Following the 10 June 2021 announcement regarding the delegation of Indigenous people to meet with the Holy Father to foster meaningful encounters of dialogue and healing, the Catholic Bishops of
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You are the light of the world. (Matthew 5.13-16) MESSAGE FROM THE BISHOP Statement of Bishop Guy Desrochers Following the recent discovery at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School Read
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I follow with sorrow the news coming from Canada about the shocking discovery of the remains of two hundred and fifteen children, pupils of Kamloops Indian Residential School, in the
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Chief J. Wilton “Willie” Littlechild and Archbishop Richard Smith met this week in Maskwacis, and are offering this joint statement on the Kamloops Residential School discovery, and on reconciliation. Chief
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This week, the Federal Government published its report on the recommendations of the Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. While this is important and necessary, it is
Continue readingGive to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s. (Mark 12.13-17) MESSAGE FROM THE BISHOP The Presence of the Eucharist in
Continue readingYou will receive a hundredfold now in this age, and in the age to come eternal life. (Mark 10.28-31) MESSAGE FROM THE BISHOP A special collection for our diocese and
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Almighty God and Father, we give you thanks for the gift of your Son, given to us in Word and Sacrament, and for the many blessings and graces that you
Continue readingFather, glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you. (John 17.1-11a) MESSAGE FROM THE BISHOP When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will lead you into all
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