May 1, 2008
A CCCB statement supporting the launch of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission welcomed it as “an opportunity for healing and hope”.
May 1
2008
Apr 28
2008
April 28, 2008
Archbishop Gerard Pettipas, C.Ss.R., issued an open letter to the Native Peoples of the Archdioces of Grouard-McLennan.
Feb 1
2008
February 2008
The Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council prepared a statistical study on Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples.
May 8
2006
May 8, 2006
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement was signed by the Government of Canada, the Assembly of First Nations and Inuit Representatives, the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Presbyterian Church of Canada, the United Church of Canada, and eventually 54 Catholic entities representing 17 dioceses and 37 religious institutes […]
Jan 1
2006
2006
The CCCB Council for Reconciliation, Solidarity and Communion became the Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council and embarked on a new mission to advise and assist the CCCB on issues regarding Aboriginal Peoples in Canada.
Jan 1
2006
2006
Creation of the Canadian Catholic Entities Party to the Indian Residential School Settlement (CCEPIRSS), composed of the 54 Catholic dioceses and religious congregations involved in the Indian residential schools. As part of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement, CCEPIRSS agreed to raise and provide funds for healing and reconciliation.
Nov 28
2005
November 28, 2005
Letter to Bishops from CCCB President Most Rev. André Guimond announcing agreement in principle with the Government of Canada for settlement of claims related to the former Indian Residential Schools.
Nov 1
2004
Hiver 2004 (Winter Issue)
Numéro spéciale (vol 38, no. 180) de la revue Liturgie, foi et culture de l’Office nationale de liturgie de la CECC sur « Les Autochtones et la liturgie : Mémoire et récollection »
(en français)
May 31
2004
May 31, 2004
The Catholic Indigenous Council hosted an Indigenous delegation from Brazil at the offices of the CCCB. The delegation included four Indigenous political leaders and representatives of the Missionary Indigenous Council, attached to the Brazilian National Bishops Council. The conversation focused on the relationship of the Catholic Church with Indigenous Peoples in […]
May 26
2004
May 26, 2004
Mr. Gerry Kelly participated in the first annual Ottawa gathering of the National Day for Healing and Reconciliation. The initiative for this grassroots movement to raise our national awareness of the need for healing and reconciliation within and between cultures came from the Nechi training centre in Edmonton, Alberta. The […]