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2. Statement of Activities of the Church

NOTE: The following is the statement of activities submitted to the Federal Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs in June of 1989 as part of the application for letters patent (incorporation) of the Church under the Canada Corporations Act. The only change made to the original document is with respect to the numbering of the activities: in the original statement submitted with the application, the activities were mis-numbered, numbering 1,2,3,4,5, 9, 10, and 11; and are corrected here to 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,and 8.

Statement of Activities

In order to achieve the objectives of MSIA Canada as stipulated in its application for letters patent (section 3), the Church as a whole or its members or participants individually, shall engage in the activities listed below.

  1. MSIA Canada shall promote the doctrine of the world-wide Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness to entrench the religious beliefs and rituals of the Mother Church in Canada through the establishment of branches of the Church throughout the country;

  2. MSIA Canada shall further promote the doctrine of the universal Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness on the worship of the Supreme Being by the dissemination of publications approved by the Church;

  3. Ordained ministers of MSIA Canada, as authorized by the appropriate provincial laws, shall perform weddings, baptisms, funerals and other services as requested by their communicants and as ordained by the Supreme Being;

  4. Ordained ministers of MSIA Canada shall provide spiritual counsel to all who seek said counseling, shall conduct workshops and retreats on the worship of the Supreme Being;

  5. Communicants of the Church approved by the Board of MSIA Canada shall conduct services on the worship of the Supreme Being for all interested persons based on the teachings of the universal Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness;

  6. Communicants of MSIA Canada will carry out local service projects as agreed to by a majority of the local community (such as organizing picnics for needy children, organizing visits to old age homes, or organizing the preparation and donation of food baskets at Christmas);

  7. Communicants of MSIA Canada will also carry out international service projects as agreed to by the Board (such as providing medical supplies to African hospitals, and providing clothing and books to Nigeria).

  8. MSIA Canada will accept donations to support the conduct of the above activities and services.

    9. The above constitutes a full and complete statement of the current and intended activities of MSIA Canada.

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