Residential Schools Crisis Aug. 3 Update
The Residential Schools Crisis continues to be a cause for concern among Canadian lay Catholics. And CLC is committed to sharing helpful information and resources on this tragic situation. Here are a couple of new items that might be of interest.
The Anglican Church provided an explanation to their members a while back about the residential schools’ settlement agreement as brokered by the Canadian government. We found it helpful.
More nuances in this complicated story will likely emerge in the months ahead.
People in parishes are looking for educational resources to help deepen their understanding of the church’s relationship with Indigenous peoples in Canada. Some years ago, Kairos, an ecumenical group in Canada, in collaboration with Indigenous elders, knowledge keepers and educators, developed an excellent interactive educational activity for use by parishes and other groups. It is called the Blanket Exercise. You can learn more here: https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/