Bringing these children the honour we denied them in life ~ published on July 19, 2021 on The United Church of Canada’s website To Residential School Survivors, Families, and Communities: I want to acknowledge the pain that you, as survivors … Continue reading →
Cowssess. Brandon. Kamloops. Holding those recovered so far. Thursday, June 24, 2021 – the Day of John the Baptist By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, … Continue reading →
To the News of the Discovery of the Remains of 215 Indigenous Children on the Grounds of the Kamloops (Tk’emlups) Residential School “It has been devastating and heartbreaking to hear in the news that the remains of 215 children … Continue reading →
To the News of the Discovery of the Remains of 215 Indigenous Children on the Grounds of the Kamloops (Tk’emlups) Residential School A Facebook post from the Most Rev. Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada on … Continue reading →
To the News of the Discovery of the Remains of 215 Indigenous Children on the Grounds of the Kamloops (Tk’emlups) Residential School The May 27, 2021 news release from Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (Kamloops Indian Band) can be downloaded from here. … Continue reading →
The Moderator and the Executive Minister for Indigenous Ministries and Justice Writes to the Church Regional Council 15 of the United Church of Canada, which has a long history of solidarity with Indigenous peoples asserting their treaty rights, is asking … Continue reading →
Our Leaders Have Written to the Canadian and Nova Scotian Governments Requesting Intervention Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and the Anglican Church of Canada have written to express urgent and deep concern for the violent situation unfolding … Continue reading →
A Letter from the Leadership of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada In a letter from Indigenous Archbishop Mark MacDonald, Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Linda Nichols, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, … Continue reading →
Tragedy, grief, and action: Response to the report from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls ~ A statement from The Rt. Rev. Mark McDonald, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop, and The Most Rev. Fred Hiltz, Primate … Continue reading →
Let This Be the Last Inquiry We renew our pledge to be good relations, and we ask the whole of the church to pray. ~ from the post on the United Church of Canada’s website: In a letter to The … Continue reading →