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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Former Army chaplain helps homeless veterans


KAINAZ AMARIA Times
The Rev. Morson Livingston, center, founder of St. Jude’s Homeless Veterans Resource Center, stops Thursday at the Salvation Army Center of Hope in Port Richey. Livingston, a former U.S. Army chaplain, left the military in 2001.



Former Army chaplain helps homeless veterans in Pasco
By Mindy Rubenstein, Times Correspondent
In Print: Saturday, September 19, 2009
NEW PORT RICHEY — The Rev. Morson Livingston was stopped at a red light at State Road 54 and Little Road last year when he saw a couple of homeless men standing on the side of the road, wearing parts of their military uniforms. Livingston, who served as a U.S. Army chaplain in Bosnia before leaving the priesthood a few years ago, stopped and asked where they had served.

Vietnam, the men responded.

"I just imagined them in their uniforms, how strong and macho they were, and how desperate they are now in contrast," Livingston recalled.

He felt the need to help.

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Former Army chaplain helps homeless veterans

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