Giving was never easier. Catholic Missions In Canada (CMIC) offers you a stress freeway, through our Faithful Steward program, to give hope today and tomorrow to our missionaries without having to write cheques regularly or respond to appeals by mail.
Several of our Faithful Steward donors share why they have joined the program and encourage others to come on board:
A donor from Guelph, Ontario wrote: “A few years ago, I was reading your Missions Canada magazine and I decided that I could and should make a monthly donation. I thought the best way to do this would be to make these donations using my credit card—so that I wouldn’t have to remember to send a cheque and Catholic Missions would know that my donation would always be there. Now I find out that making donations this way not only saves me effort and a few pennies each month, but the program saves the Missions thousands of dollars each year!”
Another supporter from Ontario, Leo Goff of Bramalea, writes: “It is very gratifying to know that my monthly Faithful Steward donation—no matter my amount—plays a role in assuring that our Catholic missions continue to meet the needs of our mission communities!”
“Our modest monthly support is precious to Catholic Missions in Canada—even more than we know,” say Steve and Connie Sylvain of London, Ontario. “By requesting one receipt per year instead of one per donation, we save eleven receipts, letters, envelopes, postage— as well as the time and handling office work duties of CMIC staff. Helping our brothers and sisters is so important to us. Many count on our help to meet their basic needs—both physically and spiritually. We touch many with our sharing. It’s a duty.”
By joining our Faithful Steward program, you too can make regular monthly gifts to help provide the most basic necessities to our missionaries—food, electricity, heat, transportation—to enable them to share the love of Christ with both the young and the old in our mission communities. For over 100 years, Catholic Missions In Canada has supported our home missions in their daily struggle to survive. Our missionaries and the people they serve depend on you to help them keep their faith alive. A monthly pledge makes your giving easy and helps us to plan more effectively for our missionaries’ needs – and makes you feel good! Your monthly gift lets you: • spread your giving throughout the year• easily budget for an amount that suits your needs• make an ongoing commitment to Catholic Missions In Canada• be free of the hassle of mailing several donations during the year
For as little as 33 cents a day or $10 per month, you can help others like Myrtle Ballantyne and Betty Highway become a Christian presence in their communities. Through their training in the Aboriginal Lay Formation program in the Diocese of Saskatoon, Myrtle and Betty have become beacons to Christ’s healing presence and witnesses of His hope of a new life. Your monthly gift, through our Faithful Steward program, guarantees ongoingfunding to these lay formation programs and to our missionaries allowing them to share their Catholic faith with the children and youth in their communities.
Joe and Kitty Vaessen fully support this way of giving: “What a convenience, a timesaver, and a great money-saver this program is! We and CMIC are both winners, and we believe everyone should count themselves in. We have peace of mind knowing that we are building up an account in Heaven—and we feel like ‘Spiritual Missionaries’ ourselves. It gives us a very good feeling—even if only as armchair missionaries.”
As a Faithful Steward, your donations are taken care of for you—every month your donations are processed automatically through one of three payment options: credit card, automated bank withdrawals, or post-dated cheques. Monthly giving helps CMIC save on postage, paper, and administrative costs – meaning more of your donation goes directly to these missions.
Martha Devlin writes: “If I were asked if the automatic plan is safe and worthwhile, I would definitely answer YES! When I read about our missionaries and see what they have to live on, I know every penny counts. Thank you for the opportunity.” To become a Faithful Steward to Catholic Missions In Canada, visit us at http://cmic.info/faithful-stewards and complete the Faithful Steward Enrolment Form (credit card or post-dated cheques) or Faithful Steward Enrolment Form PAC (pre-authorized chequing).
We welcome you!
