[Sundaycommunity] A most powerful letter-LISTEN

[Patricia Smiley]

Thank you, Brenda, for forwarding this article/homily.  There is so much in
it by this priest that resonates with me and my view of the Catholic
Church, which is mostly that I don't want to be part of this anymore.  Who
takes responsibility for this?  Well, obviously, whoever was running the
school, even if they are long dead.  That doesn't absolve anybody else - or
for the ongoing ignorance about the effect on indigenous peoples as whole
to their treatment under the "settlers".  I think it has taken a very long
time to acknowledge the humanity of our indigenous peoples, much like the
blacks of the U.S. (and other places) who were brought there as slaves and
still fighting for their inclusion and recognition in a white- dominated
society.  I really pray it doesn't take us as long to recognize the
humanity and dignity of our indigenous people as it seems to be taking in
the U.S. past the end of slavery.  (Not that I am saying we are free from
racism in Canada.)

Past any "apologies" I would like to see real action on behalf of our
church leadership in releasing whatever information and records they have
about those 215 children.  Who were they?  Where were they from?  How did
they die?  Where are their family members?  Then make this public, so we
all know and acknowledge the ongoing effects on aboriginal communities.

Read this homily and think about how the church (interesting that this
priest really means the church as all of us, not just the hierarchy) has
grown in its own self-determination for the laity.


*Patricia Smiley*

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*mobile:  647-517-1599*




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On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 3:06 PM Brenda Holtkamp via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

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