Double the impact of your YES!
For a limited time, your year-end gift doubles in value. There’s never been a better time to support your parish’s ShareLife campaign!
We are blessed to announce that a generous parishioner within our archdiocese, deeply moved by the vital work of ShareLife agencies, has pledged to match every gift to the ShareLife campaign up to $500,000 from November 1 through December 31, 2024. This opportunity arrives at a critical time, empowering you to double the impact of your year-end gift, which provides a lifeline to 40+ agencies within our community. Your contribution to ShareLife will be matched dollar-for-dollar!
More people than ever are turning to our agencies for help. The kindheartedness of ShareLife supporters like you largely enables access to these essential programs and services. Will you join us in a collective “yes” for our vulnerable brothers and sisters?
By saying “yes” to ShareLife, you open the door for those who have no one else to turn to. Like Maria, who was trapped in an abusive relationship, isolated from friends and family. A mother of three, with another on the way, she needed to escape for her safety and theirs. Click here, or on the image above, to witness through video how you lifted her up at her lowest moment. We first shared her story at the start of the 2024 ShareLife Parish Campaign, and reflect on it nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5TgXh4HiFkow as we approach the end of the year.
Your support meant Maria and her young children were welcomed at the Safe Centre of Peel. Led by Catholic Family Services Peel-Dufferin, the Centre unites 17 partner agencies to comprehensively care for families affected by intimate partner violence. Her client navigator guided her to legal assistance, safe housing, and financial aid – all in one space with child-minding on-site.
Through her courage and your solidarity, Maria and her family now enjoy freedom and security they could scarcely imagine a short time ago. Her experience shows that even in the darkest of days, hope shines through in your compassion.
To help more people like Maria, we invite you to put your faith into action, knowing every dollar you give will be doubled.
“In the past year, I’ve had the chance to personally visit some of these agencies. Here I’ve seen firsthand the difference made in people’s lives by your ‘yes’ to ShareLife… in these challenging times, I’m really counting on your ‘yes’ once again,” says Archbishop Francis Leo in this year’s video. “Please join me in making a sacrificial gift to the 2024 ShareLife Parish Campaign. Thank you for living the Gospel generously and wholeheartedly.”