Truth and Reconciliation
INDIGENOUS HEALING & RECONCILIATION
INDIGENOUS BOOK CLUB!
The Holy Name Truth and Reconciliation group invites you to join our new book club.
Our first meeting is Sunday, Sept 27th after the 10 am Mass. We'll meet downstairs in the hall.
Our first book is Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining the Future. The author is Patty Krawec. She is Anishinabe/Ukrainian and lives in Niagara Falls.
We will read one chapter before each meeting and discuss. Our meetings will last no more than one hour.
If you are interested, please drop by and check out after Mass on Sept. 27th.
Joan Melanson (for the Holy Name Truth and Reconciliation group)
Walking Together with Indigenous Peoples - Healing, Reconciliation & Hope – October 3/4
Answering the call of the late Pope Francis, the Catholic Church throughout Canada has made a significant commitment to walking together with Indigenous Peoples as part of our ongoing journey of healing and reconciliation. This included the historic visit of Pope Francis to Canada in 2022, an apology from the Bishops of Canada for the pain and suffering experienced at residential schools by many Indigenous families as well as financial support to help further the ongoing healing and reconciliation journey. On the weekend of October 3/4, you will have the opportunity to participate in our annual collection to support the Indigenous Healing & Reconciliation Fund. To date, the Archdiocese of Toronto has allocated $4.5 million to projects that are supporting culture and language revitalization, education, community building and support for Indigenous families who have been affected by suicide, violence or abuse.
Recipients include Gakino’amaage (Gek-in-noah-ma-kay): Teach for Canada who will use funds for their initiative to invest in local educators in First Nations schools in remote locations, benefitting more than 4,300 students annually. We are also supporting the Embrace Life Council located in Iqaluit, Nunavut. The council will use funds for grief care packages to assist those mourning the loss of a loved one by suicide.
Our overall efforts are part of a national initiative to provide $30 million to support ongoing healing and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples of This Land. More than $25 million has been raised nationally thus far. Additional information is available through the archdiocesan website: www.archtoronto.org/healingandreconciliation.
We thank you for your support to date and hope that you will participate in this important initiative, an opportunity to walk together and honour the invitation of the late Pope Francis to take a direct role in strengthening our relationship with Indigenous Peoples. Thank you.
