By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Catholic Bishops of Saskatchewan acknowledged the need for repentance and justice, after a new discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former Catholic-run residential…
Submitted by Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools and Rotary Club of Saskatoon Nutana Reclamation of Indigenous language and revitalization of Cree culture for youth in Saskatoon is getting a boost thanks to an enhanced partnership between…
By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic [Vancouver – Canadian Catholic News] – Two Catholic religious orders are committing to make their historical records more accessible in the wake of the Kamloops Indian Residential School discovery….
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Bishop Mark Hagemoen June 25 announced further pastoral appointments and clergy updates, with most changes effective July 31, 2021. “Please join us in welcoming the new priests to…
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Regina Archbishop Donald Bolen is honouring a request made by the Star Blanket Cree Nation to remove the statue of Fr. Joseph Hugonard from…
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register [Cowessess First Nation – Canadian Catholic News] – The Cowessess First Nation will put a name to each of the hundreds of bodies found at the unmarked graves on…
By Derrick Kunz, Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools On May 31, 2021, Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) and Wanuskewin Heritage Park Authority (WHPA) signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding aptly titled Nitōhtem, meaning: “my friend.” The purpose…
By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – There is no “retirement” from spreading the faith, Pope Francis said in a message to grandparents on June 22, 2021, adding that the prayers…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register When news of the 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Residential School landed in Edmonton, an Elder at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples wanted to put…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – Native leaders and their allies in faith groups across the country are celebrating what they see as a victory in the long march towards reconciliation with…