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The St. Michael's Finnish Montreal Community Fund
The St. Michael’s Finnish Montreal Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded in 1927 by Finnish immigrant women, many of whom had come to work as domestic help for families of Montréal. As a Finnish community formed, the new church quickly became a center of various activities and events. To this day, St. Michael’s Church has been an organization providing a wide range of spiritual, social and cultural services to Finnish-speaking people as well as local friends in Montréal.
The St. Michael’s Finnish Montréal (SMF) Community Fund was created in 2021 as part of the Foundation of Greater Montréal to carry on the tradition of the St. Michael’s Church and its activities in Montréal. Through the distribution of grants, the aims of the SMF are to promote activities that highlight and nourish the Finnish language, culture, identity and history in Montréal, Québec and Canada. The St. Michael’s Finnish Montréal Community Fund also provides grants to assist the wellbeing of seniors in the Finnish community of Montréal.