With the years of COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror, Catholic Missions In Canada (CMIC) approached 2023 as a year to reassert its visibility i.
Tastes of Heaven goes virtual, and national April 18, 2021
The annual Tastes of Heaven gala fundraiser for Catholic Missions In Canada was not staged in 2020, one of the long list of victims of the COVID-19 virus, but the keystone event returns April 29 in a virtual realm.
Joe Gennaro said taking the annual gala the largest fundraiser each year in support of Catholic Missions and its support for the Catholic Church in Canada’s mission territories online serves two purposes.
“The reason why we chose the format is to stay in front of our donors to show them that we are trying to operate during this time so that our missions could receive their help,” said Gennaro, stewardship officer with Catholic Missions. “We also thought it would be interesting to try and grab a wider audience basically all of Canada could participate compared to in the past when a limited audience from the (Greater Toronto Area) could attend.”
Capturing the northern spirit he old Holy Name of Mary Mission in Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T., is bathed in the northern lights. The church is side by side with the new church. Photo by Bishop Jon Hansen December 11, 2020
Situated in one of Canada’s coldest and most geographically isolated regions, the area encompassed by the Diocese of MacKenzie-Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories is a nature lover’s dream.
Bishop Jon Hansen has been capturing that beauty with his photographic lens for the past five years he’s been living in the territory. A selection of those images has been curated into Missions in this Northern Land, a 2021 calendar raising funds for Catholic Missions In Canada (CMIC) and helping to engender hope in this winter season where many find themselves in isolation.