The Synod on the Amazon
Canada and Latin America Working Together
On November 12, 2019, the Centre Oblat and Development and Peace – Caritas Canada organized a symposium with St. Paul University entitled, “The Synod on the Amazon – Canada and Latin America Working Together.” The keynote speaker was Cardinal Pedro Barreto SJ, Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru. He had just returned from Rome, where he served as co-president of the Synod on the Amazon: New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology.” He received an honorary doctorate from the university earlier in the day.
Left to right: Cardinal Pedro Barreto SJ. Professor Heather Eaton, Ms. Kelly Di Domenico (Communications Director at Development and Peace – Caritas Canada) and Fr. Mark Slatter spoke as respondents at the November 12, 2019 Symposium. Joe Gunn (Centre Oblat – A Voice for Justice) served as the Moderator.
Fr. Ken Thorson, OMI and Fr. Tim Coonen, OMI speak with a friend at the Symposium. (photo Richard Wink)
Over 150 people attended the Symposium in the chapel at St. Paul University, including (on the left) the Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, Most Rev. Luigi Bonazzi.
The Oblate residence in Ottawa on Springhurst, hosted a dinner with Cardinal Barreto after he received an honourary doctorate from St. Paul University, and spoke at the Symposium. Left to right: Joe Gunne, Brother Len Rego, OMI, Chantal Beauvais (Rector of St. Paul U.) and Cardinal Barreto SJ.
