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    • Who we help
      • Our Missionaries: Spreading God's Word with humility and sacrifice
      • Religious Sisters - 'Doing what I have to do for the Lord'
      • Sharing one's gifts, step by step, as a seminarian
      • Mission communities - Amid brokenness, signs of hope
      • Lay People: A life lived for God
    • How we help
      • Religious education
        • Finding God in the small places
      • Building & repairs
        • ‘The church sits on a bedrock’
      • First Nations Ministries
        • Times are tough for small, tight-knit parish
      • Support of missionaries
        • Mission upkeep costs ‘rise like bread dough'
    • President's Reflections
      • Lenten reflection
      • A windy Christmas on the rocks
      • Theology of the Word
      • Kateri Tekakwitha: Saint of the Longhouse
      • When Northern missions are in distress
      • About Fr. Philip Kennedy
      • More reflections
        • The church building
        • Lent: The season to become holy
        • Sharing: Fruit of devotion and faith
        • Our families in mission
        • Some newer, energetic faces of mission work
        • The Year of the Priest and our Canadian Catholic Missions
        • A remarkable oblate missionary
        • Missions Canada and the family
        • Eucharist as the sacrifice of the cross
        • A different Easter story: A meditation from the President
        • On tree lights, family peace, and the Pope’s 2008 wish for all
        • Smaller communities: the vital centres of our Church
        • An endowment: It's permanent
        • Parishioners welcome Easter visit with joy
        • Letters To Our Missions Office
        • No one does it all now
        • Special vocations and the family
        • The need for a new evangelization
        • Pre-Lenten meditation
        • How I get to know the missions
        • Jesuits: 400 years in Canada
        • Mission work in the 21st century
    • Photo Gallery
      • Tastes of Heaven 2011
      • Tastes of Heaven 2010
      • Tastes of Heaven 2009
  • Mission Stories
    • Spring 2013
      • A visit to the Beaufort Delta missions
      • Great water blessing and a joyful event
      • Faith beyond ethnicity, tribe and culture
      • The mission trail in spring
      • Bringing Good Friday to the children
    • Winter 2012
      • When quilting becomes a prayer
      • Building a church one step at a time
      • From Lesotho to Canada's North
      • A Christmas in the North
      • The little song at Christ's birth
    • Summer 2012
      • Ministry in the heart of the Yukon
      • Among the Ojibways of Pic River
      • After a long day's journey a new day dawns
    • Archives
      • Summer 2011
        • Rural diocese takes on adult faith education
        • ‘The time of our lives’
        • A funeral in the North
        • Not enough hours in a day to meet mission needs
        • Summer vacation: a sacred duty?
        • Sister Olivine Fiola, M.O.: A lifetime of following Christ
      • Spring 2011
        • Prayers and moose meat
        • My 48th Christmas letter
        • Peaceful parish on the Lower North Shore
        • Franciscan Brothers promote good works
        • Tuning into mission
        • Giving now–or later–in your will
      • Winter 2010
        • Experiencing mission in Atlin, B.C.
        • Opening our hearts
        • Mission country
        • Opening up worlds through art
        • Mission bound
        • A Christmas gift as a future gift
        • Your birth, O Christ Our God
        • Christmas wish 2010
        • Christmas cards 2010
        • The Lord provides for the missions
      • Fall 2010
        • On the way to the Gathering
        • The Grey Nuns in the North
        • Sunday services at Atikameg
        • Flying over Muskeg country
        • Carrying on in Christ’s name
        • Make your money last for as long as you do
      • Summer 2010
        • Forming together in faith
        • A labour of love in Kugluktuk
        • ‘We’re well prepared to accept all kinds of ministry
        • ‘Bush Rabbit’ evangelizes Regina parish
        • Good customer service
        • Giving made easy
      • Spring 2010
        • Church in Anaham rises from the ashes
        • Our Mission North of 60
        • A week in the life
        • ‘God is patient'
        • A year of joy with moments of sadness
        • ‘Dear Person,’
      • Winter 2009
        • The Bishop and Ben Bear
        • Praise and glory
        • Christ is our cornerstone
        • We are there when a family has no food
        • Joys and challenges of mission
        • Family endowment a bridge to the future
      • Fall 2009
        • Being a presence in the North
        • Missionaries since 1949
        • Ministry touches generations
        • Ordination a beautiful symbol for the mission of the church
        • ‘God’s love has led me into service’
        • Better than stuffing savings under a mattress
      • Summer 2009
        • The Emmanuel Process comes to Cross Lake
        • Trust in God
        • Gratien Ouellet: Pioneer builder
        • Solitude and prayer at Codroy Valley hermitage
      • Spring 2009
        • ‘A proper church with real pews’
        • The call of the Yukon
        • From the Tropics to the Arctic
        • To shepherd an archdiocese
        • Faith matters - The deepest mystery
        • Rethinking survival plans in uncertain times
      • Winter 2008
        • Discovering God in new ways
        • Northern Frontier
        • Listening to God in the silence
        • Charitable gift annuities - Retirement income you can depend on
        • Ministry to the deaf in Canada
        • Religious education:Passing on the faith
        • Two bishops help carve Church of the North Shore
      • Fall 2008
        • Missionary, storms, moose, and wolves
        • Meaning of mission
        • A lifetime dream come true
        • Church at work sparks vocation
        • Plans often re-routed by God
        • Coastal community takes pride in renovated church
        • Missionaries of the North: Why they came
      • Summer 2008
        • Becho’Kó Spiritual Gathering: Going back to the land
        • Planned Giving
        • Healing soul pain: North Battleford ministry guides circles to wholeness after loss
        • ‘Let my prayers rise like incense’
        • Memories of missionaries
        • Our mission parishes in two takes
        • Shared ministry for North Battleford missions
      • Spring 2008
        • Landing subject to the weather
        • Approaching the liturgy with reverence
        • Lay program offers new aboriginal stream
        • Hardships for early Whitefish missionaries
        • Aboriginal ministries: ‘A common desire to move forward’
        • Church spruced up in time for 100th year celebration
      • Fall 2011
        • Needed: More priests and sisters in the missions
        • ‘Respected - protected’
        • ‘...And the floods came’
        • Outstanding missionaries
        • Finding dependable income for life
        • Danger on the lake
        • Following the crucified Christ
        • Finding a God of surprises
      • Winter 2011
        • Our missions and the New Evangelization
        • Tulita’s children
        • What would happen if...
        • First teacher in Atikameg
        • Northernmost community in the Arctic
        • Blessings of Creativity
        • Understanding our mystical Eastern Church
      • Spring 2012
        • Inroads in Natuashish
        • Real discipleship begins by listening
        • Kateri Tekakwitha: Saint of the Longhouse
        • Listening, learning, praying together
        • What is God like?
        • Giving faithful witness
        • Stranded in Buffalo Bay
        • Being ourselves is part of the best prayer
      • Winter 2012
        • When quilting becomes a prayer
        • Building a church one step at a time
        • From Lesotho to Canada's North
        • A Christmas in the North
        • The little song at Christ's birth
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      • Parts of church’s body in trouble, need help
      • Missionary bishop’s speaking tour
      • Vancouver island welcomes Bishop Gary Gordon: Part 2
    • Knights of Columbus
      • Knights North: a North-South partnership in faith
      • Knights Support Northern Missions
    • Parishes
    • Tastes of Heaven
      • An evening to remember
    • School Mission Awareness Campaign
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      • An endowment is a gift that gives forever
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      • Lest we forget
      • In memory of a beloved spouse
      • Home missions inspire Catholic farmer to set up an endowment
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      • This is not for priests only
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      • Hardships in remote missions inspired priest to give
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    • Retirement savings (RRSPs and RRIFs) and pension funds
      • I'm turning 71 this year, can I roll over my RRSPs into a Catholic Missions In Canada gift annuity?
      • RRIFs and commercial annuities
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    • Gifts of property (Residual Interest Agreement)
      • A gift of property
      • Three priests and a cottage
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    • A secret bequest
  • Donor Stories
    • Highlights April 2012
      • Here's how your gifts will benefit Canadian Missions in 2012
    • Highlights July 2011
      • Keeping a ‘particular presence’ in the missions
      • Missionaries share experiences in Whitehorse mission at St. Philip Neri Mass gathering
      • ‘Your help is very important for this mission’
      • Why this year, not next year
      • Here’s how your gifts will benefit Canadian missions in 2011
      • The legacy-giving sisters: Brenda and Lorna Cerri
      • Hard work and giving
      • Decisions, decisions, decisions
      • Growing up Catholic in the Forties
    • Highlights January 2011
      • Humility, great faith and openness
      • Offering gifts
      • Three ways to honour the work of our missionaries
      • The road to Teslin
      • Sister remembers the ‘dirty 1930s’
      • A role model of faith and giving
      • Gift Annuity vs. Endowment
    • Highlights July 2010
      • Father Burke’s focus: The missions in Canada
      • Missionary would do anything for Christ the King
      • ‘KEEP LOVING’
      • The next chapter
      • Speaking of Charitable Gift Annuities
      • A life insurance can help those working in mission fields
    • Highlights January 2010
      • Charles Daley, CMIC donor and annuitant: 1919-2009
      • Drumming from within
      • Why estate wishes may not be carried out
    • Highlights August 2009
      • The Papes: ‘Sisters who are not Sisters’
      • Mary Ella’s gift of love story
    • CMIC Highlights 2009 v.1
    • CMIC Highlights 2008
      • ‘A missionary for all seasons’
      • Bishop Robert Clune: Past president and testate
      • Bishop Clune’s last will and testament: A legacy of faith and love for God
      • Why write a will? - ESTATE PLANNING TIPS
      • God's Lake Narrows mission in Manitoba will miss ‘excellent catechism teacher'
      • Spirituality of stewardship
    • CMIC Highlights 2007
      • In memory of a beloved spouse
      • Lest we forget
      • Home missions inspire Catholic farmer to set up an endowment
      • This is not for priests only
      • Donors tell why they give to the missions
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  • News
    • CMIC News
      • The President's Report, 2013
      • Tastes of Heaven Gala 2013: April 25
      • Archbishop Sutton receives 2012 St. Joseph Award
      • Missionary continues Sisters’ work in John d’Or Prairie, Northern Alberta
      • Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha - on the road to canonization
      • Update on Attawapiskat, Ontario
      • Ministry of Surprise
      • Join our Tastes of Heaven Gala 2012
      • Pope Benedict XVI elevates Archbishop Thomas Collins to the College of Cardinals
      • The legacy-giving sisters: Brenda and Lorna Cerri
      • Vatican reappoints Catholic Missions In Canada president for second term
      • THE PASSION OF OUR LORD: Meditations from Scripture
      • Northern bishop to speak at Alexandria-Cornwall parishes, schools Feb. 12-20
      • CMIC Magazine wins 3 awards for excellence
      • Becoming God’s People
      • A surprise comes with an unusual coin
    • Videos
      • Bishop Peter Hundt, new Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador
      • Interview with Archbishop Martin Currie - Video
      • Ends of the Earth - Video
      • How far would you go to answer the call?
      • Fisher of Men
      • Celebrating 100 Years of History on DVD!
      • Witness interview featuring Bishop Gary Gordon
      • Bishop Gary Gordon’s video on Salt + Light TV
    • Diocesan News
      • Moosonee Diocese: To follow Jesus
      • Hamilton diocese: Model for diocesan mission awareness campaign
      • Diocese of Kamloops, British Columbia : Vignettes of missionary life: 1959
    • Missionaries of the North: Why they came
    • E-Newsletter
      • July 2011
        • Keeping the faith alive
      • May 2011
        • The Easter Message: Being in the 'know’
        • Thanks for help getting fuel for our church
      • March 2011
        • A worthy cause: parish’s Mission Fund
        • A lifetime of service to God
        • The secret of their success
      • January 2011
        • $70,000 For church repairs
        • Handing on faith traditions
        • Missionary to the Cree
        • Parish lives the dream
        • Dealing with a listening problem
      • November2010
        • Farthest Northern Ontario Missions flying over Muskeg Country
        • ‘We are blessed to be here together’
        • Building bridges of faith
      • July 2010
        • The journey of Myrtle and Betty
        • First Nations Woman shares craft with community
      • May2010
        • All in a year
        • ‘They lift my heart ’
        • Living out the gospel teachings
        • ‘Hanging out’
      • Becoming more committed disciples
      • December
        • Whati Christmas pilgrimage
        • Advent gift
        • Will you help bring the Christ Child to children like Kevin this Christmas?
      • November
        • An ordinary day in Cole Bay
        • Faith Matters
        • Edmonton Archdiocese Awareness Weekend
      • E-Newsletter Archive
    • Photo Gallery
    • More News
      • Missionary Bishops to visit Toronto Parishes and Schools
      • Ash Wednesday
      • CMIC 100th Anniversary Special on Salt & Light TV!
      • ‘Family’ approach best for faith-sharing
      • ‘It was a horrific experience’
      • Mission Photos
      • CMIC Awareness Weekend
  • What's New
    • Vatican reappoints Catholic Missions In Canada president for second term
    • Activity book
    • Establish an Endowment
    • A secret bequest
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