Catholic Mission In Canada

The Oblate priest, Father Joseph Baril, long-time missionary in the north of Québec and Ontario and Labrador, was a recipient of our St. Joseph Award this year.

“Incredible distances separate the far-flung missions in the North, in places graced by exceptional beauty.”

‘Your help is very important for this mission. The community in St. Peter's parish, St. Paul's River in the Lower North Shore in Quebec, live in an isolated area which can be arrived at only by ferry and air. During the winter months, the ferry doesn’t operate. So, air travel is the only option but air travel is very expensive.’
—Bishop Jean Pierre-Blais, of the Diocese of Baie-Comeau

He slept beneath the moon,
He basked beneath the sun;
He lived a life of going-to-be,
And died with nothing done!

Total Mission Grants: $4.033 million (100%)

Brenda and Lorna Cerri were toddlers when their father, Bruno, died in an accident in County Down in Northern Ireland, as he was coming home from a business trip.

Leonard Gillis, a Catholic Missions In Canada legacy donor, came to know about the urgent needs of the Canadian missions when he read an appeal from two missionaries from Nigeria serving in missions north of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

In 1948, at the very end of November, three Sisters of the Daughters of Wisdom arrived at the new Atikameg Indian Day School.

I grew up in a parish that is not well known today, but in my day was well known and helped form the foundation of my present life.