Healing and Reconciliation Resources
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Walking together
Walking Together is a Salt + Light Media original documentary about Canada’s residential schools, the ongoing process of reconciliation which led to Pope Francis’ apology in 2022, and the long road ahead for healing and reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Indigenous Peoples of Canada.
Watch now
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A conversation on healing and reconciliation webinar
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On November 17, 2021, St. Patrick's Healing and Reconciliation committee put together A Conversation on Healing and Reconciliation.
The abuse of Indigenous peoples is a dark chapter in the history of Canada and of the Catholic Church. This webinar will shed some light on the issues experienced by our Indigenous brothers and sisters and our long journey towards Healing and Reconciliation.
This event was hosted by Deacon Mike Walsh and featured presentations from Deacon John Brown, Colleen Estes, and Sister Priscilla Solomon. Presentations were followed by a discussion on how we can continue the journey to healing and reconciliation. -
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LENDING A HELPING HAND; SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN ONTARIO
'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself' Luke 10:27.
We are called to reach out and help one another in a loving and compassionate way. Dave Steeves, a parishioner at St. Patrick’s tells us how he is lending a helping hand to the Pikangikum community in Northern Ontario and assisting in our Healing and Reconciliation journey.
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Prayers
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RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL PRAYER
"For the children who died in residential schools throughout Canada and for all those who continue on a journey through the darkness, that there may be healing founded on truth and that the Spirit will inspire our ongoing commitment to reconciliation.
God, through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, continue to offer us correction so that your grace might change and transform us in our weakness and repentance.
Give us humility to listen when others reveal how we have failed and courage to love others as ourselves, mindful of your love for the weakest and most vulnerable among us. Amen.”
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, pray for us.
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PRAYER GUIDE FOR HEALING AND RECONCILIATION
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Prayer service - National day for truth and reconciliation
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Map of former residential schools
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Archdiocese of toronto healing and reconciliation webinar
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Indigenous art collection
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In the 1975, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned 20 artists from across the country to create works which would convey the Christian message and also serve to illustrate one of its publications at the time, the Sunday Mass Book.
The artists were given the task not merely of describing an event or person in documentary terms, but of sharing the inner meaning of that event or person in contemporary artistic idiom. They were asked to share their deepest insights and talents as they spoke of the presence of God. Together their work is a uniquely Canadian expression of the significance of the Christian message, and reflects the cultural richness and diversity of Canada and its people.
Click here to view Art Work
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residential schools crisis line1-866-925-4419
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