JULY 13 UPDATE: Saskatchewan Catholic bishops announce more details of fund-raising appeal (LINK) [Canadian Catholic News] – The Catholic bishops of Saskatchewan have begun the process for a new fundraising appeal to support survivors of residential…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News On June 29, 2021, Bishop Mark Hagemoen of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon wrote a letter to the Catholic community about the diocese’s past participation in fundraising…
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…
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…
“I deeply regret and apologize that Catholics were part of this system which was designed to separate children from their families and communities and to assimilate them into a culture that featured a colonial attitude…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Saskatoon’s Indigenous Catholic parish held a four-day memorial wake Thursday, June 3 to Sunday, June 6, 2021, for children who died at residential schools, following news of ground-penetrating…
UPDATE June 2, 2021 – Bishop Hagemoen releases follow-up letter – LINK By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News (With files from The B.C. Catholic – CCN) [Saskatoon – May 31, 2021] – The steps…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News A first round of pastoral appointments, assignments and moves in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon was recently announced by Bishop Mark Hagemoen. With a few exceptions, most…
(Updated May 12, 2021) By Marilyn Jackson, Director of Pastoral Ministry [This article is part of a “Fuel-Up Friday” series in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon] On Friday, April 23, 2021, 100 participants journeyed…
By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – The Vatican has announced a rosary initiative dedicating the month of May to prayer for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. The Pontifical Council for…