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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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Moderator’s Pride Message 2024
May 31, 2024 Our call is to fiercely celebrate the great diversity that God loved into being, and to centre the lived experience of those made marginal by cis-gendered hetero-normativity. This year that celebration is more important than ever. Across the globe—but also here at home—homophobia and transphobia are on the rise. 2SLGBTQIA+ people and […]
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Christians, Indigenous leaders to talk reconciliation at two-day event – Winnipeg Free Press
May. 27, 2024 A two-day gathering is set to bring Christians and Indigenous community leaders together to discuss reconciliation and the path to “move forward together.” The Truth and Reconciliation Gathering, sponsored by Siloam Mission, will take place May 30-31 at Assiniboine Park’s the Leaf. “Healing and reconciliation are rooted in Christ’s call to repentance, […]
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Haida elder suing Catholic Church and Brampton priest in hopes for ‘healing and reconciliation’ – Insauga
April 30, 2024 The lawyer for a residential school survivor leading a proposed class-action defamation lawsuit against the Catholic Church and a priest with ties to Brampton over residential schools says the court action is a last resort. “Sphenia is 80 years-old. She doesn’t care about money for herself,” Faille said in an interview from […]
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