St. Mary's Parish Community

Development & Peace – Caritas Canada
Fall Campaign – Share the Journey
Pope Francis launched the campaign during his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 27, 2017. The Share the Journey campaign brings together more than 200 Catholic organizations. This Includes Development & Peace – Caritas Canada, Catholic Relief Services – USA CAFOD – England and Wales, and our sister Caritas agencies in every continent.
Pope Francis challenges us all to open our arms wide to welcome refugees, and all forced to leave their homes and possessions, who set off in hope, in the true sense of the word, hope being all that they have left.
Together, we will call on all our governments, and on all people, to play their part in welcoming and protecting people forced to flee their homes due to armed conflict, climate change, development mega projects, persecution …The causes of forced displacement are multiple, Interwoven and complex.
Postcard signing will be Nov. 25- more Information next week.

The largest refugee crisis in the world
6.2 million internally displaced
6.3 million refugees
For most Syrians, all they have left of their homeland are but mere memories of sights and smells of the land, the marketplaces and the familiar faces that made it home. Since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011, air strikes, fighting and mortar shells have wiped out entire neighbourhoods and communities, forcing 12.5 million Syrians to flee

To find out more about Development & Peace in Lindsay please contact Dorothy Carroll at 705-324-7750

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Development and Peace (The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace) is the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis. Development and Peace is a membership led organization supported by parish collections, individual donations and government grants, principally from the Canadian International Development Agency.

Our mission is to support partners in the Global South who promote alternatives to unfair social, political and economic structures, and educate the Canadian population about the causes of poverty and mobilize Canadians towards actions for change. In the struggle for human dignity, the organization forms alliances with northern and southern groups working for social change. It also supports women in their search for social and economic justice.