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Subject Area: Reconciliation

“We have a voice” : Repairing the relationships with Indigenous peoples

By MegAnne Liebsch  Growing up on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Rosella Kinoshameg didn’t understand the Catholic Masses she attended each Sunday. This was pre-Vatican II, and the priest still faced away from the congregation, reciting the Mass in Latin. All readings and hymns were transcribed in English, not her native Ojibwe. Except for a few Ojibwe …

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Listening to Indigenous Voices

No cost.  Offering gratefully accepted. Led by:   Fr. Bill Robins, SJ, Fr. Trevor Scott, SJ, Mary Hyland and Catherine Von Zuben A day, led by the Spirit, to learn – to listen – to share – to witness and to pray.  You are invited to gather in the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation, to engage …

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Sharing the Whole Story: Teaching the Complex History and Legacy of American Slavery

By Therese Fink Meyerhoff A few years ago, Dr. Katrina Thompson Moore, an associate professor of history at Saint Louis University, was helping her niece prepare for a high school social studies test on the U.S. Civil War era. Because Dr. Moore’s area of study is the institution of slavery, she could offer her niece …

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Between Jesus, books and LGBTQ advocacy: Fr. James Martin, SJ

By Fannie Dionne Prolific writer and speaker, America Media’s editor-at-large, consultant for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication: American Jesuit Fr. James Martin is one of the most well-known Jesuits after Pope Francis. This is due in part from his undeniable talent for making Ignatian spirituality accessible to everyone, but also to his vocal commitment to …

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Little Brown Brother

Fr. Sonny Manuel, SJ, who is celebrating 50 years as a Jesuit this year, offers a reflection on his Filipino heritage.

PRESS RELEASE : Fr Leon Lajoie, SJ, and Kahnawà:ke

October 5, 2021.- In recent months, the Catholic Church in Canada has been reeling from the news regarding the discovery of undocumented Residential School grave sites in Western Canada. It is under these tragic circumstances that we were distressed to learn of reports of abuse by Fr. Léon Lajoie, S.J. while he served as a parish priest in Kahnawá:ke.   The Jesuits have conducted a thorough …

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