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November 8, 2015

Shepherds’ Trust gives priests peace of mind in retirement years

Fr. Bill Burns, left, is a retired priest in the Archdiocese of Toronto, one of more than 80 who is supported in his retirement by the Shepherds’ Trust

When Fr. Bill Burns retired last June, he didn’t fear a life of poverty due to promises he made in 1965 to become a priest.

Published in Estate Planning
November 2, 2014

Shepherds’ Trust gives freedom and dignity

The Shepherds’ Trust allows Msgr. Sam Bianco, in his first year of retirement from the priesthood, to comfortably continue his priestly devotion.

Msgr. Sam Bianco — born as the Great Depression ended and his father went off to war, raised in the postwar boom, ordained in that first decade after the Second Vatican Council — had a 45-year career in ministry. 

Published in Estate Planning