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Together for the Love of Creation: Earth Week 2025
March 7, 2025 he gifts of Creation are bountiful, from the thousands of animals with whom we share our land, to the water which sustains our lives. But the warming of the planet caused by greenhouse gas emissions poses a grave threat to its harmony. Climbing temperatures and extreme weather events continue to damage our […]
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Takeaways from AP’s report on why so many Greenlanders are Lutheran – Times Colonist
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identify as Inuit and the vast majority of them belong to the Lutheran Church today, more than 300 years after a Danish missionary brought that branch of Christianity to the world’s largest NUUK, Greenland (AP) — About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identify as Inuit […]
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New Catholic archbishop for Vancouver region stresses reconciliation with First Nations – Vancouver Sun
Feb 25, 2025 The incoming archbishop, Richard Smith, co-ordinated Pope Francis’s historic visit to Canada in 2022, when the pontiff, who is now in critical condition, apologized for the church’s treatment of Indigenous people The 400,000-member Vancouver Catholic archdiocese will continue to stress reconciliation with First Nations people under its new leader, who the Vatican […]
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BCMF Research Department Empowers Local Researchers Through History and Archives Seminars
February 18, 2025 The BC Métis Federation Research Department recently hosted two powerful and successful seminars focused on Catholic history and archives, empowering local Métis researchers to research their rich history and memory. Catholic archivist Carey Pallister led these engaging sessions, shedding light on both the Catholic history of the Pacific Northwest and the practicalities […]
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Indigenous Reconciliation Fund national update includes release of Sacred Fire Stories video highlighting funded projects – Catholic Saskatoon News
February 12, 2025 The national Indigenous Reconciliation Fund (IRF) was established to accept donations from 73 Catholic dioceses across the country, and to advance healing and reconciliation initiatives in partnership with Indigenous communities across the country, fulfilling the $30 million financial commitment made by Canada’s Catholic Bishops in September 2021. Over $18.9 million has been […]
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Sacred Fire Stories from the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund
February 11, 2025 The following press release is from the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund, established to accept donations from 73 Catholic dioceses across the country, and to advance healing and reconciliation initiatives, fulfilling the $30 million financial commitment made by Canada’s Bishops in September 2021. We are excited to share Sacred Fire Stories, a short film […]
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United Church Celebrates Centennial with Global Impact: IDW 2025 Highlights
February 7, 2025 As International Development Week 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on the inspiring stories and impactful work shared throughout the week. This year, as part of The United Church of Canada’s Centennial celebrations, we not only looked back on a century of faith-driven advocacy but also recommitted to a future shaped […]
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Prayers and Comfort Needed for Carry the Kettle First Nation in Saskatchewan
February 6, 2025 We ask for your prayers for United Church and all community members in Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation (Treaty 4, Saskatchewan) as they reel from an act of violence and grieve a tragic series of deaths. “May God have mercy,” says Moderator Carmen Lansdowne. “And may the community be blessed with support […]
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Canadian mobilizers gather for Jubilee 2025 launch webinar, February 19
Feb. 6, 2025 Jubilee 2025: Turn Debt into Hope campaign launch webinar to feature Indigenous and Global South voices, Canadian faith leaders What: a group of Christian organizations, led by KAIROS Canada, are coordinating Canadian participation in Jubilee 2025, a global movement to end the mounting debt crisis. The Launch Webinar: Jubilee 2025 – Turn […]
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Was it an apology? – The Catholic Register
February 6, 2025 Pope Benedict’s 2009 meeting with Indigenous leaders Near the end of last year, The B.C. Catholic began a series of articles examining over a century of truth, healing and reconciliation between the Archdiocese of Vancouver and Canada’s Indigenous peoples. This week, Editor Paul Schratz continues the series by exploring Pope Benedict XVI’s historic 2009 […]
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