Our Vision
A city center with inclusive living spaces — where everyone’s dignity and fundamental rights are respected.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide a central, highly accessible and welcoming space offering essential frontline and resource referral services to our society’s most vulnerable individuals.
We strive to address systemic sources of insecurity and barriers to well-being by responding to subsistence needs, providing individualised accompaniment and supporting social integration.
Our History
Nearly 100 years of dedicated service, and still growing.
Since its inception in 1927, St. Michael’s Mission has opened its door to Montreal’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations in the heart of the city. From its roots as a soup kitchen run by the community of St. John the Evangelist under its famous red roof, our organisation has evolved into an independent organisation that emphasises a culture of openness, respect, and tolerance which allows any and all to find refuge with us. While we have a new home these days, the Red Roof moniker is still deeply intertwined with our identity.
It is essential to us that we stay connected to the compassion and dedication that inspired the original Mission into being while adapting ourselves to the realities and needs of an increasingly challenging world. Opening the door of community to those who find themselves on the outside is what we do.
Our Team
From providing the most basic necessities to accompanying our guests through the struggles of day-to-day life and opening the door to social re-integration, our employees are there to help.
Andrès Cardona
Frontline Services Agent
Andrew Marrocco
Executive Director
Angelo Marcelin
Security Agent
Celestina Udoye
Cook
Dave Duverger
Intervention Programs Coordinator
David Bukenya
Inventory Coordinator
Elinam Akogo
Volunteer Program Coordinator
Emma Campbell
Project Manager, Community Relations
Frédérik Charpentier
Psychosocial Intervention Worker
John Gonzales
Kitchen Supervisor
Jackson Fleuranvil
Supervisor, Security
Marie-Justine Ajavon
Supervisor, Operations
Rodny Pierre-Canel
Security agent
Tara Tallentire
Head, Finance and Human Resources
Shawn Thompson
Communications Coordinator
Our Approach
Holistic means we look at the whole person: what they need today, where they want to get to, and who can help them get there.
Our Board Of Directors
Star Gale, Chair
Pier Liné, Vice Chair
Marlene Daley, Director
Jean-Michel Gélinas, Director
Jamiey Kelly, Secretary
Edgar Lotke, Director
Blaise Ndip, Director
Christian Baron, Director
Denis Payette, Treasurer
Frédéric Bertrand, Director
Robert Dussault, Director
Our Impact
St. Michael’s by the numbers
Welcoming around 125 individuals a day, our little shelter provides: