December 12, 2008 (Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe)
A pastoral message was issued by the Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council on the National Day of Prayer for Indigenous Peoples.
A pastoral message was issued by the Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council on the National Day of Prayer for Indigenous Peoples.
Opening day of the 2008 CCCB Plenary Assembly focused on Aboriginal questions. The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Mr. Phil Fontaine, addressed the Plenary on the need to rebuild the relationship between the Catholic Church in Canada and Native Peoples. The Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, Archbishop Luigi […]
A CCCB statement supporting the launch of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission welcomed it as “an opportunity for healing and hope”.
Archbishop Gerard Pettipas, C.Ss.R., issued an open letter to the Native Peoples of the Archdioces of Grouard-McLennan.
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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