Joint Apostolic Ministry<br/><br/>
The Vatican has declared January 15 as World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Concurrently, the Archdiocese of Toronto announced that the Joint Apostolic Ministry has been founded in November 2005.<br/><br/>
This is a collaborative program of the religious communities of men and women in the Archdiocese of Toronto, and the focus of this group is to assist refugee families with integration into their new milieu. The concept originated in the Fall of 2003. After two years of planning, the service is now on a two-year run, after which evaluations and amendments will take place.<br/><br/>
This “pastoral service” is currently seeking appropriate candidates to take up the coordination role. They are also in need of volunteers to act as “buddies”.<br/><br/>
In 1959, the Archdiocese of Toronto established the Catholic Cross-cultural Services, providing new immigrants with information, job opportunities, counseling, training in languages and many other free-of-charge services.<br/><br/>
The address and phone number of the service center is as follows:<br/><br/>
780 Birchmount Rd., Unit 3, Scarborough Phone: 416-757-7010.<br/><br/>
During the early days of the Church, receiving visitors into homes was an act of charity.<br/><br/>
Nowadays, we may have some friends who are new immigrants and need assistance in different aspects in life. If we could not provide them with the appropriate help ourselves, we may direct them to the aforementioned services.