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March 12, 2016

Archbishop Philip Pocock was a trailblazer

Archbishop Philip Pocock

There’s no doubt that Archbishop Philip Pocock’s stand against Planned Parenthood was a defining moment in his episcopal career.

Published in ShareLife: 40 Years of Working Wonders
March 11, 2016

A noble experiment that changed lives

In the late 1970s and ’80s, ShareLife canvassers went door-to-door in neighbourhoods throughout the Archdiocese of Toronto soliciting funds from Catholics for the annual campaign. ShareLife also used to hold an annual family walk-a-thon to raise funds. The first walk was held in 1996.

It wasn’t anger. It wasn’t fear. It was truth that made Archbishop Philip Pocock stand up and say no.

The morning of March 20, 1976 Toronto discovered the Catholic Church wasn’t buying the city’s new notion of progress. 

Published in ShareLife: 40 Years of Working Wonders