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May 12, 2016

Perhaps Carolyn Bennett should check her mirror

MP Carolyn Bennett in Calgary during the 2008 federal election.

Have you heard the one about the long-time politician preaching to Catholics about morals and obligations?

Published in Robert Brehl
May 4, 2016

Fundraising shortfall shows need for reconciliation with First Nations

Archbishop Gerard Pettipas, top, said the Catholic Entities have done what they can to raise funds for the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and are now moving on.

A $21-million fundraising shortfall by Canadian Catholics in meeting commitments of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement highlights a need for reconciliation between mainstream Canada and its aboriginal people that goes beyond the Catholic Entities named in the legal settlement with residential school survivors, according to government spokespeople.

Published in Canada
April 27, 2016

Church did not ‘weasel’ out of residential school settlement

Archbishop Gerard Pettipas takes issue with a Globe and Mail report that the Catholic Church “weaselled” out of its obligations on Indian residential schools.

A $21-million shortfall on a $25-million fundraising campaign was a fiasco, but it wasn’t an attempt to weasel out of the legal or moral obligations Catholics have in the wake of the residential schools tragedy, Grouard-McLennan Archibishop Gerard Pettipas told The Catholic Register.

Published in Canada
February 27, 2016

Catholic universities take next step in Truth and Reconciliation

Faculty and staff from St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan take part in a retreat where they learn and take part in oral tradition and cultural heritage of First Nations’ communities in Saskatchewan. Catholic universities recognize they have a unique role to play in the reconciliation process.

The Truth and Reconciliation process examining past wrongs done to Canada’s First Nations people may be complete, but for Catholic universities the time to respond to the TRC’s “Call to Action” has just begun.

Published in Education
February 5, 2016

Comparing Winnipeg school to residential schools ‘just odious’

A pair of activists are calling Winnipeg’s Gonzaga Middle School just another type of residential school.

A Jesuit-inspired middle school in Winnipeg’s poorest, most violent neighbourhood has been met with accusations of cultural genocide and comparisons with the infamous residential schools that devastated native communities across Canada.

Published in Canada
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