Remembering Father Joe’s tenacity to help homeless San Diegans
Those who knew him best, say Father Joe s tenacity laid the foundation for helping others that extends well beyond his East Village complex. Author: CBS News 8 Team Published: 6:09 PM PDT July 19, 2021 Updated: 8:38 AM PDT July 20, 2021
SAN DIEGO Hundreds of San Diegans are expected to attend Father Joe Carroll’s memorial service Tuesday at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Lincoln Park. Those who knew him best, say Father Joe made caring about our homeless residents cool and his tenacity laid the foundation for helping others that extends well beyond his East Village complex.
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It was painfully inevitable that San Diego would lose Father Joe Carroll sooner than it could stand to lose him. But that sad reality doesn’t make his sudden absence any easier to accept. His death late last week at age 80 of complications from diabetes comes as the region is experiencing an explosion in the homeless population he worked so hard for so long to help get off the street. That work will continue to be done by the institution bearing his name and those trying to live up to it.
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Residents and community leaders throughout San Diego County on Sunday were mourning the death of Father Joe Carroll, a Catholic priest who spent some 40 years providing and enhancing services for the area’s homeless population.
Carroll, who died Saturday at the age of 80, was more commonly known as the “Hustler Priest,” a name that came from his fierce and relentless efforts to raise millions of dollars for homeless services in San Diego County.
His charity, now called Father Joe’s Villages, won awards for providing housing, food, health care, education, vocational training and other services to thousands of people annually.