Sharing our Gifts
Sharing the Plate
The Unitarian Church of Montreal shares our weekly offering collected during the Sunday service with local organizations in need of support and whose missions coincide with ours. We are pleased to support a host of excellent programs.
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Refugee Sponsorship
Come sing a song with me
That I might know your mind
And I’ll bring you hope
when hope is hard to find
and I’ll bring a song of love
and a rose in the wintertime
— Carolyn McDade
In 2016, the Unitarian Church of Montreal sponsored two Syrian refugee families. It was a deeply moving experience as we, sponsors and refugees, learned so much from each other. Both families are happily settled in Montreal and are doing well. Today, we are waiting to receive approval from the Quebec government to sponsor a family and an individual who are in great need of shelter.
Unfortunately, the process is very slow. But we are hopeful that we will receive a green light sometime in the future. When that day comes, we will need to move immediately into action and we will be reaching out to the community and beyond for support. If you’d like add your name to our list of volunteers please contact the Refugee Sponsorship Task Force at sponsorship@ucmtl.ca. You can also make a financial donation.
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Information for Refugees
For those who are seeking to be sponsored as refugees by the Unitarian Church of Montreal, we regret that we are not able to accept any requests at this time. On January 20, 2020, the Quebec government accepted a very limited number of applications for refugee sponsorship. We submitted two applications on that date: one for a family and one for an individual. Because sponsorship is a long process, we will not be able to consider any additional requests.
We recognize that many people are seeking a safe home and we wish we were in a position to help. Unfortunately, we cannot respond to the volume of inquiries we receive on a daily basis.
Please know that we hold you in our thoughts and prayers,
- Rev. Diane Rollert and the Refugee Sponsorship Task Force