The Shepherds' Trust

The Shepherds' Trust supports the needs of our retired clergy who have served our family of faith, enriching our lives in our own homes, schools, churches, hospitals and other areas of ministry.

The idea of the Trust began with a group of lay people who realized the needs of our retired priests and offered their help to establish the Trust as a reflection of the gratitude and appreciation of the parishioners they served.

Through your support of the Shepherds’ Trust, our retired priests are given the dignity of adequate pensions, health care and other assistance in their golden years.

2007 Campaign is Underway ... Parish collection set for the weekend of November 17th/18th, 2007. Resources now available for Parish Representatives [click here]. A short 4-minute video presentation has been created that profiles the Shepherds who have served us so faithfully. [Click here to view and for information on obtaining a DVD version for your parish.]

The Leadership Mass and Reception for Parish Representatives was held on Sunday, November 4th, 2007 at St. Augustine's Seminary. Archbishop Thomas Collins celebrated Mass for the many volunteers who came out that day. Please click here to view photos.

In Memory of Mary-Jo D'Agostino

July 20, 1960 – April 4, 2008

It is with profound sadness we mourn the loss of Mary-Jo D’Agostino, member of the Shepherds’ Trust Parish Campaign Committee. Mary-Jo was Editor of the Shepherds’ Trust Newsletter and artistic creator of the Shepherds’ Trust web site and our annual posters. She was also the web designer for the St. Ignatius Loyola Parish, Knights of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, and the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute web sites. Mary-Jo also lent her expertise to the ShareLife website.

Her computer expertise, creative mind, strong faith, and passion for life were what drove her. She was a master juggler. She never gave up once she took on a job and more often than not, her “rough mock-ups” as she liked to call them, were actually works of art! Despite the many demands on her time, the centre of her life was always her family and she never let them down.

Mary- Jo was a passionate supporter of the Trust from its inception. She believed strongly that the Church was not bricks and mortar; it was people. She told me many times, WE are the church and we have reaped the blessings of the priesthood many times over. It is up to us to care for our Shepherds, just as they cared for us.

Mary-Jo was a devouted and loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and friend and each of us feels her loss deeply. Her husband Frank and her children, Frankie, Anne, Jennifer and Christine and her sisters Loretta and Geraldine and her brother Ed and her many friends were at her side throughout her illness. And so were many of the priests she served so well and whose lives she touched. In time spent with Mary-Jo in the weeks and months of her illness, each of us came to know undying love, courage, strength, dignity and faith - her final gift to us.

TWELFTH ANNUAL SHEPHERDS’ TRUST GOLF TOURNAMENT!!

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

We are pleased to announce the return of our annual Shepherds’ Trust Golf tournament to the stately Kleinburg Golf and Country Club. This year’s tournament is scheduled for Tuesday September 9, 2008.

Registration forms and more Info for the Twelfth Annual Shepherds' Trust Golf Tournament will soon be available.

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