By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News A new vocation formation program in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon began the academic and ministry year with an opening Mass at the Sts. Benedict and Scholastica…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News The Catholic bishops of Saskatchewan July 13 released more details about a province-wide fund-raising appeal among Catholics for support of residential school survivors and their communities. Online donations…
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…