Exploring Theme: "Church Parties Commitment to Indigenous Spirituality"

‘Residential school system did do great damage,’ archbishop says WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools. CBC News: Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc and the Vancouver and Kamloops arms of the Catholic Church have released the details of a signed document agreeing to a historical record acknowledging the harms caused by residential schools and the role the...

The Catholic Response to Call to Action 48 of the TRC (On Adopting and Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) recognizes the following: In 2012, the Permanent Council of the CCCB issued a Pastoral Letter on Freedom of Conscience and Religion, declaring that: Every individual has the ‘the right to...

Indigenous Ministries supports the Indigenous Peoples of Canada (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) spiritually, socially, economically and politically. We recognize that the purity of the land base provides for all our needs. As active participants in the life of the church, we strive for reconciliation with the Anglican Communion and work towards Indigenous self-determination....

In February 2015 the United Church released a statement that acknowledges its complicity in the denigration of Aboriginal wisdom and spirituality: Affirming Other Spiritual Paths (see http://www.united-church.ca/social-action/justice-initiatives/apologies). The document contained a number of statements made by the United Church over the past several decades affirming the inherent validity of diverse spiritual traditions. The resource Circle and Cross: Dialogue Planning...

PCC Statement on Aboriginal Spiritual practices: “First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, before any encounter with Christianity, found meaning, spiritual benefit and the presence of the creator through life-giving indigenous spiritual practices that have deeply rooted traditions…It is not for The Presbyterian Church in Canada to validate or invalidate Aboriginal spiritualties and practices. Our church,...