Catholic Mutual Benefit Association of Canada

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Catholic Mutual Benefit Association of Canada

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The Catholic Mutual Benefit Association (CMBA) was organized at Niagara Falls, New York, 3 July 1876, with a membership of twenty-five. It was incorporated in the state of New York, 9 June 1879. The Grand Council of CMBA of Canada was organized at Windsor, Ontario, on 10 February 1880. CMBA was established for the purpose of joining fraternally in one grand organization all male Catholics between 18 and 50 able to pass a proper medical examination; to supply life insurance of $1,000.00 or $2,000.00, at actual cost; to give social benefits only give by secret or fraternal organizations outside the Catholic Church, and to offset the work of secret societies. Head office is located in Montreal, Quebec, and its administrative structure consists of Grand Chancellor, elective officers, Grand Spiritual Advisor, Grand Spiritual Chancellor, Legal Advisor, and one representative from each branch.

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