Exploring Sacred Spaces: A Reflection
Marlie Whittle Architects, urban planners, ministers, educators, environmentalists and people representing various faiths gathered on Saturday, March 11th at the University of Toronto’s Multi-Faith Centre for a seminar hosted by Faith and the Common Good and the Green Awakening Network. The 2017 Annual Forum, “Exploring Sacred Space; Regenerating Places of Faith,” provided insight and encouraged […]
Wrapping Up St. Francis Xavier’s Family of Faith Campaign
After over a year of hard work by staff, volunteers and the clergy at St. Francis Xavier and with the help of M&M International’s team, St. Francis Xavier parish in Mississauga was able to successfully achieve their Family of Faith campaign goal. Thanks to the generosity of their parishioners who pledged and donated 2.4 million dollars, in […]
Martha and Murray speak at the third annual Resources for Mission’s stewardship gathering
An excerpt from Primate: Fundraising and Evangelism Go Together by Andre Forget : Drawing attention to a study done on growing churches in the United Kingdom, Asselin noted that many of the key elements in building a healthy church—strong leadership, clear sense of purpose, adaptability and willingness to spend time nurturing individuals—are also essential in fundraising. […]
M&M International is bullfrogpowered® with green energy!
M&M International is now bullfrogpowered® with green energy. This means that Bullfrog’s generators put 100% green electricity onto the grid to match the amount of electricity our organization purchases. Basically, Bullfrog ensures the electricity going onto the grid on our behalf is from clean, renewable sources. Bullfrog’s electricity is sourced from a blend of wind […]
St Mark’s Campaign Pulpit Announcement – “Money Talk”
St Mark’s Family of Faith Campaign Duration – 3-4 minutes [but I had to speak quickly] Prepared and delivered by Bruce Orr after 5PM [Oct 24] mass Scheduled to deliver to all 3 masses on Sunday Nov 1st [I reeceived very positive feedback from about 12 parishioners – “never heard an inspiring talk about money […]
Together in Mission: Investing in the Vision
Rev. Yme Woensdregt Henri Nouwen has written a wonderful little booklet called A Spirituality of Fundraising, is filled with wonderful insights about the importance and visionary nature of stewardship. Early in the book, he writes, “Fundraising is proclaiming what we believe in such a way that we offer other people an opportunity to participate with […]
We Are … Together in Mission
You’ve heard about Together in Mission before. Last year, we concluded a Feasibility Study about the possibility of conducting a financial stewardship campaign in our Diocese. Many people in the Diocese worked hard at this task. I am deeply grateful for your work and your interest in being part of the study. The result of […]
Together in Mission: What is God Calling Us to Do?
Rev. Yme Woensdregt The Campaign Committee for Together in Mission continues to work hard behind the scenes as we prepare for our Diocesan financial stewardship campaign. One of the difficulties with writing for the Highway is that our articles are written a month ahead of time — and things change in the meantime. As John […]
Together in Mission: Laying the Groundwork
Rev. Yme Woensdregt The Campaign Committee for Together in Mission is hard at work to prepare the ground for our parish–based Diocesan financial stewardship campaign. It is parish–based. Part of what that means is that parishes will be invited and encouraged to dream together about the ministry to which God is calling you. Let me […]
More Rooms Needed for Overnight Guests
By Stuart Mann VIEWED from the sidewalk, the Order of the Holy Cross Priory in Toronto is the picture of permanence. Formerly a grand Victorian house, the priory is a delightful sandstone and brick building with a deep porch and a tower. It is located in one of the city’s most beautiful and affluent neighbourhoods, […]