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 13, the Rev. Paul Mast will present Homeless on the Street, In a Shelter or a House?

There are some homeless who live in houses as well as on the streets. During a six-month sabbatical, Paul Mast developed a spirituality of homelessness that fits both groups. It is founded on the spiritual conviction that the label “homeless” fits anyone whose haunting struggle with a personal/emotional/relational issue triggers an interior displacement.

This experience kicks some people out of a physical home and others out of a spiritual center, while they search to build a new interior house to come home to. His journey took him to eight cities where he encountered the homeless on streets, in shelters and in houses.  "Street Sabbatical" is his reverent and touching account of those encounters and it will be available.

He now defines himself as a contemplative beggar endeavoring to undergo “extreme spiritual interior makeovers” while trying to find his true home in God.Mast is a priest of the Diocese of Wilmington who retired from official ministry in 2014. He has graduate degrees from Fordham University and The Catholic University of America, a doctorate from The University of St. Mary of the Lake in Chicago and a certificate in spiritual direction from Neumann University in Aston, Pa. To see his website, go to www.banthelabelhomeless.com

The Summer Spirituality Series takes place at 7 p.m., every Thursday evening until Labor Day, in the parish hall of St. Peter’s at 211 Mulberry St. in Lewes. All presentations are free and open to the public, although donations are gratefully accepted. As in the past, fellowship and ice cream cones will follow the presentations.

For more information, call 302-645-8479 or go to www.stpeterslewes.org.