The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:52:04 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Edmonton Indigenous parish will be ready for Pope /item/34560-edmonton-indigenous-parish-will-be-ready-for-pope /item/34560-edmonton-indigenous-parish-will-be-ready-for-pope

The church will be ready because the Church is ready — ready for Pope Francis and ready for reconciliation.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) News Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:04:10 -0400
Still a way to go for Indigenous liturgy /item/34271-still-a-way-to-go-for-indigenous-liturgy /item/34271-still-a-way-to-go-for-indigenous-liturgy

More than 70 aboriginal languages are spoken in Canada, according to the 2016 census. But you can’t fully celebrate the Eucharist in any of them. Anointing the sick, baptisms, funerals, weddings and other important sacramental markers of Catholic life are also delivered on Indigenous land in English or French.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:17:27 -0400
The children 'must not be forgotten': Cardinal Thomas Collins responds to discovery of graves at Kamloops residential school /item/33184-the-children-must-not-be-forgotten-cardinal-thomas-collins-responds-to-discovery-of-graves-at-kamloops-residential-school /item/33184-the-children-must-not-be-forgotten-cardinal-thomas-collins-responds-to-discovery-of-graves-at-kamloops-residential-school

The “betrayal of trust” by those responsible for CanadaƵapp residential schools must “compel us to ensure that our sins are not repeated,” said Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Fri, 04 Jun 2021 07:15:00 -0400
The feather and the crucifix /item/32228-the-feather-and-the-crucifix /item/32228-the-feather-and-the-crucifix

Rosella KinoshamegƵapp Catholic faith and her Indigenous traditions go hand-in-hand as a spiritual leader to the First Nations communities on Manitoulin Island.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 18 Oct 2020 08:00:25 -0400
Northern reflections on a summer to remember /item/31015-northern-reflections-on-a-summer-to-remember /item/31015-northern-reflections-on-a-summer-to-remember

Spending two weeks of your summer in a remote northern Saskatchewan community may not be everyoneƵapp idea of vacation, but for Sean McGowan, the experience has left an impression that will likely last a lifetime.

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Youth Speak News Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:55:14 -0500
St. Kateri rallies Indigenous spirit /item/29405-st-kateri-rallies-indigenous-spirit /item/29405-st-kateri-rallies-indigenous-spirit

ST. PAUL, ALTA. - CanadaƵapp first Indigenous saint left such an impact on Lily Hunter that she named her newborn daughter after her.

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Canada Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:26:37 -0400
Political drama doesn’t slow reconciliation /item/29320-political-drama-doesn-t-slow-reconciliation /item/29320-political-drama-doesn-t-slow-reconciliation

OTTAWA - Reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Canadians continue to move forward due to initiatives by the Church and other groups, despite the fallout from Prime Minister Justin TrudeauƵapp ousting of Jody Wilson-Raybould from cabinet and the Liberal party.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:26:38 -0400
Caritas members in Latin America look for ways to apply wisdom of Indigenous peoples, 'Laudato Si'' /home/international/item/28970-caritas-members-in-latin-america-look-for-ways-to-apply-wisdom-of-indigenous-peoples-laudato-si /home/international/item/28970-caritas-members-in-latin-america-look-for-ways-to-apply-wisdom-of-indigenous-peoples-laudato-si Catholic representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean, defining work for the next four years, looked for ways to build on the foundations of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si'" so it is taken into account by all nations.
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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:37:10 -0500
Northern schools lead on reconciliation /item/26007-northern-schools-lead-on-reconciliation /item/26007-northern-schools-lead-on-reconciliation

To see the impact of engraining Indigenous cultures and languages into OntarioƵapp schools — a practice encouraged by the Ministry of Education — one needs to simply look north.

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evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 10 Sep 2017 07:05:00 -0400
Pilgrims drawn to sacred shores of Alberta's Lac St. Anne /item/25799-pilgrims-drawn-to-sacred-shores-of-alberta-s-lac-st-anne /item/25799-pilgrims-drawn-to-sacred-shores-of-alberta-s-lac-st-anne

The annual pilgrimage to the sacred shores of Lac St. Anne in Alberta has been going on for 162 years, but it never gets old.

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Canada Thu, 27 Jul 2017 08:38:00 -0400