Posted on 5/19/2021 1:53 PM By Alan
As Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, focused on the work of reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and all Canadians, we want to renew and celebrate the Spirit of Pentecost. Still relatively new as a coalition, we are convinced of the importance of language, the challenges of unity in diversity, and the impossibility of progress in reconciliation in our Church and communities apart from the work of the Holy Spirit.
Posted on 4/3/2020 2:03 AM By Archdiocese Communications
A sad and difficult decision, says Archbishop Smith.
Posted on 12/9/2019 10:12 AM By Archdiocese Communications
Rosary in 5 languages at 6 p.m., Mass at 7 at St. Joseph's Basilica
Posted on 12/1/2017 11:45 AM By Alan
“I don’t believe we should ever forget what has happened, but we need to go forward. The wind goes forward. It never goes backward. We need to move ahead and forge good relationships.”
Posted on 11/22/2017 3:40 PM By Alan
Father Gauthier describes it as a learning process that works both ways. “The adaptation is not only in one direction. The adaptation is for the priest, but the community also has to adapt.”
Posted on 11/10/2017 3:06 PM By Alan
“Nobody can tell me that my sister is less important than anybody. Try to explain that to her son.”
Posted on 7/24/2017 4:25 PM By Andrew
“When you look at the entire purpose of what is here, what is a common thread in everyone is the belief in God,” Alexis said. “They see people expressing their faith without fear. They express it without judgment. And that awakens people who may not believe. They didn’t come here by accident.”
Posted on 5/30/2017 9:59 AM By Archdiocese Communications
“In a sense for me, that’s a great sign because it shows that Father Jim has been doing exceptionally good work. People have loved him. He’s reached out to the First Nations communities,” Archbishop Richard Smith told reporters on Monday (May 29) at his annual media breakfast.
Posted on 5/29/2017 5:47 PM By Alan
“I know that when I was in school I didn’t learn about that,” said Carrie, adding she learned a lot from her daughter. “There was lots of conversations in the household and knowledge transfer from student to parent with regards to reconciliation.”
Posted on 3/29/2017 5:34 PM By Alan
“Not knowing who I was, being unanchored … kind of unhinged me,” said Jesse Thistle, the indigenous partnership lead for the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, who was once homeless himself.