The Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle seeks to assist Catholics in their engagement with the Truth and Reconciliation process and its Calls to Action. The Circle seeks first to understand Indigenous Peoples and Spiritualities and their relationship to the Catholic Church. It is by honouring Indigenous peoples, cultures and spiritualities and by acknowledging with sadness the many failures of the past that the work of reconciliation can move forward.
The Circle recognizes that understanding and education must lead to action for reconciliation.
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March 18, 1985
The Social Affairs Commission chair wrote to the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development regarding increased military operations having a negative impact on the life of Northern Canadian Aboriginals.
September 18, 1984
Radio and television message of Pope John Paul II to the Native Peoples of Canada, broadcast from Yellowknife Airport, NT.
September 15, 1984
A Liturgy of the Word was celebrated with the Native Peoples of Canada by Pope John Paul II at Martyrs’ Shrine (Huronia), Midland, ON. Around the altar with the Holy Father were several Native deacons who had been formed at the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre. The liturgy included smudging as a […]
September 10, 1984
In September 1984, Pope (now Saint) John Paul II made a 12-day apostolic visit to 13 sites across Canada. A particular focus was Indigenous peoples. On September 10, he addressed a gathering of Indigenous peoples at the Shrine of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré.
June 20, 1984
The Social Affairs Commission chair wrote to the federal minister of Fisheries and Oceans to express support for the government’s decision to recommend a full-fledged public inquiry into the Kemano Completion Project in Northwest B.C.
1984
The Social Affairs Committee and the Pastoral Committee for Indians and Inuit of the Assembly of Bishops of Quebec issued a pastoral letter entitled “The First Nations in Quebec”, inviting non-Natives to better recognize Aboriginal people’s rights.
June 10, 1983
The Social Affairs Commission chair wrote to the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, joining with Northern Native Peoples and environmental organizations in urging government to reject the application of Gulf Oil and subsequent proposals for industrial development of the North Slope of the Yukon.
December 13, 1982
The Social Affairs Commission chair wrote to the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, expressing concern about reports that government was refusing to honour its agreement-in-principle with the Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement (COPE) that had been signed in October 1978.
November 17, 1981
Roman Catholic Bishops of Northern dioceses wrote to the Prime Minister to express concern about the decision of the First Ministers to eliminate Part II (section 34) of the Constitution package calling for the recognition and affirmation of the Aboriginal and treaty rights of Native Peoples in the Constitution.
September 17, 1981
The Social Affairs Commission chair wrote to the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Minister of Health and Welfare, expressing concern about reports that the federal and Quebec governments had failed to implement major portions of the James Bay agreement.