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 […]
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.