An Ecumenical Statement of Church Leaders on Aboriginal Rights was issued following a roundtable meeting of Church leaders, representatives of the Assembly of First Nations and the Department of Indian Affairs, to discuss the proposed federal First Nations legislation that was before the House of Common, including Bill C-7: the First Nations […]
The Catholic Indigenous Council for Reconciliation was established by the 2002 Plenary Assembly of the CCCB following the original five-year term of the National Council for Reconciliation, Solidarity and Communion. Dioceses were invited to contribute $3,000 a year for a three-year period to a national fund. Religious communities and other […]
The coordinator of the Catholic Organizations Task Group on Indian Residential Schools, Mr. Gerry Kelly, conducted a survey of dioceses and religious institutes on pastoral activities for aboriginal communities.
“The First Nations, the Churches, and Canada: How can we walk together towards justice?” was the title of a meeting of the governing board of the Canadian Council of Churches at which presentations were made by Mr. Gerry Kelly, director of the Office of Reconciliation, Solidarity and Communion of the […]
An ecumenical statement entitled “Aboriginal Land Rights: A Jubilee Challenge Facing Canada”, was co-signed by CCCB President, the Most Reverend Gerald Weisner, O.M.I. and other Catholic leaders.
A pastoral letter was issued by the CCCB Episcopal Commission for the Evangelization of Peoples, entitled “Rediscovering, Recognizing and Celebrating the Spiritual Heritage of Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples”.
A statement of apology was made by Bishop Gerald Weisner, O.M.I., to former students of Indian Residential Schools, at a healing circle at Alkali Lake, in the diocese of Prince George, BC.
National Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations and two other Indigenous representatives met with the Executive Committee of the CCCB. During a meeting in Rome with the secretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, he had expressed a desire for reconciliation and a new […]
Chief Harry Lafond, of the Muskeg Lake Band in Saskatchewan, addressed Pope John Paul II and Bishops attending the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Americas at the Vatican, regarding the relationship between the Christian Churches and the Aboriginal Peoples of America, in response to paragraphs 13, […]