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June 10, 2018

Catholic schools sow seeds of understanding Indigenous culture

Art teacher Donna Sistilli, left, and English teacher Rita Sarra Macchios with some of the artwork that is part of the exhibition on Indigenous themes by adult students at Toronto’s Msgr. Fraser College. The teachers are part of the team in the Native Studies program at the school.

As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was wrapping up its work in 2015, commission chair Justice Murray Sinclair repeated over and over, “Education got us into this mess and education will get us out.”

Published in Canada
September 10, 2017

Nun finds Catholic spirit in Ojibway roots

The Church needs to examine how it ministers to Indigenous youth discovering their identities as Catholic and Indigenous.

Sr. Priscilla Solomon was in her 30s when she began to rediscover her Ojibway roots.

Published in Canada