About Us
Shelter and Support for Mothers and Their Children in Need
For over two decades, Michael House Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services has dedicated itself as a home and resource for women in parenting and pregnancy crisis situations. With community support and partnerships, we provide Residential, Supportive Housing, and Aftercare programs based in Guelph, Ontario. We provide the help they need for the betterment of themselves, their children, and their circumstances.
What’s in a Name?
“Michael” Means Safety, Shelter, and Love
Michael was a little boy from Guelph, Ontario who was diagnosed with down syndrome prior to his birth. Despite negative reactions from medical staff, who suggested Michael would have a difficult life, Michael’s parents continued the pregnancy. We named ourselves after the love and safety they created in their home for young Michael. “Michael House” symbolizes the safety and shelter it provides for expectant and new mothers and their children in difficult circumstances.
Our History
Our Vision & Mission
Our Vision
Empower resilient women to overcome barriers for the betterment of themselves and their children.
Our Mission
To provide shelter and support to pregnant and parenting women and their children in need.
Living Our Mission
- We offer a compassionate, strengths-based environment inspired by Christian values which provides for the emotional, physical and spiritual needs of women and their children.
- We encourage positive parenting and provide access to educational, parenting and life skills training that will allow women to make healthy and informed decisions for their family.
- We advocate on behalf of women and their children who have turned to us for assistance.
- We partner with multiple community agencies and organizations to provide wrap-around care and support for women and their families, for successful, independent living in the community.
- We journey with families to create a community where women thrive and feel equipped and supported to lead and love their family.
Welcome to our website
We are so glad that you have decided to check us out. We Love our families at Michael House – we exist because of them and for them.
Our work is to empower our families that call Michael House home, our care is about providing programming to address areas of need and to instill growth in them so they can overcome and move towards independence and health for themselves and their children.
Our mission is to provide shelter and support during times of stress and when they need it the most. We embrace our families wherever they come from and whatever their story is. It is our desire and prayer that they grab hold of the opportunities that being at Michael House provides for them as they begin a new chapter in their lives.
We know that each woman and family that is part of Michael House is here for a reason and a season of their lives. And in that season, we are all about building them up, advocating on their behalf, giving them tools through programming to make decisions that impact their lives for the better.
We also attend to their mental health by providing group and ongoing individual counseling as they work through a myriad of traumas, addictions, and history so they can begin moving forward and building future stories that are full of hope, well-being, and health!
If you would like to be a part of Michael House as one of our families, as a supporter, as a business and community advocate, we would love to hear from you.
We are excited about what the future holds for Michael House in the coming days and years and we are cheering our families on as they do the hard work of rebuilding their lives and providing for their little ones!