February 2008
The Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council prepared a statistical study on Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples.
The Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council prepared a statistical study on Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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 »
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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 […]
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 […]
Members of the Catholic Indigenous Council for Reconciliation council presented a workshop entitled “Dialogue in Post-colonial Aboriginal Context” to delegates from across Canada at the CCCB’s National Organization for Religious Education’s Adult Faith Formation Conference.
The Catholic Indigenous Council for Reconciliation renewed its support for the Returning to Spirit program. In addition to a financial commitment to support host community organizations to put on the workshops, the council continued to work with other interested parties to clarify questions related to the organizational development of Returning to […]