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Fort William’s First Nation celebrates retirement of Victor Pelletier – Anishinabek News
September 17, 2024 FORT WILLIAM — Fort William’s Victor Pelletier recently retired on August 31 after serving for 34 years as a deacon with St. Anne’s parish in Fort William and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Thunder Bay. “It’s a good feeling and it’s not a good feeling because you don’t want to quit,” Pelletier […]
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40 Days on Anti-Racism Return October 15
August 22, 2024 The 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism return October 15‒November 29. Save the dates now for dynamic weekly live events, including these two critical discussions: Tues. Nov. 5: Fighting Anti-Palestinian Racism in Canada with a panel of key leaders Tues. Nov. 19: The Texts of Advent: Finding Good News and Avoiding Antisemitism […]
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Young Indigenous and Racialized Scholars Share Research Findings!
August 20, 2024 Eight inspiring young scholars from the United Church’s Indigenous-Racialized Youth Scholars program have completed their research projects! This program provides a space for these young people to explore their identities and develop leadership skills while contributing to positive change within the church. Through creative expression, including prose and poetry, the scholars tackled […]
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2 churches down, Kinngait’s Christians come together in one space – Nunatsiaq News
Aug 2, 2024 Cape Dorset Full Gospel Church is bustling after hamlet’s 2 other churches burned within days of each other in 2023 Martha Jaw first attended a service at a Full Gospel church in Kinngait at the age of 28. It was 1978. “My heart was touched,” she recalled recently of the experience. Full […]
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On 2nd anniversary of papal visit, Canadian bishops renew support for Indigenous peoples – Crux
Jul 30, 2024 NEW YORK – Around the two-year anniversary of Pope Francis’s visit the Canadian bishops have renewed their commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, and announced that they are more than halfway to their fundraising goal of $30 million for their Indigenous Reconciliation Fund. Pope Francis visited Canada from July 24-29, 2022; a trip that […]
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Canada’s bishops recommit to reconciliation – The Catholic Register
July 24, 2024 Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) President Bishop William McGrattan today reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s commitment to reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples to mark the second anniversary of Pope Francis embarking upon his penitential pilgrimage to Canada. In a CCCB communique called a “Letter to the People of God,” the bishops outlined […]
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The United Church of Canada Releases First Strategic Plan Report
July 9, 2024 The United Church of Canada has released the 2023 Strategic Plan Report, the first report of the General Council Office’s 2023‒2025 strategic plan. Chock full of engaging stories that identify the six pillars of the plan and offer a glimpse into how the strategic plan is unfolding, the report illustrates a very […]
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Catholic Church and BC First Nation unveil covenant on residential schools – Kelowna Now
Jun 27, 2024 The leader of Vancouver’s Roman Catholic archdiocese says the church was wrong to administer residential schools in British Columbia, and he hopes a newly released covenant with a First Nation can act as a road map for redress. Archbishop J. Michael Miller said the covenant between the archdiocese, the diocese of Kamloops […]
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Archdiocese of Vancouver and Kamloops First Nation release Sacred Covenant on Indigenous Peoples Day – The Catholic Register
June 24, 2024 The Sacred Covenant signed on Easter Sunday by the Archdiocese of Vancouver and Kamloops First Nation was made public on Friday, National Indigenous Peoples Day. In a statement, the Archdiocese and the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc said the date was chosen to share the document in English and Chinook, “an important common language among First […]
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Interfaith Ceremony at səlilwət (Burrard Inlet) Inlet- Maintains Opposition To Trans Mountain Pipeline
June 7, 2024 səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territory/North Vancouver, B.C.— The Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) Sacred Trust invites spiritual leaders across BC to participate in an interfaith ceremony to protect and honour səlilwət (Burrard Inlet). Sunday, June 9, at 9:00am Whey-ah-Wichen (Cates Park) in North Vancouver Brief press conference at 11:00am, when canoes return to the shore At […]
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