Reflections

Events planned in cities, communities and campuses Saturday marks the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It's a day set aside to remember the children who died while being forced to attend church-run and government-funded residential schools, those who survived and the families and communities still struggling with...

[vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/embed/5oAPl_NR2QA'] From the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis' concluding audience with participants in the Meeting "Indigenous Peoples and the Church: Walking together toward healing and reconciliation" ROME— Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run...

On February 1, 2022, Donna Naughton, Executive Director of Kateri Native Ministry in Ottawa, visited St. Joseph’s Parish to receive the church community’s financial contribution to the Kendaasawin Learning Program. Kendaasawin is a cross-cultural initiative that fosters reconciliation and embraces both Traditional and Christian heritages....

My name is Dorothy Cardinal. I’m an elder from the Alexis Nakota Stony Reserve – Treaty 6 territory. When asked what does Orange Shirt mean to me, I have a mental block. I am an intergenerational survivor of the residential school system. Both of my...

I’ve struggled with this reflection. I’ve written and erased, typed and deleted, and started over and over again.  Words are failing me. And perhaps that’s exactly the point. I’ve engaged in many personal and professional learning opportunities regarding First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples, particularly over the...

LAC STE. ANNE, AB – We had wonderful celebration of a wedding ceremony in early August on the pilgrimage grounds at Wakamne (God’s Lake). Weddings are joyful and happy celebrations in Indigenous communities. It is a celebration of a new family, a family that enriches...